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A View of Rural Schooling through the Eyes of Former Students
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Pazos, Mercedes Suarez; DePalma, Renee; Membiela, Pedro – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Teachers who attended unitary rural schools in northwestern Spain were asked to relate their early school experiences in the form of a personal reflective and analytical narrative. Our analysis of these narratives revealed some strikingly difficult conditions; nevertheless, students tended to relate these hardships with a strong sense of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Environment, Rural Schools, Personal Narratives
Teachers' Memories of Disciplinary Control Strategies from Their Own School Days
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DePalma, Renee; Membiela, Pedro; Pazos, Mercedes Suarez – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This article provides a vision of school disciplinary strategies as provided by childhood school memories of practicing or unemployed teachers. This narrative approach allows us to understand the school and its daily routines and rituals from an insiders' point of view, drawing upon the double perspective teachers employ when reflecting on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Classroom Environment
Preconceptions of Students about the Natural Urban Environment in a Small Spanish City.
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Membiela, Pedro; And Others – Environmentalist, 1994
Reports the results of a study of preconceptions of secondary students from a small Spanish city. The analysis has led the authors to propose some recommendations for curricular design and development for schools in urban environments. (LZ)
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students
Classroom Environment in the Implementation of an Innovative Curriculum Project in Science Education.
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Suarez, Mercedes; Pias, Rosa; Membiela, Pedro; Dapia, Dolores – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Analyzes the perceptions of students, teachers, and external observers in order to study the influence of classroom environment on the implementation of an innovative project in science education. Contains 33 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries