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Kappus, Becky – ProQuest LLC, 2016
School can be inhospitable for any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) parents with children in pre-K-12 classrooms (Kosciw & Diaz, 2008). Some LGBTQ parents feel they must be silent and discreet so their children will not endure any discrimination at school (Fakhrid-Deen & COLAGE, 2010). Some reasons for this silence…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Parents
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Shimpi, Priya M.; Paik, Jae H.; Wanerman, Todd; Johnson, Rebecca; Li, Hui; Duh, Shinchieh – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The current English-language research and educational program was driven by an initiative to create a more interactive, theme-based bilingual language education model for preschools in Chengdu, China. During a 2-week teacher education program centered at the Experimental Kindergarten of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengdu, China, a team of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries
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Ang, Lynn – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
Research has shown that the quality of early years provisions is directly linked to the quality of leadership and management of early years settings. The extant research also shows that the quality of preschool settings are almost always characterised by strong leadership, where leaders and practitioners share a clear vision of the setting's…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Early Childhood Education, Qualifications, Leadership Qualities
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Salminen, Jenni; Hannikainen, Maritta; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2013
This study examined the diversity of teaching practices to illuminate the qualitative variety of instructional teaching practices among preschool teachers. Further, teachers' self-rated educational goals were explored to complement the multifaceted nature of preschool teachers' instructional teaching practices. The study was carried out as a case…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Case Studies
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Mohammad Taghi Monshi Toussi; Ali Akbar Boori; Afsaneh Ghanizadeh – World Journal of Education, 2011
This article investigated the relationship between EFL teachers' self-regulation and teaching effectiveness. In so doing, 76 EFL teachers were selected according to a convenience sampling from different English language institutes in Mashhad, a city in north-eastern Iran. The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant relationship…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Self Management, Teacher Effectiveness
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Quinn, Mark; Carr, Alan; Carroll, Louise; O'Sullivan, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Parents Plus programme with families of pre-school children with developmental disabilities and significant behavioural problems in the Irish health service. The Parents Plus programme is a group-based parent training package involving video modelling, which was designed to be…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Early Intervention, Developmental Disabilities