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Col, Lee Del; Stahl, Garth – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2023
"Working in a Survival School" documents how global educational policies trickle down and influence school cultures and the lives of educators and educational leaders. The research traces the everyday work and experience of educators within an all-boys Catholic college suffering an unprecedented decline in enrolment numbers. In short, it…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Single Sex Schools, Males, Catholic Schools
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Tedd, Joe; Tedd, Bernie – School Science Review, 2018
The UK School Seismology Project started in 2007. King Edward VI High School for Girls was one of the fortunate schools to obtain a school seismometer system, free of charge, as an early adopter of the resource. This report outlines our experiences with the system over the past 10 years and describes our recent research on the relationship between…
Descriptors: Seismology, Secondary School Science, Student Research, Scientific Research
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Gilbert, Amy; Wade, Katherine – Science Teacher, 2014
For an introductory engineering class at an all-girls urban high school in the Southeast, the authors planned an experience that would align with the engineering aspects of the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013). The goal was to better relate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to everyday…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Engineering Education, Urban Schools, High School Students
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Vaughn, Kyle – English Journal, 2011
When the author came to the Hockaday School many years ago, a course on the literature of war was already in place. He must admit he did a bit of a double-take on seeing this in the course catalog. Hockaday is, after all, an all-girls school. Would teenage girls be so interested in war? He sees now what a prejudicial thought that was, assuming…
Descriptors: Literature, Females, Global Approach, Adolescents
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Linsell, Chris; Cavanagh, Michael; Tahir, Salma – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2013
Developing a conceptual understanding of elementary algebra has been the focus of a number of recent articles in this journal. Baroudi (2006) advocated problem solving to assist students' transition from arithmetic to algebra, and Shield (2008) described the use of meaningful contexts for developing the concept of function. Samson (2011, 2012)…
Descriptors: Algebra, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Sharpe, Tina – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2008
The dialogic nature of discourse which stems from the work of [Bakhtin, M. (1994). Speech genres and other late essays. In P. Morris (Ed.), "The dialogic imagination" (pp. 81-87). London: Edward Arnold. (Original work published 1986)] provides important understandings in an investigation into the nature of classroom discourse. Using…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Foreign Countries, High Schools
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Brock, David – Science Teacher, 2009
Despite student interest, the heart is often a poorly understood topic in biology. To help students understand this vital organ's physiology, the author created this investigation activity involving the mammalian heart and its role in the circulatory system. Students design, build, and demonstrate working artificial "hearts" to exhibit what they…
Descriptors: Physiology, Anatomy, Human Body, Science Instruction
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Nieswandt, Martina; Shanahan, Marie-Claire – Research in Science Education, 2008
This case study examines the motivational structure of a group of male students (n = 10) in a grade 11 General Science class at an independent single-sex school. We approach the concept of motivation through the integration of three different theoretical approaches: sociocultural theory, future time perspective and achievement goal theory. This…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Student Motivation, Time Perspective, Scientific Literacy
Koepke, Mary – Teacher Magazine, 1991
The absence of male students is considered to be a key factor in the high levels of academic achievement, good behavior, self-confidence, and school loyalty evident in the current students and alumnae of Philadelphia High School for Girls. (IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Females, High Schools
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Gwizdala, Joyce; Steinback, Myriam – School Science and Mathematics, 1990
Examined were high school female students' attitudes toward mathematics and the effect of including males in the classroom. Compares attitude differences between students in single-sex and mixed-sex schools. (YP)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Coeducation, Females
Matthews, Brian – Open University Press, 2005
This is the first book to link the issues of emotional literacy, equity and social justice, and the education of the whole child, thus providing the social and political context for emotional literacy. In connecting emotional literacy and equity with the structure of schooling, it establishes that co-educational schools can contribute to enabling…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Equal Education, Coeducation, Single Sex Schools
Goetz, Susan Gibbs – Scarecrow Press, 2007
"Science for Girls: Successful Classroom Strategies" looks at how girls learn, beginning with the time they are born through both the informal and formal education process. In the author's current role as professor of science education, Dr. Goetz has surveyed hundreds of female elementary education majors in their junior and senior year of…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Single Sex Schools, Elementary Education, Females
Campbell, Patricia B.; Storo, Jennifer N. – 1996
This pamphlet addresses the research related to underachievement of women in science and mathematics and the implications of such underachievement for the nation. Fewer women are graduating in science and engineering and girls continue to score lower than boys on science achievement tests. The brochure stresses that an equitable education makes a…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Lee, Valerie E.; Marks, Helen M. – Sociology of Education, 1992
Discusses a study of why 3,183 secondary school students and their families chose either single-sex or coeducational independent schools. Considers the personal, demographic, and educational characteristics of the students and their families and the students' gender. Reports that family traditions for private schooling and religious orientation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Coeducation, Family Characteristics, Private Schools
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Kleinau, Elke – European Education, 1992
Contends that the growth of secondary education for females in Germany brought conflict between the girls' school teachers and female teachers who were involved in the women's rights movement. Discusses the vocational educational goals of the earlier schools and the liberal arts-professional goals of the newer upper secondary schools. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Females, Foreign Countries
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