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Amy Sarah Padayachee – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
The preponderance of literature associated with school violence illuminates the severity of its manifestation in schools both nationally and internationally. The impact of school violence on students' physical and emotional well-being cannot be understated as this is commensurate with student academic achievement. The South African Government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, School Safety, Student Welfare
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Fossum, Sturla; Skokauskas, Norbert; Handegård, Bjørn Helge; Hansen, Ketil Lenert; Kyrrestad, Henriette – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
Feeling safe in school is important for students' learning, well-being, and quality of life. Variables possibly associated with feeling unsafe in school, such as mental health problems, traditional bullying, cyberbullying, and various health problems, were explored. Altogether, 2,028 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14 years, 50% boys) from 72…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Mental Health, Middle School Students
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Aidanazima Abashah; Che Azlan Taib – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Safety practices play a vital role in childcare business, as childcare entails managing children's daily life routines and preventing them from any harm. Aim: This study aims to explore the perspectives and awareness of childcare centres regarding the importance of childcare safety practices, babysitters' traits and safety performance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Child Safety
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Pillay, Jace; Patel, Leila; Setlhare-Kajee, Rubina – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2023
Background: In 2012, the South African government initiated the Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) to serve as a national guideline on providing school health and support services from key stakeholders such as the Department of Health (DoH), Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Department of Social Development (DSD). However, despite the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, School Health Services, Public Schools
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Roelf Reyneke – Perspectives in Education, 2024
Unsafe and violent schools are a widespread problem in South Africa. This paper argues that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) contribute to this phenomenon. While various individual and community-level interventions to address ACEs have been reported on, the contribution of safe parks towards preventing school violence has not yet been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Safety, Violence, Parks
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Fontenelle-Tereshchuk, Daniela – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has affected everyone, especially elementary school-aged children who might be too young to fully understand the sudden changes in familiar social norms as well as the unprecedented pandemic-induced educational context. This article is based on a case study that explores the perspective of the experiences of ten parents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Green, David S.; Goldstein, Abby L.; Yousaf, Amina; Ansari, Negin – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2022
Although there is increased attention to the mental health needs of university students, far less attention has been given to mental health-related university policies. Many Canadian public universities have mandated leave policies that specify the conditions under which a student may be required to take a leave of absence from university. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, School Policy, Colleges
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Corene de Wet – Perspectives in Education, 2024
This qualitative media study, undertaken within an interpretative research paradigm, aims to expand our knowledge of sexual violence perpetrated against learners in South African public and private schools. Due to ethical, normative and methodological barriers surrounding research on sexual violence in schools, South African English language…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, School Safety, Foreign Countries
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Harris, Richard; Wilson-Daily, Ann E.; Fuller, Georgina – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2022
This study explores the experiences of students who identify as LGBT+ in six secondary schools in the south of England. Drawing mainly on data from five student focus groups, one student interview and nine teacher interviews, supplemented by a survey of staff and a review of school policy documents, this study examines how schools unwittingly…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
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La Salle, Tamika P.; Rocha-Neves, Jesslynn; Jimerson, Shane; Di Sano, Sergio; Martinsone, Baiba; Majercakova Albertova, Silvia; Gajdošová, Eva; Baye, Ariane; Deltour, Caroline; Martinelli, Victor; Raykov, Milosh; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Palikara, Olympia; Szabó, Éva; Arlauskaite, Zydre; Athanasiou, Danai; Brown-Earle, Orlean; Casale, Gino; Lampropoulou, Aikaterini; Mikhailova, Aleksandra; Pinskaya, Marina; Zvyagintsev, Roman – School Psychology, 2021
School climate is a topic of increasing importance internationally. The current study investigated the established measurement invariance of an eight-factor school climate scale using a multinational sample of secondary students. School climate factor means across 14 international groups were compared and findings on the association between school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Adolescents, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Lee, Catherine – Management in Education, 2023
There are an estimated 50,000 LGBT teachers in English schools. In common with all workplaces, under the Equality Act 2010, schools have a responsibility to protect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) teachers from harassment in the workplace. From September 2020, for the first time, schools in England have been required to teach…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Minority Group Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions
Rolle, Terry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Cultural Diversity in Education: Examining the Challenges and Issues of LGBTQ Students Enrolled in a Tertiary Education Institution in The Bahamas. Terry Rolle, 2023: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. Key words: LGBTQ people, phenomenology, sexuality, gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, LGBTQ People, Barriers
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Kahraman, Hilal; Köybasi Semin, Fatma; Ugurlu, Celal Teyyar – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
This study examined the phenomenon of school from the point of view of teachers, students and parents, and the question as to who wants what and who can do what and it was tried to make decisions about school safety and to determine strategies with opinions of stakeholders. The design of the study, which was designed according to the qualitative…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, School Safety
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2021
As British Columbia's K-12 sector shifts from pandemic response to recovery, it is important to recognize students, staff and families have been impacted in many different ways and that some of the longer-term impacts of the pandemic are yet to be realized. Work is already underway across the province, with schools, school districts and community…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Public Health
Simões, Celeste; Caravita, Simona C. S.; Cefai, Carmel – European Union, 2021
A general consensus exists among Member States that gaining academic knowledge on its own is not enough for young people to play a role as active citizens and face the socioeconomic realities in their lives, in order to avoid inequity, poverty, discrimination, marginalisation and exclusion. In the 21st century, education needs to go beyond narrow…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Well Being, Educational Change
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