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John Burger; Kevin Newman; Doug Stevens – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2024
This study contributes to applied and theoretical research for schools and districts by exploring data-based evidence of the relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and student engagement with school. The paper features trend data on student orientation to school assessed via the multi-dimensional Student Orientation to School Questionnaire…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement, School Orientation
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Seema Imam; Shaza Khan – Journal of Education in Muslim Societies, 2022
Sense of belonging is a critical aspect of human development that has been identified as an important ingredient for school success. Yet the construct has not been explored in relation to the experiences of Muslim students in full-time Islamic schools. To fill this gap, the authors conducted a qualitative study using phenomenology to understand…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High School Graduates, Islam, Religious Schools
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Smith, Jolan M.; Kataoka, Sheryl H.; Segovi, Francisco R.; Osuna, Anthony; Arriaga, Ivette; Garcia, Consuelo D.; Lee, Hyon Soo; Chiappe, Jenny C.; Juarez, Joseph L.; Kasari, Connie; Hassrick, Elizabeth McGhee; Jones, Felica; Mandell, David S.; Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Mundy, Peter C.; Smith, Tristram; Linares, Deborah E. – Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, 2021
Few studies use a strengths-based perspective to identify strategies that support K-12 school transitions for historically minoritized families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the present study, university researchers partnered with community stakeholders (e.g., disability advocates, community health organizations, etc.) in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Strnadová, Iva; Cumming, Therese M. – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This article examines the current state of the transition process for students with developmental disabilities in New South Wales, Australia. Teachers from 75 schools were surveyed about current practices for students with developmental disabilities transitioning from primary to secondary school and from secondary school to post-school life.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Purcell, Melissa – Library Media Connection, 2011
The school library media center should be a place that every student and teacher feels compelled to visit on a daily basis. Offering good, informative orientations can provide the direction needed to ensure that happens. Orientations should be part of every school library media specialist's job description and role. Orientations can be as long or…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Services, School Orientation
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Opfer, V. Darleen; Pedder, David J.; Lavicza, Zsolt – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
This article presents a theoretical argument for assuming that schools have an orientation to learning that influences both whether teachers learn and also whether they change professionally as a result of the learning. This school-level orientation to learning is hypothesized to consist of beliefs and practices about learning. Results from a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, School Orientation, Teacher Surveys, Path Analysis
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Cooper, Carey E.; Crosnoe, Robert – Youth & Society, 2007
This study considers academic risk and resilience in the context of economic disadvantage, examining the associations among such disadvantage, parental involvement in education, and children's academic orientation in a sample of 489 inner-city families. Neither parents' nor children's engagement in the educational system was significantly…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Urban Areas