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Ripani, Giulia – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2022
Using the Theory of Social Representations as a theoretical and methodological framework, the purpose of this study was to describe children's representations of music, musical identities, and musical engagement across middle childhood. Participants were primary students aged 8 to 11 (N = 132) from four schools in a large city in the Southeastern…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Music, Identification, Learner Engagement
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Booker, Roger – Children & Society, 2012
This paper examines the different contexts for leadership in children's services with a particular focus on integrated working. It reviews contemporary theories that appear to offer relevant frameworks for thinking about children's service leadership. It is argued that children's services require leadership at all levels to enable a dynamic,…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Leadership, Social Services, Children
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Henry, Sue Ellen – Educational Theory, 2013
Sociology has long recognized the centrality of the body in the reciprocal construction of individuals and society, and recent research has explored the influence of a variety of social institutions on the body. Significant research has established the influence of social class, child-rearing practices, and variable language forms in families and…
Descriptors: Children, Working Class, Human Body, Nonverbal Communication
Page, Shaileigh; Clark, Julie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
This paper originates from a larger qualitative study exploring how teachers incorporate the affective domain into the primary mathematics classroom. This paper analyses teacher's experiences of mathematics and explores, using activity theory, how these experiences impact their teaching. An important factor to emerge from the data was teacher's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Styles, Affective Behavior
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Catherine Compton-Lilly – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2011
This article examines Reading Recovery as a microcosm for issues related to race and access. Tenets of critical race theory are presented to explore how racial biases are systemic in our ways of being, teaching, and conducting research. Specifically, I present data for African American children involved in Reading Recovery in one Midwestern…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Racial Differences, Racial Bias
O'Hare, William P. – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2009
The Decennial Census is the most important data collection activity undertaken by the U.S. federal statistical system. Because census data are used to apportion Congress and draw redistricting lines for thousands of state and local single-member districts to meet the one-person/one-vote guidelines, the census is at the heart of the political…
Descriptors: Young Children, Census Figures, Federal Government, Statistics