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Direct linkKavulic, Michael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative intrinsic case study explored the institutionalization of a Transition and Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) grant-funded program into a public four-year university in the Midwestern U.S. The study employed an ecological framework, and analyzed interview data from program stakeholders and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Transitional Programs, Postsecondary Education
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Download full textKaratekin, Kadir; Uysal, Cevdet – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
Ecological citizenship is a type of citizenship that encourages individuals, communities and organizations as citizens of the world to consider environmental rights and responsibilities. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are four most emphasized dimensions of ecological citizenship. These are responsibility, sustainability,…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Citizenship Responsibility
Ahi, Berat – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
This study aimed to determine mental models and identify codes (schemes) used in conceptualizing a desert environment. The sample for this study consisted of 184--out of a total population of 3,630--children in preschool education in the central district of Kastamonu, Turkey. Within the scope of this study, the children were initially asked to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews
Schölmerich, Vera L. N.; Kawachi, Ichiro – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Multilevel interventions are inspired by socio-ecological models, and seek to create change on various levels--for example by increasing the health literacy of individuals as well as modifying the social norms within a community. Despite becoming a buzzword in public health, actual multilevel interventions remain scarce. In this commentary, we…
Descriptors: Intervention, Theory Practice Relationship, Ecological Factors, Social Influences
Park, Yujeong; Seo, Dong Gi; Moore, Eric J.; Kim, Byungkeon – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors' purpose was to examine the degree to which low achievement is related to ontogenetic factors (i.e., personal psychological traits expressed as attention and depression) or microsystemic factors (i.e., socioeconomic status, parenting, relationship with peers and teachers), using a total of 721 middle school students in South Korea.…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Ecological Factors
Martinson, Marty; Elia, John P. – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically examine school health education in the USA and present alternative approaches for more critical and comprehensive health education. Design/methodology/approach: An ecological model framework is used to identify the limitations and opportunities for improvement in school health education in the…
Descriptors: Health Education, Comprehensive School Health Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Improvement
Abrahamson, Dor; Sánchez-García, Raúl – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
Whereas emerging technologies, such as touchscreen tablets, are bringing sensorimotor interaction back into mathematics learning activities, existing educational theory is not geared to inform or analyze passages from action to concept. We present case studies of tutor-student behaviors in an embodied-interaction learning environment, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Ecological Factors, Educational Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Place, Greg S. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of early-life educational experiences on the development of environmental attitudes among historical conservation individuals. Five key individuals who were active in conservation and environmental issues were identified in this study. Specifically, the goal was to discover what caused…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Educational Experience, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
Russ, Alex; Peters, Scott J.; Krasny, Marianne E.; Stedman, Richard C. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2015
Urban environmental education helps students to recognize ecological features and practices of cities. To understand the value and practice of developing such ecological place meaning, we conducted narrative research with educators and students in urban environmental education programs in the Bronx, New York City. Narratives showed that educators…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Environmental Education, Ecological Factors, Place Based Education
Aidman, Barry; Malerba, Catherine – Urban Education, 2017
This study examines the intermediate effects of a community-based college preparation program in a fast growth, high-needs exurban district in Texas. Participants and a matched group of nonparticipants were compared on a variety of academic and noncognitive measures. Findings indicate program participation is associated with higher scores on the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Community Education, College Preparation, Academic Achievement
Green Snyder, LeeAnne; D'Angelo, Debra; Chen, Qixuan; Bernier, Raphael; Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Wallace, Arianne Stevens; Gerdts, Jennifer; Kanne, Stephen; Berry, Leandra; Blaskey, Lisa; Kuschner, Emily; Roberts, Timothy; Sherr, Elliot; Martin, Christa L.; Ledbetter, David H.; Spiro, John E.; Chung, Wendy K.; Hanson, Ellen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The 16p11.2 duplication (BP4-BP5) is associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), although significant heterogeneity exists. Quantitative ASD, behavioral and neuropsychological measures and DSM-IV diagnoses in child and adult carriers were compared with familial non-carrier controls, and to published results from deletion carriers. The 16p11.2…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Psychiatry, Statistical Analysis
de Bruin, Leon R.; Harris, Anne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study investigates and compares elements of creativity in secondary schools and classrooms in Australia and Singapore. Statistical analysis and qualitative investigation of teacher, student and leadership perceptions of the emergence, fostering and absence of creativity in school learning environments is explored. This large-scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Creativity, Statistical Analysis
Ndemanu, Michael Takafor – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2018
This paper discusses pre-service teachers' (PSTs) resistance to some of the core concepts of multicultural education in a large Midwestern university. The data collected from document reviews, observations, and interviews with a selected group of PSTs point to cultural-ecological factors as major sources of the resistance. The paper examines these…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Resistance (Psychology), Multicultural Education
Gallagher, James J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
Psychologists show great curiosity about the world and human behavior. They are forever asking Why? Or What? Or How? about various aspects of human behavior. It is no surprise, therefore, that they respond enthusiastically to some of the questions surrounding the behavior of those labeled as gifted and talented in our society. As will be seen in…
Descriptors: Psychology, Psychologists, Gifted, Student Behavior
Brymer, Eric; Davids, Keith – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2014
In this paper we present key ideas for an ecological dynamics approach to learning that reveal the importance of learner-environment interactions to frame outdoor experiential learning. We propose that ecological dynamics provides a useful framework for understanding the interacting constraints of the learning process and for designing learning…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences
