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Download full textPrinsloo, Erna – South African Journal of Education, 2007
The curriculum of the Life Orientation (LO) learning area forms an excellent basis for equipping learners to respond positively to social demands, assume responsibilities, and optimise their life chances. I report on a qualitative study that focused on the extent to which schools and LO teachers succeeded in achieving the outcomes of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Curriculum Implementation, Daily Living Skills
Direct linkLie, Koo Yew; Lick, Soo Hoo Pin – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
This paper is based on a qualitative case study on the perceptions of Malaysian Chinese parents towards literacy practices of their two children specifically in relation to the socialization practices they privilege at home. It looks at these literacy practices as choices made by parents for their teenage children at the intersection of home,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Parent Attitudes, Asians, Foreign Countries
Hezel Associates (NJ1), 2007
PBS TeacherLine, an initiative funded under the U.S. Department of Education's Ready To Teach program, is designed to provide high-quality online professional development for K-12 teachers. Through the first five-year grant cycle, ending in 2005, PBS TeacherLine produced approximately 100 online facilitated courses in reading, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Public Television, Federal Programs, Professional Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Mazzotti, Luciana; Murphy, Barbara; Kent, Jenny – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
Society is becoming increasingly aware of the need for education to play a key role in integrating knowledge and understanding about sustainability into practical, vocational skills which can be used in the workplace. Education for sustainability is now a widely accepted concept which seeks to promote and develop sustainability skills and…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Vocational Education, Skill Development, Environmental Education
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 2007
This volume presents an overall picture of enrollment trends in Canada, with breakdowns in terms of students' gender, age, type of study (part time, full-time, lifelong learning opportunities), level of degree (bachelor's, master's, PhD) and type of student (domestic, international, Aboriginal, visible minorities). Following this is a discussion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrollment Trends, Student Characteristics, Enrollment Rate
Ros i Sole, Cristina; Hopkins, Joseph – Distance Education, 2007
In this article we contrast two distance foreign language programs developed at two European institutions of higher education (the Modern Languages Program at the Open University, UK; and the English Program at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain) as instances of two pedagogical models used to address the many challenges posed by teaching…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Open Universities, Second Language Programs, Colleges
Smolin, Louanne; Lawless, Kimberly; Dede, Chris; Jones, Steve; Johnson-Yale, Camille; Perez, Francisco Seoane; Schuler, Jessica; Pellegrino, James W.; Goldman, Susan R.; Bertenthal, Meryl; Lawless, Kimberly; Vrasidas, Charalambos; Glass, Gene V.; Haertel, Geneva D.; Means, Barbara; Penuel, William; Goldmann, Hilary; Warschauer, Mark; Tettegah, Sharon; Whang, Eun Won; Collins, Nakia; Taylor, Kona; Vasquez, Olga A.; Burbules, Nicholas C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
There is little dispute that technology has transformed people's everyday lives. People shop online, download news in their iPods, communicate via text and video, take digital photos, and conduct all manner of personal and professional business via the Internet. While these technologies have afforded new opportunities to improve efficiency,…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Access to Information, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Hardin, Belinda J.; Roach-Scott, Marisa; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
The number of English language learners (ELLs) in early childhood regular and special education services has increased dramatically in the past decade. A survey was conducted with 141 early childhood administrators and teachers to examine their beliefs and practices concerning the special education referral, evaluation, and placement process for…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, Young Children
Robertson, Jan; Miller, Thelma – School Leadership & Management, 2007
Changing demographics have a major impact on schools and societies. This report is a study of how three New Zealand primary schools are working with student populations that are becoming more diverse and increasingly multi-ethnic in nature. One major theme that emerged from interviews with 25 teachers and school leaders was the concept and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Culture, Elementary Schools, Educational Environment
Fischer, Mary J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2007
This article explores racial and ethnic differences in adjusting to college and the consequences different adjustment strategies have on college outcomes. The author begins by summarizing the major perspectives in education on the roots of college attrition. In the process of comparing and contrasting these perspectives, she highlights three…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Student Adjustment, Ethnicity, Student Participation
Sadler, Lois S.; Swartz, Martha K.; Ryan-Krause, Patricia; Seitz, Victoria; Meadows-Oliver, Mikki; Grey, Margaret; Clemmens, Donna A. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: This study described a cohort of teen mothers and their children attending an urban high school with a parent support program and school-based child care center. Specific aims of the study were to describe maternal characteristics and outcomes, and child developmental and health outcomes. Methods: A volunteer sample of 65 adolescent…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Homeless People, Developmental Delays, Depression (Psychology)
Morrisson, Christian – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2002
It is generally agreed that spending on education and health is key to poverty reduction, but simply allocating more resources to these sectors does not ensure that poverty actually declines. On the basis of four in-depth case studies (on Indonesia, Madagascar, Peru and Tanzania) and three Technical Papers on malnutrition and primary education in…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Public Health
Alexander, Titus – 1994
Noting that an effective partnership between school and home can be one of the most powerful ways of helping children learn, this book provides guidelines for developing a whole school approach to working with parents to governors, parents, teachers, and other staff. Offering a wide range of good practice and practical ideas for developing an…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Fund Raising, Parent Child Relationship
Wlodkowski, Raymond J. – 1995
Euro-American values dominate the field of psychology, and their cultural assumptions are often accepted as universal. However, there are significant differences between Western and non-Western thinking and thus what educators take to be psychological norms are often rejected by many of the students and families they are supposed to serve. Despite…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
Hillman, Carol B. – 1995
This guide is intended to help all caregiving adults--parents, grandparents, guardians, care providers, friends, preschool teachers, and other educators--to make the best decisions for and about young children in the early childhood years before the start of formal schooling. The guide aims to help caregivers learn how to: enhance their…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Child Development
