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Ware, Molly – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2013
This paper initiates a forum for Malin Ideland and Claes Malmberg's article titled "Body talk--students' identity construction while discussing a socioscientific issue." Ideland and Malmberg explore issues of health and body through teachers' use of a pedagogical approach that foregrounds exploration of a socioscientific issue. This paper explores…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Instruction
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Jeffries, Rhonda; Jeffries, Devair – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2014
This article explored the role of hair in Sylviane Diouf's "Bintou's Braids" and focused on the impact of hair as a cultural signifier on girls and the curriculum. The article examined the ability of this children's text to address female beauty standards and suggests the use of literary techniques, such as reader's theatre, to recognize…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, African American Students, Elementary School Students, Females
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Bertrand, Melanie – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: This article explores the possibilities for reciprocal dialogue between educational decision makers and Students of Color. Such dialogue--defined as interactions in which participants build on each other's words--may provide the means to develop creative ways to address manifestations of systemic racism in education. The article uses…
Descriptors: High School Students, Decision Making, Student Empowerment, Teacher Student Relationship
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Lewis, Lydia – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
In the United Kingdom, changes in the policy, funding and commissioning landscape for mental health and well-being are posing opportunities and challenges for adult community learning (ACL). Opportunities include increased recognition of, and funding for, the "wider benefits" of learning, whereas challenges include the risks of ACL…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Worley, Jacob; Naresh, Nirmala – Middle School Journal, 2014
The goal of the intervention peer-tutoring program described in this paper was to help pre-algebra students (tutees) deepen their knowledge of mathematical concepts by providing them an opportunity to collaborate with their peers--accelerated algebra students (tutors). Over the duration of the program, the tutees and tutors gained a mutual respect…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutorial Programs, Cooperation, Intervention
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Gómez, María del Carmen; Jakobsson, Anders – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2014
The focus of this study is to examine to what extent and in what ways science teachers practice assessment during classroom interactions in everyday activities in an upper-secondary school in Sweden. We are science teachers working now with a larger research project on assessment in science education that seeks to examine teachers' assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Student Evaluation, Science Teachers
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Quinn, Sarah; Owen, Susanne – Childhood Education, 2014
This article explores the power of student voice, in recognition of the child's right to be treated as a capable, competent social actor involved in the education process. In this study, student voice is considered in the light of improving students' engagement and personal and social development at the primary school level. It emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Childrens Rights, Learner Engagement, Individual Development
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Veck, Wayne – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
When communities fall into decline, disabled people can find themselves alone and invisible in a society of indifferent individuals. Arendt offers an account of such a time in her discussion of the rise of a society of mass labouring and consuming. Bauman's insights into the fragmentation of life, in which established norms, traditional ties and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Isolation, Access to Education, Foreign Countries
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El-Sherif, Jennifer L. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2014
Secondary students frequently disengage from participating in physical education and physical activity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 60 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity per day, as well as muscle and bone strengthening activities on three or more days a week for children (CDC, n.d.). Physical education may be…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Participation, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Thijssen, Thomas – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: The present study aims to focus on workplace learning and understanding learning as creation (Kessels, 1995, 1996, 2001; Verdonschot, 2009; Billett and Choy, 2013) to bridge the gap between education and practice addressing the complex real world issue of poverty and social exclusion in The Netherlands. When researchers and practitioners…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Work
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Li-Ching, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2014
Gender mainstreaming and gender equity education are specific practices for creating a gender-equitable society. Gender mainstreaming tools can be used to help educational institutions engage in more thorough consideration when implementing gender equity education. This article addresses gender mainstreaming, gender equity education, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Sex Fairness
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Alameda-Lawson, Tania – Children & Schools, 2014
Parent involvement (PI) programs typically represent an important improvement strategy for schools serving low-income children of color. This pilot study offers an alternative to conventional PI approaches, collective parent engagement (CPE). The study relied on a post hoc, quasiexperimental design, and data were collected from 32 low-income,…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Minority Group Students
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Ryder, Andrew Richard; Rostas, Iulius; Taba, Marius – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
This article was presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, September 2012 Cadiz, Spain. The article argues that community dialogue and participation is a vital dynamic in desegregation and explores the centrality of forms of empowerment which can be described as "inclusive community development" (ICD). The segregation…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Community Development, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy
Gable, Nancy Eileen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed method study was to discover how diaconal ministers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) practice their ministry and describe and understand their role as educators of adults. The theoretical framework of the study was informed by the intersection of critical theory, feminist theory, and liberation…
Descriptors: Clergy, Religious Education, Adult Educators, Religious Factors
Robinson-Pant, Anna – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
The fact that women constitute two-thirds of the world's non-literate population has been a cause for concern for several decades. Despite a number of high-profile literacy interventions specifically targeting women--including UNESCO's LIFE initiative--the disparity between male and female literacy rates persists in many countries of the world…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy Education, Gender Differences, Empowerment
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