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Ryan, David – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016
For many years educational practitioners have tended to focus on issues within the child for the causes of special educational needs and or disabilities. However, as the field has developed in professional maturity, a more inclusive approach has now tended to look beyond the child themselves, and recognise that often the cause of the child's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Special Needs Students, Disabilities
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Adeyemo, Adeoye; Morris, Jerome E. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
An emerging body of research in the sociology of sports has captured how black males' academic identities become subsumed under an athletic identity. This body of research, unfortunately, focuses heavily on black male students at the college or university level and offers little empirical insights that probe academic and athletic related issues…
Descriptors: Athletes, Males, African American Students, High School Students
Phan, Huy P. – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Explanation pertaining to individuals' cognitive development and learning approaches is a recurring theme in the areas of education and psychology. The work of Okagaki (e.g., Okagaki, 2001; Okagaki & Frensch, 1998), for example, has provided both theoretical and empirical insights into the structuring and situational positioning of individuals…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Sociocultural Patterns, Family Influence, Community Influence