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Direct linkMurphy, Sharon – Language Arts, 2012
Beginning with the premise that pleasure is a driving force in life, this article examines the relationships between pleasure, schooling and society across the past century. Through the examination of school texts, narratives, and histories of literacy instruction, a case is made that part of the move away from keeping pleasure at the heart of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Recreational Reading, Positive Attitudes
Peer reviewedLeithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris – School Leadership & Management, 2000
A study used survey data from an achieved sample of 1,818 elementary teachers and 6,490 students in a large Canadian school district to explore teacher and principal leadership influences on student engagement with school. Principal-leadership effects were weak but significant; teacher-leadership effects proved insignificant. (Contains 59…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Family Environment
Whitford, Elaine M.; And Others – Canadian Counsellor, 1982
Compared learning disabled (LD) and normally achieving (NA) grade three children. Results showed general demographic factors did not differentiate but significantly more LD than NA children came from homes with parental separation. LD mothers had significantly lower perceptions of their children's academic abilities and lower expectations. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Divorce, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Taylor, Lorne – 1976
This study examines the need for programs for the disadvantaged child in Newfoundland, and illustrates what directions such programs must take to be effective. A sample was taken of 120 children in grades 1, 3, and 5 of two schools. The family background variables examined were father's and mother's occupation and education, the number of children…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Taylor, L. J. – 1976
A sample was taken of 120 children in grades 1, 3, and 5 in two rural Newfoundland communities. To examine behaviors related to school success, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised), Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and the Concept Assessment Test were administered to all subjects. In order to assess the correlation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMasny, Diana; Ghahremani-Ghajar, Sue-san – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
An ethnographic case study of Somali children in Canadian schools examines the relationship between literacies, school, and community cultures by exploring literacy events as they unfold for Somali children in an elementary school. Field notes and interviews involving Somali and school-community members are analyzed based on the view that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment
