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Doughty, Howard A.; Kenney, Lorne J. – College Quarterly, 2011
Innovation should be about procedures and methods. Little thought is given to proximate, much less ultimate aims. In this article, the authors invite educators to take a break and explore the educational enterprise to which they devote their life's work. They discuss two bits of excerpted writing, both over half a century old. One comes from Jack…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Educational Attitudes
Pfeiffer, Steven I., Ed. – APA Books, 2017
This handbook incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education. It consists of six sections: (1) History and global perspectives on the gifted field and talent development; (2)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Theories, Talent Identification
Flett, Gordon L.; Coulter, Lisa-Marie; Hewitt, Paul L.; Nepon, Taryn – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
The present study examined trait perfectionism, automatic perfectionistic thoughts, rumination, worry, and depressive symptoms in early adolescents. A group of 81 elementary school students in Grades 7 and 8 completed 5 questionnaires: the Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory, the Children's Response Styles…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Grade 7
Weinert, Daniel James – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The environment in higher education and healthcare is rapidly changing. Adaptation through innovation is critical for organizations responsible for the education of healthcare providers. This study examined the climate for innovation at chiropractic colleges and health sciences universities offering a doctor of chiropractic program. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Health Sciences, Health Education, Private Colleges
Hewitt, Paul L.; Blasberg, Jonathan S.; Flett, Gordon L.; Besser, Avi; Sherry, Simon B.; Caelian, Carmen; Papsdorf, Michael; Cassels, Tracy G.; Birch, Susan – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Research on adults indicates that perfectionistic self-presentation, the interpersonal expression of one's perfection, is associated with a variety of psychopathological outcomes independent of trait perfectionism and Big Five traits. The current article reports on the development and evidence for the validity of the subtest score interpretations…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Social Desirability, Test Validity, Adolescents
Proulx, Travis; Chandler, Michael J. – Human Development, 2009
This research details the changing ways in which young people of different ages differently warrant the conviction that, notwithstanding evidence of good and bad behaviours, selves can be understood as unified across the various roles and contexts that they occupy. Canadian adolescents and young adults were asked to explain the apparent disunity…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior
McClune, Billy; Jarman, Ruth – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
A recognised aim of science education is to promote critical engagement with science in the media. Evidence would suggest that this is challenging for both teachers and pupils and that science education does not yet adequately prepare young people for this task. Furthermore, in the absence of clear guidance as to what this means and how this may…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, News Reporting, Science Education, Curriculum Development
Rose, Heather; Miller, Lynn; Martinez, Yvonne – Professional School Counseling, 2009
The purpose of the study in this article was to replicate past findings showing the effectiveness of a cognitive, behavioral resilience-building/anxiety-prevention program, "FRIENDS for Life." The results of the controlled study of two Grade 4 classrooms in Canada (N = 52) indicate that all children reported reduced levels of anxiety…
Descriptors: Prevention, Foreign Countries, School Counseling, Anxiety
Wane, Njoki Nathani – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
This paper is based on on-going research on feminist theorizing among women of African ancestry in Canada. The women's residency in Canada ranges from those who were born here to those who migrated in the last five years. The paper highlights stories of 16 women's experiences in the academy and concentrates mainly on their stories of agency,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Feminism, Females, Foreign Countries
Brendgen, Mara; Lamarche, Veronique; Wanner, Brigitte; Vitaro, Frank – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The present study examined to what extent different types of friendship experiences (i.e., friendlessness, having depressed friends, and having nondepressed friends) are associated with early adolescents' longitudinal trajectories of depressed mood. On the basis of a sample of 201 youths (108 girls, 93 boys), we identified 3 distinct longitudinal…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Mallia, Gorg, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As technology is being integrated into educational processes, teachers are searching for new ways to enhance student motivation and learning. Through shared experiences and the results of empirical research, educators can ease social networking sites into instructional usage. "The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Social Networks
Zahradnik, Marc; Stewart, Sherry H.; O'Connor, Roisin M.; Stevens, Doreen; Ungar, Michael; Wekerle, Christine – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
This study is part of a school-based collaborative research project with a Nova Scotian Mi'kmaq community that hopes to shed light on the relationship between exposure to violence and mental health in First Nations youth. This particular study sought to examine how the multifaceted construct of resilience might act as a protective factor,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Academic Achievement
Houlihan, Michael; Fraser, Ian; Fenwick, Kimberley D.; Fish, Tom; Moeller, Christin – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2009
Teaching anxiety is prevalent among professors. However, there is little research examining the relationship between personality and teaching anxiety in this population. The current study examines how different types of in-class behaviour are related to teaching anxiety and personality. Higher neuroticism and lower extraversion are related to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Coping, Anxiety, Teaching Methods
Boivin, Michel; Petitclerc, Amelie; Feng, Bei; Barker, Edward D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study investigated the evolving relations between peer victimization and social/emotional difficulties in middle to late childhood. Peer assessments of peer victimization and social/emotional difficulties (aggressive behavior, social withdrawal, and emotional vulnerability) were collected over 4 years for 1,035 children attending Grades 3-6…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Grade 3, Victims of Crime
Masten, Ann S. – Education Canada, 2009
Resilience researchers are intrigued with the challenge of understanding how people overcome risk or adversity to succeed in life. The study of resilience emerged about 40 years ago when a group of scientists studying the origins of behaviour problems and mental illness were surprised to find that many children in "high risk" groups were…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Social Systems, Theory Practice Relationship, Predictor Variables