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Berger, Nathan; Archer, Jennifer – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2018
Recent research using quantitative methodologies and an emerging social psychological theory of socioeconomic status (SES) has found an association between students' SES and their academic achievement goals. As a new area of research in the achievement goal tradition, there has been little investigation of the contextual influences upon particular…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Goal Orientation, Secondary School Students, Socioeconomic Influences
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Fredman, Amy J.; Schultz, Nicole J.; Hoffman, Mary F. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
Scholars have become more attentive to lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual/queer/questioning (LGBTQ) topics as queer perspectives become increasingly prevalent in middle and high school environments. This study examines how educators navigate social and academic environments in order to incorporate inclusive pedagogical practices and cultivate safe…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Middle Schools
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Geger, A. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Life values, value orientations, social attitudes, and other corresponding social collisions have been the object of many studies. Research on the values of youth in Russia is marred by methodological problems that have not been adequately addressed, and more careful approaches show that there may not be a finite list of values that are held and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Values, Social Environment
Cohen, Maureen – Principal Leadership, 2012
Many school leaders seek new strategies from their colleagues and education literature on how to develop and sustain a positive school culture where students feel safe and are able to reach their greatest potential in academic achievement. Leadership books focus on strategies of building professional learning communities and developing capacity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership, Values, Educational Change
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Howard, Adam – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: To date, there has been little attention given to how privilege is produced and enacted. Privilege has been mainly conceptualized as the advantages that one group has over another. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: In this article, the author seeks to move beyond current conceptions of privilege to explore the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Self Concept, Private Schools, High School Students
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Miller, Gord – Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 2005
In recent years the range of problems and concerns that we categorize under the banner of environmental issues seems to grow in number, magnitude and scale. We have determined that many of humanitarian failures in the developing world have their causes rooted not just in the political or economic systems but also in the need to accommodate the…
Descriptors: Values, Beliefs, Ethics, Social Attitudes