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Gindrich, Piotr; Kazanowski, Zdzislaw – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2015
This paper aims to show how drama therapy workshops, the Lublin "teatroterapia," can be used as a method of rehabilitation for the mentally handicapped. It serves the crucial purpose of social participation, giving people who are often rejected and misunderstood by society an opportunity to be involved in creative activities. The idea…
Descriptors: Drama, Therapy, Creativity, Intellectual Disability
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Hartley, Judy – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
Written from the perspective of a disability practitioner and equity manager working in the Australian tertiary education sector for over twenty-five years, this paper reviews some of the significant social, equity, and education policy developments and associated legislation, which have influenced the inclusion of people with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Inclusion
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Kloiber, Diana True; Ertmer, David J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2015
Purpose: Assessments of the intelligibility of speech produced by children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) provide unique insights into functional speaking ability, readiness for mainstream classroom placements, and intervention effectiveness. The development of sentence lists for a wide age range of children and the advent of handheld…
Descriptors: Deafness, Inclusion, Elementary School Students, Sentences
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Jaap, Angela; Patrick, Fiona – Music Education Research, 2015
In recent years, there has been a shift in terminology used to describe gift and talent. This has resulted in widespread adoption of the term high ability to describe more able pupils. This shift has promoted a more inclusive ethos in terms of the concept of encouraging talent development, but it has also highlighted tensions between teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Gifted, Talent Development
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Waitoller, Federico R.; Thorius, Kathleen King – Support for Learning, 2015
In this article, we provide commentary on the "state of play" of inclusive education in the United States. We focus on the promises and limitations of inter-related accountability- and market-driven policies and Response to Intervention (RTI) (Vaughn and Fuchs, 2003). We argue that these policies and practice have "hopscotched"…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Accountability, Educational Policy
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Macfarlane, Angus Hikairo – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
The growing recognition of Maori education approaches and ways of knowing can be seen both as a response to the erosion and loss of traditional knowledge philosophies through the processes of colonialism and internationalism, and as a means of reclaiming and revaluing Maori language, identity and culture. Improving the educational success of Maori…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups, Educational History
Crow, Michael M.; Dabars, William B. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015
America's research universities consistently dominate global rankings but may be entrenched in a model that no longer accomplishes their purposes. With their multiple roles of discovery, teaching, and public service, these institutions represent the gold standard in American higher education, but their evolution since the nineteenth century has…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, College Role
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Howard, Antoinette; Gray, Pamela; Kew, Kristin – School Leadership Review, 2020
This case study research identified culturally relevant leadership practices that influence the outreach, recruitment, and retention of Hispanic girls in Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) programs in a School District in the Southwest Border region. Educators have a social justice responsibility to challenge the inequitable…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Leadership Styles, Principals
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Li, Jia; Ai, Bin; Zhang, Jie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
This case study investigates how a cohort of Myanmar ethnic minority students' language ideologies shape their Putonghua learning and educational trajectories at government schools and Chinese supplementary schools in the borderland next to China. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and from the participants' autobiographies…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Mandarin Chinese
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Mc Keon, David – Improving Schools, 2020
The use of 'soft barriers' to deter students with special educational needs (SEN) from accessing some schools has been reported in the Irish media. This article investigates the influence of ethos and culture on access to and inclusive practice in mainstream schools in Ireland. Ethos and culture are nebulous concepts yet are integral to how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Access to Education, Special Needs Students
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DeRosa, Donald; Franzblau, Carl; Phillips, Constance; Romney, Carla – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
Boston University's (BU) CityLab program was created in 1991 as a partnership between faculty members of BU's School of Medicine and School of Education in response to the first call for proposals under the Science Education Partnership Awards initiative of the National Institutes of Health. CityLab's founders recognized the need for CityLab, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Biotechnology, Outreach Programs, Mobile Classrooms
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Dolan, Erin L.; Borrero, Michelle; Callis-Duehl, Kristine; Chen Musgrove, Miranda M.; de Lima, Joelyn; Ero-Tolliver, Isi; Gerhart, Laci M.; Goodwin, Emma C.; Hamilton, Lindsey R.; Henry, Meredith A.; Herrera, Jose; Huot, Bethany; Kiser, Stacey; Ko, Melissa E.; Kravec, Marcy E.; Lee, Mark; Limeri, Lisa B.; Peffer, Melanie E.; Pires, Debra; Ramirez Lugo, Juan S.; Sharp, Starlette M.; Suarez, Nicole A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The 2019 Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference (UBER GRC), titled "Achieving Widespread Improvement in Undergraduate Education," brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working to identify, promote, and understand widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching, learning, and success…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology, Evidence Based Practice
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Chan, Angel – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
International social unrest in recent years has resulted in many people choosing or being forced to leave their home countries to seek better lives elsewhere, causing drastic demographic shifts. Yet, it has been pointed out that institutional policies and practices in many countries have not caught up with such changing demographics, which have…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Early Childhood Education, Student Diversity, Cultural Pluralism
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Ferguson, Emily F.; Nahmias, Allison S.; Crabbe, Samantha; Liu, Talia; Mandell, David S.; Parish-Morris, Julia – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who receive early intervention reap developmental benefits, but little is known about characteristics of early intervention placements in the community that optimize individual growth. The extent to which children hear and use language, in particular, may contribute significantly to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Urban Schools, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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McCarthy, Marie – Contributions to Music Education, 2020
In this article the twelve statements in the Housewright Declaration (2000) are examined in the context of trends and developments in the music education profession since the Declaration was published. A brief context for the time period is provided, focusing on three influential trends--nationalism, justice and equity, and new forms of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational History, Nationalism, Justice
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