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Karcher, Michael; Herrera, Carla – MENTOR, 2007
School-based mentoring (SBM) is an adaptation of the traditional mentoring model for schools. Involving schools can help programs reach groups of youth who may not otherwise be served, but school-based programs and their matches must adjust to the structure of the school. Available research suggests new and additional mentor training, staff…
Descriptors: Mentors, School Activities, Training, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Thompson, Stacy D.; Rains, Kari W. – Young Exceptional Children, 2009
Practitioners and parents are seeking ways to help children who are not able to integrate sensory information; this has generated recent media attention. A child's inability to integrate sensory information can have implications for the whole family and their everyday routines. Research conducted by occupational therapists has provided a rich…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Family Environment, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
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DeVoe, Jill Fleury; Bauer, Lynn – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Student victimization in schools is a major concern of educators, policymakers, administrators, parents, and students. Understanding the scope of the criminal victimization of students, as well as the factors associated with it, is an essential step in developing solutions to address the issues of school crime and violence. This report uses data…
Descriptors: Weapons, Crime, Bullying, Criminals
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Small, Adrian; Sice, Petia; Venus, Tony – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to set out an argument for a way to design, implement and manage IS with an emphasis on first, the learning that can be created through undertaking the approach, and second, the learning that may be created through using the IS that was implemented. The paper proposes joining two areas of research namely,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Information Systems, Methods, Manufacturing
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Dixon, Susan D. – Young Exceptional Children, 2008
In this article, the author describes how early childhood professionals can create positive environments that foster the growth of both oral and written language and how the concept of universal design can inform these practices. These activities are designed with a focus on children 3 to 5 years old. The author first looks at oral language…
Descriptors: Written Language, Oral Language, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Environment
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Pareja-Lora, Antonio, Ed.; Calle-Martínez, Cristina, Ed.; Rodríguez-Arancón, Pilar, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This volume offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, empirical and methodological view over the new scenarios and environments for language teaching and learning recently emerged (e.g. blended learning, e-learning, ubiquitous learning, social learning, autonomous learning or lifelong learning), and also over some of the new approaches to language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
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Walker, Robert – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2009
Bruce Perry's "Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics" (NMT) has great potential for enriching how children are cared for in families and in the social institutions charged with treating emerging disorders in young children. The NMT also suggests that many, if not most, currently used interventions seem pale and destined to have little or no effect…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Brain, Diagnostic Tests, Intervention
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Sahlberg, Pasi; Oldroyd, David – European Journal of Education, 2010
Accelerating threats to a sustainable relationship between economic growth and the capacity of the global social-ecological system to support it require that the implications of competitiveness be reassessed. Today, the capacities that underlie economic competitiveness must also be brought to bear on policy and pedagogy to prepare the coming…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Competition
Zapata, Juliana; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Albiser, Etienne; Yee, Hyo Jeong; Skalde, Annette; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2014
This policy profile on education in the Netherlands is part of the new Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base available…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Equal Education
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Wells, Ryan – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Many children of immigrants are not enrolled in high schools that sufficiently meet their needs, and subsequently, many are not making a successful transition to, and/or successfully completing, higher education. As immigration grows in the United States, educators and policy makers must understand how the educational processes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Attendance, Academic Aspiration, Learning Processes
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Conway, James M.; Amel, Elise L.; Gerwien, Daniel P. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Service learning places teaching and learning in a social context, facilitating socially responsive knowledge. The purposes of this meta-analysis were to summarize evidence on (a) extent and types of change in participants in service learning programs, (b) specific program elements (moderators) that affect the amount of change in participants, and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Psychology, Teaching Methods, Service Learning
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Olivos, Edward M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2009
This article focuses on how education personnel can foster a climate and infrastructure for working collaboratively with Latino families. The author argues that collaboration is facilitated when educators understand how they, as school agents, accept a Latino community's culture, knowledge, and power within the school context and how educators…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Family School Relationship, Hispanic Americans, Cultural Pluralism
Wiltshire, Monica – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Understanding the HighScope Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the HighScope Approach. It will enable the reader to analyse the essential elements of the HighScope Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice. Exploring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum, Educational Principles
Eaton, Susan – National Coalition on School Diversity, 2011
This is the second in a series of briefs summarizing findings from the newest and most rigorous research related to racial and socioeconomic diversity in public schools. The studies on which this brief is based were published recently in three special issues of the peer-reviewed journal, "Teachers College Record," edited by Professors…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Public Schools, Correlation
Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Vang, Zoua M. – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Public/Private Ventures' (P/PV's) "GroundWork" series summarizes available evidence on a variety of social policy topics, providing a solid foundation for future work. This first issue reviews the current literature about the potential benefits of simultaneously providing three services in school--healthcare, out-of-school-time learning and family…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
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