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Direct linkGeorge, Paul S. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
In the context of today's turbulent university life, public education debates, and highly charged political milieu, the phrase "middle school teacher education" might be said to describe a less-than-quiet target of opportunity for a whole host of groups who despise the values, meanings, and the central goals of the middle school movement…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Public Education
Sharkey, J. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2004
This article presents findings from the first year of a 3-year qualitative case study investigating teacher knowledge and voice in an ESOL curriculum development project. Participants were nine elementary ESOL teachers, a school district coordinator, and a university researcher. This study engages the strand of research on teacher learning and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Ideology, Curriculum Development, Teacher Educators
Laird, Siobhan E. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
This paper, originally given as an address to an African audience of students and academics, examines the functions of education in Africa and argues that the western-oriented approach at tertiary level is injurious to the intellectual development of students. It sets out an analysis of the processes at work in the University of Ghana which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development, Social Work, Higher Education
Lawy, Robert; Bloomer, Martin; Biesta, Gert – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004
This article focuses on the interface between the formal learning associated with the curricula of school and college, and the personal knowledge and broader learning lives and identities of two young people as they move into and through their post-16 careers. The interviews reveal the complex interaction between the formal curriculum, contingent…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Young Adults, Citizenship Education, Informal Education
O'Rourke, John; Houghton, Stephen – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: There is a dearth of empirical research pertaining to the perceptions of students with mild disabilities of the academic and social outcomes of classroom support mechanisms. The absence of suitable measures is a primary issue contributing to this situation. Method: The present study reports the development and utility of the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Psychometrics, Classroom Environment
Bednarz, Sarah Witham; Acheson, Gillian; Bednarz, Robert S. – Social Education, 2006
The importance of maps and other graphic representations has become more important to geography and geographers. This is due to the development and widespread diffusion of geographic (spatial) technologies. As computers and silicon chips have become more capable and less expensive, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning satellite…
Descriptors: Maps, Spatial Ability, Social Studies, Map Skills
Alcazar, Lorena; Rogers, F. Halsey; Chaudhury, Nazmul; Hammer, Jeffrey; Kremer, Michael; Muralidharan, Karthik – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
A high rate of absence of teachers from their posts is a serious obstacle to delivery of education in many developing countries, but hard evidence on the problem has been scarce. This study, carried out as part of a new multi-country survey project, is the first systematic investigation in Peru into the extent and causes of teachers' absence from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Public Schools, Multivariate Analysis
Williams, Susan K.; Scahill, Lawrence; Vitiello, Benedetto; Aman, Michael G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Ritz, Louise; Posey, David J.; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Hollway, Jill; Cronin, Pegeen; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Wheeler, Courtney; Cicchetti, Domenic; Sparrow, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the impact of risperidone on adaptive behavior in children with autistic disorder who have serious behavior problems and to examine different methods of scoring the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales to measure change. Method: Forty-eight children (5 years to 16 years, 5 months) who showed behavioral improvement during acute…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Behavior Problems, Socialization, Autism
Wood, Beatrice L.; Miller, Bruce D.; Lim, Jungha; Lillis, Kathleen; Ballow, Mark; Stern, Trudy; Simmens, Samuel – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: This study tested a multilevel biobehavioral family model proposing that negative family emotional climate contributes to child depressive symptoms, which in turn contribute to asthma disease severity. Parent-child relational insecurity is proposed as a mediator. Method: Children with asthma (N = 112; ages 7-18; 55% male) reported…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Severity (of Disability), Statistical Analysis, Diseases
Adams, Barbara L.; Adam, Shehenaz; Opbroek, Michelle – Journal of American Indian Education, 2005
This case study explores the interactions between a teacher, her students, and a culturally based math curriculum in a fifth and sixth grade classroom in rural Alaska. The case attempts to identify and illuminate factors that created a rich learning environment while implementing Star Navigation: Explorations into Angles and Measurement, a module…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Educational Environment, Cultural Context, Scores
Szamosi, Leslie T. – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to determine what tomorrow's employees (i.e. graduates) are seeking from SMEs in terms of organizational satisfaction and value characteristics. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of 55 university students who identified SMEs as their best opportunity for their career goals is shown. The survey utilized tested measures…
Descriptors: Graduates, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Recruitment
Download full textRoach, Bonnie L. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Many federal laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, have enabled women and minorities access to the workplace. These same laws have mandated that employers prevent discrimination against women and minorities, yet when employers utilize various strategies for eliminating discrimination in the workplace, they have found themselves…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Diversity (Institutional), Compliance (Legal)
Osofsky, Joy D.; Osofsky, Howard J.; Harris, William W. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2007
Hurricane Katrina resulted in a disaster of proportions not previously known in the United States. The traumatic experiences of children and families during Hurricane Katrina, the flooding that resulted from the breach of the levees, the evacuation, and the aftermath are unprecedented. In responding to the enormous mental health needs of children…
Descriptors: Health Services, Family Problems, Crisis Intervention, Self Efficacy
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2007
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Allensworth, Elaine M.; Easton, John Q. – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2007
Despite increasing recognition that a high school diploma is a minimum requirement for success in the workplace, nearly half of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students fail to graduate, and in some CPS high schools, more students drop out than graduate. Research on dropping out has shown that the decision to persist in or leave school is affected by…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Dropouts, Graduation, Academic Achievement
