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Download full textJang, Eun-Young; Kim, Eun-Yong; Kang, Shin Ji – English Teaching, 2022
This study showcases an International Learning Exchange (ILE) program between North Korean (NK) refugee students in South Korea and American university students from the US. ILE programs connect two or more linguistic/ cultural groups for intercultural awareness, which provide authentic communicative environments. However, the prevalent use of…
Descriptors: Refugees, North Americans, Asians, Exchange Programs
Direct linkAbubakar, Amina; van de Vijver, Fons; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; He, Jia; Adams, Byron; Aldhafri, Said; Aydinli-Karakulak, Arzu; Arasa, Josephine; Boer, Diana; Celenk, Ozgur; Dimitrova, Radosveta; Ferreira, Maria Cristina; Fischer, Ronald; Mbebeb, Fomba Emmanuel; Frías, María Teresa; Fresno, Andrés; Gillath, Omri; Harb, Charles; Handani, Penny; Hapunda, Given; Kamble, Shanmukh; Kosic, Marianna; Looh, Joseph Lah; Mazrui, Lubna; Mendia, Rafael Emilio; Murugami, Margaret; Mason-Li, Mei; Pandia, Weny Savitry; Perdomo, Cristina; Schachner, Maja; Sim, Samantha; Spencer, Rosario; Suryani, Angela; Tair, Ergyul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Attitude Measures, Adolescents, Young Adults
Jolley, Alison; Ayala, Gianna – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
A new, interdisciplinary high school geoarchaeology curriculum unit, titled "Living with Volcanoes," was created and tested in two pilot lessons with 30 high school students total studying geography and classical civilization in northern England. Students were highly engaged during the curriculum unit and showed positive learning gains…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, High School Students, Geology
Salinas, Cinthia; Alarcón, Jeannette D. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
Notions of citizenship, as taught through the official state curriculum, are narrow and fail to consider the importance of histories that reveal a composite of diverse races/ethnicities, multiple languages, and complex patterns of immigration and transnationalism. The richness of such histories embodies the experiences and contributions of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, History Instruction
Di Blas, N.; Bucciero, A.; Mainetti, L.; Paolini, P. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2012
Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) are often used to support learning in formal and informal educational contexts. A technology-based educational experience consists of several elements: content, syllabus, roles, sequence of activities, assignments, assessment procedures, etc. that must be aligned with the affordances of the technologies to…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Design
Randazzo, Marisa R.; Cameron, J. Kevin – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2012
This article provides a brief history of the development of behavioral threat assessment within colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, from the original Secret Service model used to evaluate threats against the U.S. president, to its adaptations for workplace settings and United States and Canadian secondary schools, to its…
Descriptors: Barriers, North Americans, School Security, Universities
Sidewalks and City Streets: A Model for Vibrant Agricultural Education in Urban American Communities
Brown, Nicholas R.; Kelsey, Kathleen D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
In 2005, The National Council for Agricultural Education (NCAE) unveiled The Long Range Goal for Agricultural Education also known as 10 x 15. According to NCAE, the primary goal of 10 x 15 was to create 10,000 new agricultural education programs by 2015 that focused on an integrated model of classroom and laboratory instruction, experiential…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Program Development, Urban Extension
Ercikan, Kadriye; Roth, Wolff-Michael; Asil, Mustafa – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Two key uses of international assessments of achievement have been (a) comparing country performances for identifying the countries with the best education systems and (2) generating insights about effective policy and practice strategies that are associated with higher learning outcomes. Do country rankings really reflect the…
Descriptors: Inferences, International Education, International Studies, Case Studies
Pahl, Kate H.; Rowsell, Jennifer – Berkeley Review of Education, 2011
In this article, we propose a framework for literacy education, called artifactual critical literacy, which unites a material cultural studies approach together with critical literacy education. Critical literacy is a field that addresses imbalances of power and, in particular, pays attention to the voices of those who are less frequently heard.…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Literacy Education, Culture, Interdisciplinary Approach
Scott, Catherine – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
This study examined the characteristics of 10 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) focused high schools that were selected from various regions across the United States. In an effort to better prepare students for careers in STEM fields, many schools have been designed and are currently operational, while even more are in the…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Charter Schools, Minority Group Students, Engineering
Abramo, Joseph Michael – Music Education Research, 2011
This qualitative case study explores how students' perceptions of sexual identity affect how they participate in popular music processes used in school. Seventeen high school students were invited to form five single-gendered and mixed-gendered rock bands. The data collected included fieldnotes and audio recordings of observed rehearsals and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Student Attitudes, Musicians
Decision Making Processes Used by School Resource Officers When Handling Student Threats of Violence
Warren, Winnifred P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
School resource officers (SROs) are police officers responsible for the daily task of keeping schools safe. The extent to which this goal is achieved depends in part on how SROs identify, assess, and respond to student threats of violence. This task is complicated by the lack of knowledge regarding the most effective ways of handling a threat so…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Decision Making, Interviews, Violence
Mitra, Dana; Halabi, Saamira – Teachers College Record, 2012
Context: Research increasingly suggests that the high school diploma has lost its meaning as a symbol of life preparation. Having faced economic struggles earlier and longer than most regions of the United States, the "Rust Belt" region offers important lessons for the broader nation regarding how high schools might prepare youth for…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Regional Characteristics, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Ewbank, Ann Dutton – School Library Media Research, 2011
The number of U.S. school librarians has greatly diminished despite advocacy efforts on the local and national level. This case study investigated the factors that led governing board members in a mid-size urban high school district to retain certified school librarian positions despite a major economic crisis. Data were collected through school…
Descriptors: School Libraries, School Districts, Advocacy, Values
Wilson, Frank E., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
High dropout rates and low on-time graduation rates across the United States suggest that for many students proper transitioning is not taking place from middle schools to high schools. This study was designed to examine what measure perceptions and expectations held by students, faculty, and parents dealing with transition from middle school to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Middle Schools, Graduation Rate, Self Efficacy
