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Scott Phillips; Seth Brown; Peter Kelly – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2024
An approach to action research of innovative and disruptive socioecological understandings of young people's wellbeing, resilience, and engagement in middle school was piloted with a coalition of school principals, lead teachers, police, and community development professionals by an RMIT research team. This coalition was built around the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Resilience (Psychology), Well Being, Middle School Students
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Özcan, Mehmet – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the reasons for school absenteeism among students studying at different types of high schools, and school counsellors' practices and proposed solutions for reducing school absenteeism. This was a qualitative research conducted with a phenomenological design. The study group was formed using criterion sampling, one…
Descriptors: High School Students, Attendance, Counseling Techniques, Intervention
Garbacz, S. Andrew; Hall, Garret J.; Young, Kaitlyn; Lee, Yen; Youngblom, Rachel K.; Houlihan, Daniel D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Family Involvement Questionnaire--Elementary Version with families in Belize. Participants were 185 primary caregivers of children in primary education settings in Belize. Caregivers were given the Family Involvement Questionnaire--Elementary Version to measure their educational…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Factor Structure
van Kuijk, Mechteld; Mullender-Wijnsma, Marijke; Bosker, Roel – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: The effectiveness of the 14-component evidence-based whole-school reform Success for All (SfA) has been well established, but research on its implementation is limited although fidelity of implementation is vital for the effectiveness of such a program. This review sheds light on this issue. Design/Approach/Methods: A systematic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Program Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
Garbacz, S. Andrew; Hall, Garret J.; Young, Kaitlyn; Lee, Yen; Youngblom, Rachel K.; Houlihan, Daniel D. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Family Involvement Questionnaire--Elementary Version with families in Belize. Participants were 185 primary caregivers of children in primary education settings in Belize. Caregivers were given the Family Involvement Questionnaire--Elementary Version to measure their educational…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Factor Structure
Bertling, Jonas; Rojas, Nathaniel; Alegre, Jan; Faherty, Katie – OECD Publishing, 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions in schooling around the world that have animated increased interest among policymakers, educators, researchers and the general public in knowing about how education systems have responded to the pandemic and how students' learning experiences have changed. The PISA Global Crises…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Teaching Methods
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Kaehne, A.; Beyer, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Person-centred planning has played a key role in the transformation of intellectual disabilities services for more than a decade. The literature has identified clear advantages for service users when service delivery is planned around the individual rather than the user is made to fit into service structures. Researchers however have…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Planning
Gillan, Kevin; Mellor, Suzanne; Krakouer, Jacynta – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2017
In 2004 the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) published an Australian Education Review (AER) on Indigenous Education: "The Case for Change: A review of contemporary research on Indigenous education outcomes," AER 47 (Mellor & Corrigan, 2004). In the 13 years since its publication, the state of Indigenous education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Equal Education, Access to Education
Bennett, Tom – UK Department for Education, 2017
The national picture of school behaviour is complex, but numerous indicators suggest that it can be better in a great number of schools and contexts. Every leader should consciously aspire to the very best behaviour possible in their schools as a matter of priority. There are a number of strategies that schools with outstanding behaviour use…
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification
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Arastaman, Gokhan; Balci, Ali – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study is to examine the resilience of high school students in Turkey, and to determine the relationships between the student resiliency and some protective factors such as school climate, teacher attitudes and behaviors, family and peer support according to the student opinions. By using 509 students randomly selected from 24…
Descriptors: Investigations, High School Students, Resilience (Psychology), Student Attitudes
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Flecha, Ramón; Soler, Marta – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2013
Schools and communities may have a key role in reversing the cycle of inequality that the Roma suffer in Europe. Aiming at reducing existing inequalities, dialogic learning aims to ensure high levels of academic learning for all children, by involving the whole community through egalitarian dialogue. Less well known are the implications of this…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Family School Relationship, Equal Education, Social Bias
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Rymarz, Richard; Graham, John – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2005
Religious communities have an obvious interest in passing on their beliefs and practices to future generations. Many traditional churches, however, report major difficulties in retaining the interest and involvement of adolescents. This study seeks to explore attitudes to a key indicator of traditional practice, church attendance, amongst…
Descriptors: Siblings, Catholics, Churches, Adolescents