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Matheson, Flora I.; Dastoori, Parisa; Whittingham, Lisa; Calzavara, Andrew; Keown, Leslie A.; Durbin, Anna; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G.; Lin, Elizabeth; Volpe, Tiziana; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: There is little research with people who experience intellectual/developmental disabilities and imprisonment. Methods: The study linked health and correctional data to examine prevalence of intellectual/developmental disabilities and health and correctional characteristics among adults experiencing their first federal incarceration…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Katic, Barbara; Alba, Laura A.; Johnson, Austin H. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Despite its increasing recognition and use in U.S. schools, a limited amount of research has evaluated the effect of restorative justice (RJ) for school violence prevention and response. To date, there is no standardized method for RJ implementation. Therefore, this systematic literature review investigates peer-reviewed studies on the application…
Descriptors: Justice, Conflict Resolution, Violence, Prevention
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Milley, Peter – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
Educational administration is a rich domain of scholarship and practice, but one subject rarely discussed is its dark side. This study explored the question: What types of maladministration occur in schooling systems? The goal was to develop findings to inform existing prevention strategies. Focused on the Canadian context, data sources included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Administrator Behavior, Classification
Sizmur, Juliet; Ager, Rob; Classick, Rachel; Lynn, Laura – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2017
This report summarises Year 6 pupils' attainment in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) survey of 2016 in Northern Ireland and explores the context of that attainment. PIRLS is an international comparison study of reading at ages 9-10. PIRLS has a five-yearly cycle. Northern Ireland took part in PIRLS for the second time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Grade 4
National Foundation for Educational Research, 2017
This summary accompanies the national report for Northern Ireland (Sizmur et al., 2017). It outlines the attainment of Year 6 pupils in Northern Ireland in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 survey and explores the context of that attainment. PIRLS is a study of reading at ages 9-10 and has a five-yearly cycle.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Grade 4
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Arum, Richard; Ford, Karly – Educational Leadership, 2012
It's a challenge for schools in every country: How to provide the right kind of discipline and create a climate that nurtures learning. This challenge may look different in different countries. A school's disciplinary climate not only is the product of educators' beliefs and actions, students' beliefs and actions, and the interaction of these, but…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Social Environment, Social Scientists, Foreign Countries
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Baillie, L. E.; Lovato, C. Y.; Taylor, E.; Rutherford, M. B.; Smith, M. – Health Education Research, 2008
Thirty per cent of school districts in British Columbia do not ban smoking outright on school grounds, and in several instances, smoking is permitted in smoking pits, regardless of school district policy. While there is evidence to suggest that enforcing a tobacco-free environment for students does reduce adolescent smoking rates, the concomitant…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Smoking, Foreign Countries, Board of Education Policy
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1994
This publication presents the proceedings of the invitational forum on student conduct and violence in schools in Canada. Participants identified several key issues related to student conduct and violence in schools. Those internal to schools include school climate, student values and attitudes, consequences of behavior, and peer culture. Issues…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Martin, Mike; Murphy, Scott – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
Three groups of Canadian secondary school students ("high risk" or "high achievers" junior high students and training school students) completed the Jesness Inventory, developed to study delinquency. The high-risk students' scores were more similar to the training school students' scores than to the high achievers', except on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Correctional Institutions
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Bondy, Eloise M.; Mash, Eric J. – Child Study Journal, 1999
Examined parenting efficacy, perceived control over failure in caregiving, and mothers' likely affective, attributional, and disciplinary reaction to inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and oppositional-defiant misbehaviors, as reported by mothers. Found that parenting efficacy and perceived control over failure may be unrelated cognitive…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Problems, Foreign Countries
Styles, Ken; Cavanagh, Gray – Education Canada, 1982
Presents 15 teachers' viewpoints on discipline; parent, teacher, and student thoughts on the causes of discipline problems; a federal discipline policy statement; a list of common discipline problems; eight questions to ask when exploring practical solutions; and approaches to discipline problems. (AH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Terry, William M. – 1997
This master's research project investigated teaching practices in a Native community school in Manitoba in relation to the school's high dropout rate. The school was located on an isolated Native reserve in northern Manitoba, providing education through grades 9-10. In contrast to successful Native education programs elsewhere that are based in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Culture Conflict
Fergusson, Norman H. – 1984
This study obtained information about the factors which cause stress for 406 teachers in Nova Scotia and determined possible differences by sub-groups. Noteworthy differences were found by size of school, gender, experience, type of school, administrator/non-administrator, and a few by license category. Results indicated that one teacher in four…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Class Size, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Litke, C. Del – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Traces development and implementation of a 4-day school week at an Alberta junior high school that extended the school day 40 minutes, resulted in more classes taught in a shorter time period, and decreased student discipline problems. Describes parent and community reactions. Includes recommendations for planning educational change. (LP)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Discipline Problems