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Rose, Pauline – Online Submission, 2007
While access to state schooling has grown in many countries in recent years, a hardcore of marginalised children continue to be excluded from this. Some of these children are able to gain access to education through non-state provision. The focus of this paper is on primary school aged children who find access through (international)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Elementary School Students, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Kelly, Kimberly M.; Andrews, James E; Case, Donald O.; Allard, Suzanne L.; Johnson, J. David – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Research is limited regarding the potential of genetic testing for cancer risk in rural Appalachia. Purpose: This study examined perceptions of genetic testing in a population sample of Kentuckians, with a focus on Appalachian and rural differences. The goals were to examine cultural and psychosocial factors that may predict intentions to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Testing, Information Seeking, Genealogy
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Shehu, Jimoh; Mokgwathi, Martin M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
The thesis of this article is that national sport and recreation policies constitute a pedagogical problematic, as they are texts bound to specific meaning and learning, with potential to impact on roles and subjectivities. As such, it is crucially important for physical education scholars to adopt a critical stance towards them, opening up the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Recreation
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Chedzoy, S. M.; Burden, R. L. – Research in Dance Education, 2007
This study explores the potential contribution of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to our understanding of student teachers' strength of intention to teach dance prior to and following an intensive eight-hour module before beginning their school-based practice. Students attending a primary Postgraduate Certificate in Education Course (PGCE)…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Education Courses, Self Efficacy, Intention
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Crane, Catherine; Williams, J. Mark. G.; Hawton, Keith; Arensman, Ella; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Bille-Brahe, Unni; Corcoran, Paul; De Leo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Grad, Onja; Haring, Christian; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Lonnqvist, Jouko; Michel, Konrad; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Schmidtke, Armin; van Heeringen, Cornelius; Wasserman, Danuta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Correlation, Self Destructive Behavior
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Winstok, Zeev; Enosh, Guy – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
The aim of the current study was to explore male and female adolescents' intentions to react to verbal and physical aggression issued by other males and females of the same age. The study is based on a sample of 292 male and female adolescents from 12 classes in four schools in northern Israel, two junior-high and two high-schools, 46.7% were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Aggression, Intention
Nichols, Shirley J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research study was to investigate, describe, and measure factors influencing retention of nontraditional first and second year students at a university located in the Midwestern United States. Retention of adult students has become a major issue for many institutions of higher education and many…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Statistical Analysis, School Holding Power
Mills, Patricia A.; Shore, Cecilia M. – 2001
This study investigated children's responses to failed attempts at reaching possible and impossible goals, and their beliefs about the efficacy of wishing as a magical solution in such situations. Preschoolers were presented with failure scenarios in three different formats: a standard picture book presentation, scenarios enacted in real life by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Failure, Fiction, Intention
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Willower, Donald J. – Educational Management & Administration, 1997
Inquiry in educational administration draws on philosophy and science, since it addresses both moral and empirical issues. Educational administration is a highly complex field concerned with what educational organizations and settings should be, how they work, and what improvements are necessary. This paper reviews pitfalls awaiting discussions of…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Intention
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Waldman, Irwin D. – Child Development, 1996
Examined whether aggressive boys, relative to nonaggressive boys, demonstrate hostile biases or general deficits in social perception. Found that aggressive boys demonstrated hostile biases, but not general deficits, in intention-cue detection relative to average-status boys. Aggressive groups proposed aggressive responses much more frequently…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Emotional Response, Hostility
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Zeedyk, M. Suzanne – Developmental Review, 1996
Evaluates dominant theoretical positions on the development of intentionality, including goal-directedness, the role of parental scaffolding, an innate capacity for intersubjectivity, and behavioral object-directedness. Argues that this theoretical diversity is undermining the construction of a coherent developmental account, and explores the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Intention, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Carpenter, Malinda; Call, Josep; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2002
This study investigated 2-year-olds' understanding of others' intentions in a social learning context. After seeing a demonstration of how to open a box, children in two "No Prior Intention" conditions were less likely than those in "Prior Intention" conditions to open the box themselves when the adult unsuccessfully tried to open it. Results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Familiarity, Imitation
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Peters, John M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1997
Critiques the articles in this issue, discussing various methods of action research; intended and unintended outcomes; and the meanings of participation, collaboration, and involvement. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Intention, Research Methodology
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Quigley, B. Allan; Kuhne, Gary W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1997
Addresses the issue of intention in action research, suggesting that researchers ask who will be the first-level beneficiaries and what will be the first level of change. Discusses ethical questions regarding consent and justification of research steps. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Ethics, Intention
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Lu, Kuei-Yun; Lin, Pi-Li; Wu, Chiung-Man; Hsieh, Ya-Lung; Chang, Yong-Yuan – Journal of Professional Nursing, 2002
Responses from 2,197 of 2,550 hospital nurses in Taiwan revealed a positive correlation among job satisfaction, professional commitment, and intent to leave the profession. Family status was an important factor in professional commitment. Job satisfaction was a more effective predictor of intent to leave the organization than the profession.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Intention, Job Satisfaction
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