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Miyauchi, Hisae; Fast, Danene; Wild, Tiffany – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This research aims to learn what schools for blind students in the United States are currently doing to teach students with visual impairments and further explore the services these schools provide in their states. Methods: This research used qualitative interviews with school administrators, staff members, and teachers at four…
Descriptors: Blindness, Special Schools, Visual Impairments, Ideology
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Seeberg, Vilma; Baily, Supriya; Khan, Asima; Ross, Heidi; Wang, Yimin; Shah, Payal; Wang, Lei – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2017
This article examines how non-governmental organizations create resources and spaces for girls and women's education and empowerment in China, India and Pakistan--in the context of global expectations and local state relations as well as cultural norms. We examine the dynamics that foster female empowerment associated with educational attainment.…
Descriptors: Females, Social Change, Empowerment, Womens Education
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Shah, Payal – Comparative Education Review, 2015
Delving into the "black box" of schooling can help us better understand the paradoxical reality that schooling for girls can be simultaneously empowering and disempowering. Despite recent interest in developing innovative research methodologies within the field of comparative education, there has been less attention to and reflexivity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Females, Adolescents
West, Elizabeth A.; Jones, Phyllis; Chambers, Dianne; Whitehurst, Teresa – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2012
The purpose of this multi-perspective collaborative research activity was to analyze moments of teacher learning as perceived by a group of teachers who educate students with the label of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The researchers in this project acknowledge the value of hearing teachers' perspectives on what works for them in their…
Descriptors: Autism, Foreign Countries, Residential Schools, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Chong, Stella Suk-ching; Leung, Ka-wai – British Journal of Special Education, 2012
This study by Stella Suk-Ching Chong, an assistant professor, and Ka-wai Leung, a teaching fellow, both at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, focuses on the perspectives of hostel staff from six residential schools for students with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties. Individual or focus group interviews were conducted to explore the…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Severity (of Disability), Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Finlay, Judy; Hardy, Micheal; Morris, Donny; Nagy, Anna – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
"Mamow-Sha-way-gi-kay-win": North-South Partnership for Children represents a coalition of individuals and organizations from southern Ontario who have partnered with First Nations Chiefs, community leaders, Elders, youth and community members from 30 remote northern communities. The collective goal of the Partnership is to learn from…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Canada Natives, Residential Schools, Suicide