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Best, Marnie; Price, Deborah; McCallum, Faye – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
The middle years of school represent a time of educational turbulence, serving to marginalise some students from educational opportunities. Much research has focussed on individual cognitive factors influencing educational engagement, with less attention directed towards social interactions. Theoretically positioned within an expectancy-value…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Nontraditional Education, Achievement Need
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Price, Deborah; McCallum, Faye – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The complex and ever-changing nature of teachers' work challenges their well-being. Teacher well-being and "fitness" includes versatility, mental strength, and commitment to promote effective teaching and learning. In framing this notion, we seek to understand the ecological influences impacting on teacher well-being and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Teacher Characteristics, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health
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Prosser, Brenton; McCallum, Faye; Milroy, Philippa; Comber, Barbara; Nixon, Helen – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
In this paper, we draw on accounts from students to inform a Middle Schooling movement that has been variously described as "arrested", "unfinished" and "exhausted". We propose that if the Middle Schooling movement is to understand the changing worlds of students and develop new approaches in the middle years of…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes