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Sanders, Mavis G. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Full-service community schools provide comprehensive and coordinated resources and supports to meet the complex needs of children and families in low-income communities. Given their intentional focus on expanded networks of school, family, and community stakeholders, full-service community schools are particularly useful…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
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Hull, Glynda; Hellmich, Emily – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Educators in the United States and internationally have become increasingly interested in incorporating international perspectives into curricula, programs, and policy (Hayden, 2011; Parker, 2011). Rooted in a long history of international education (Dolby & Rahman, 2008), these efforts have been described variously as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Education, Institutional Mission, Curriculum
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Svenningsson, Johan; Hultén, Magnus; Hallström, Jonas – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
The pupils' attitudes toward technology survey (PATT) has been used for 30 years and is still used by researchers. Since it was first developed, the validity of the questionnaire constructs has primarily been discussed from a statistical point of view, while few researchers have discussed the type of attitudes and interest that the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
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Sai, Youcef – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2018
Islam is the fastest growing faith in the Republic of Ireland, with the number of adherents reported in 2012 at 50,000. However, despite this number there are only three Muslim primary schools. Empirical research on Muslim schools in Ireland is currently very limited. This article aims to provide insight and understanding into the role of ethos as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islam, Muslims, Religious Education
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Marwood, Hayley; Chinn, Deborah; Gannon, Kenneth; Scior, Katrina – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) should be able to access the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, currently a main provider of mainstream mental health services in England. IAPT offer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to individuals experiencing mental health problems, although its effectiveness…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Therapy, Mental Health, Health Services
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Hornby, Garry; Blackwell, Ian – Educational Review, 2018
The article on barriers to parental involvement in education that was published in "Educational Review" in 2011 has been surprisingly widely read and cited. The article was prompted by concern over the apparent gap between the rhetoric and reality of parental involvement evident in preceding years. It presented a model which discussed…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Barriers, Elementary Schools
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Aslam, Farzana; Adefila, Arinola; Bagiya, Yamuna – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2018
STEM outreach programmes in secondary schools are mediated by STEM teachers who are responsible for organising, implementing and evaluating the activities with a view to promoting STEM subjects. However, research investigating teachers' STEM roles and professional development through participation in outreach activities is limited. This paper…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary Education, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
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Shin, Jihae – Music Education Research, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine interactions among in-service music teachers in a graduate music teacher education programme using Wenger, McDermott, and Snyder's [2002. "Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge." Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press] Communities of Practice (CoPs) framework. The…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Graduate Study, Teacher Education Programs, Music Education
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Parsons, Seth A.; Malloy, Jacquelynn A.; Parsons, Allison Ward; Peters-Burton, Erin E.; Burrowbridge, Sarah Cohen – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Student engagement is important for teachers and researchers because it is associated with student achievement. Guided by self-determination theory, this year-long case study used observations and interviews to examine six students' behavioral, affective, and cognitive engagement in integrated literacy and social studies tasks. Task differences…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Learner Engagement, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
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Grinshtain, Yael; Gibton, Dan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how primary school principals in Israel cope with the gaps between authority and responsibility in their work, deriving from partially implemented decentralization processes, and how this relates to school-based management (SBM) and accountability principles. Design/methodology/approach: Using…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Elementary Schools, Principals, Power Structure
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Ünlü-Çetin, Senil; Olgan, Refika – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
One of the important implications of the rights given to children by Article 12 of UN Convention on the Rights of Children 1989 is the inclusion of children in research on issues related to their lives. However, studies on father involvement are still conducted "for" young children not "with" them and there are no…
Descriptors: Young Children, Attitude Measures, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
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O'Donnell Lussier, Kristie; Harper Shetron, Tamara – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2018
The purpose of this historical overview of the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) is to examine the CRLA archives to determine phases in the organization's narrative development, to uncover trends, and to ascertain overarching principles in the dialog between the written record and living memory. The two-phase research study began…
Descriptors: Archives, Oral History, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories
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Kramer-Simpson, Elisabeth – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2018
This article offers empirical data to explore ways that both industry mentors and academic internship coordinators support student interns in ways that optimize the workplace experience. Rich description of qualitative data from case studies and interviews shows that to optimize the internship, both the industry mentor and the academic internship…
Descriptors: Industry, Mentors, School Business Relationship, Internship Programs
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Estrella Ibarra, Félix David – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
The study was set to understand students' feelings when using Facebook as a platform for practicing writing skills. It could be determined that respondents appreciated and enjoyed working on Facebook. The general sense was that of having a low level of stress and anxiety while working online as their affective filter was reduced. Students were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Writing Skills, Student Attitudes
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Hussein, Hussam – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
This article investigates the representation of water scarcity in Jordanian textbooks to understand its role on improving education on environmental sustainability. People's understanding of an issue guides their actions toward finding and implementing appropriate solutions to what they perceive as a problem. Discourses are key in constructing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Water, Textbook Content, Textbooks
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