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Williams, Hugh – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2012
A training course of two after-school sessions was run for teaching assistants (TAs) in a UK inner city primary school. The subject of the training was classroom use of a version of differential reinforcement of alternative behaviours (DRAs) known as Fair Pairs. The training introduced the concept of "Three Part Praise" within Fair…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Training
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Gkolia, Chrysanthi; Brundrett, Mark; Switzer, Jackie – Education 3-13, 2009
Education Action Zones (EAZs) have formed one of the key elements of government policy in trying to drive up standards and disseminate best practice. However, the initiative has been subject to a sustained critique and questions have remained as to the efficacy of such networks of schools. This article reports on study of one EAZ in the north-west…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Leadership
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Burnard, Pamela; Younker, Betty Anne – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article applies Engestrom's Activity Theory (AT) as an analytical lens to identify defining characteristics of the collaborative creative music making activities of composing and arranging. Attention is paid to the complex interrelationships among the various elements of interaction in children's collaborative creative music making as…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Music Education, Music, Cooperation
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Hacking, Elisabeth Barratt; Scott, William; Barratt, Robert – Environmental Education Research, 2007
The article critically explores the conditions necessary for children to be fully involved in developing a community-related school curriculum, doing this through a critical reappraisal of the gap between the philosophy of environmental education and its practice in schools highlighted by Stevenson in 1987. This article draws on a recent UK…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Urban Schools
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Reakes, Angharad – Research in Education, 2007
The body of literature examining the educational needs of asylum-seeker children is limited. Extending the body of knowledge has become increasingly important because of the increasing number of asylum seekers in the UK, with significant implications for local education authorities and schools. The main focus of the research was the situation in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, School Districts, Foreign Countries, Case Studies