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McKeown, Shelley; Stringer, Maurice; Cairns, Ed – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
With increasing ethnic and racial diversity in the classroom, understanding classroom dynamics and the use of space has become increasingly important. In particular, when theoretical perspectives, such as that offered by intergroup contact research, promotes the importance of contact between competing groups to improve relations. Adopting a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, School Segregation, Intergroup Relations, Cluster Grouping
Berman, Sheldon H. – Principal Leadership, 2004
Because the national education agenda is focused on standards, testing, and accountability, schools are at risk of narrowly defining their mission as improving test scores. In this environment, it is easy to forget that public education serves a larger civic mission. Preserving and promoting a democratic society was the founding precept of the…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Citizenship Education, Civics