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Download full textWang, Jianjun; Ortiz, Theresa; Maier, Roland; Navarro, Diana – Online Submission, 2015
First five years are identified as a critical period of child growth in scientific literature. In 1998, California voters passed Proposition 10 that appropriated a 50 cent per pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to support early childhood development. As a result, Kern County Children and Families Commission administered over $10…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Context Effect, Partnerships in Education, Child Development
Monobe, Ratau John; Baloyi, Khangela – Online Submission, 2012
With the emergence of the Democratic South Africa, a number of disciplinary problems emerged. One of these problems is truancy of school children from schools. The South African Schools Act (1996, p. 6) provides that if a learner who is subject to "compulsory attendance" fails to attend a school, the HODS (heads of departments) may take…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Truancy, Technical Institutes, Delinquency
McVeigh, Francis – Online Submission, 2014
Purpose - This research project has investigated the "Company Programme" of the charity YE and how effective it is at increasing Life Skills in young people. Data has been obtained using student questionnaires and teacher interviews. Previous studies have been completed on "Life Skills" and "Enterprise Programmes",…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Questionnaires, Interviews, Youth Programs
Glanz, Jeffrey – Online Submission, 2008
Drawing on historical research, this paper draws attention to Dewey's oft-neglected, but no less brilliant work published in 1929, The Sources of a Science of Education. Dewey's critique of efforts in his day to seek "quick-fixes" to practical educational and curricular issues by employing premature scientific investigations and findings has…
Descriptors: Oral History, Investigations, Educational Philosophy, Supervision
Kelly, Janet; Bradley, Curtis; Gratch, Jonathan – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast laboratory simulations with traditional (equipment) explorations in physics to determine differences, if any, in student achievement and changes in attitude toward science. Based upon the investigations conducted in undergraduate physics classes with 96 students who were non-science majors, it…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Investigations, Science Achievement, Physics
Ritter, Carol – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate how adjunct professors who were fulfilling educational leadership roles at the building and district levels perceived how their role as educational leaders impacted their course instruction. The qualitative study was conducted during the fall semester of 2006 and the spring semester of 2007. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Instructional Leadership, Adjunct Faculty, Theory Practice Relationship
