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Hamedani, MarYam G.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2015
The psychological, social, and emotional aspects of education have enjoyed increased attention in recent years as often termed "non-cognitive factors" and "soft skills" have gained traction in research, policy, and practice circles as major drivers of student achievement. This renewed attention represents an important shift, as…
Descriptors: Social Development, High Schools, High School Students, Student Empowerment
Griffin, Patricia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
STEM Schools purport to prepare students to learn and work in the 21st Century by providing students with innovative learning experiences through the interdisciplinary integration of science, technology, engineering, and math (Tsupros, 2009). Advocates of STEM and innovative school models argue that the traditional school system does not and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Educational Innovation, STEM Education
Bjerede, Marie; Atkins, Kristin; Dede, Chris – Educational Technology, 2010
This article explores how the Internet and mobile broadband technologies that are transforming the work of business professionals may be applied to the work of teachers and students in K-20 schooling, with similarly transformative outcomes. First, they discuss the ways in which ubiquitous mobile technologies are changing 21st century business.…
Descriptors: Online Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Internet
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Donaldson, Stewart I.; Patton, Michael Q.; Fetterman, David M.; Scriven, Michael – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010
Background: Hundreds of evaluators visit the Claremont Colleges in southern California each year to discuss a wide range of topics related to improving the quality of evaluation practice. Debates between thought leaders in the field have been one of the most popular and informative ways to advance understanding about how best to practice…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization, Empowerment, Theories
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O'Connor, John S. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2010
The story of students' lives in schools is frequently related through the reductive prism of educational bureaucracy. Students are often narrowly defined by IQ scores, standardized test results, ability groupings, and the like. Such measures are more interested in sorting students into types than in fostering students' growth as unique human…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Student School Relationship, Student Empowerment, Reflection
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Scogin, Stephen C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
"PlantingScience" is an award-winning program recognized for its innovation and use of computer-supported scientist mentoring. Science learners work on inquiry-based experiments in their classrooms and communicate asynchronously with practicing plant scientist-mentors about the projects. The purpose of this study was to identify specific…
Descriptors: Success, Science Curriculum, Student Motivation, Innovation
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Henderson, Dawn X.; Barnes, Rachelle Redmond – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Increasing disparities in out-of-school suspension and dropout rates have led a number of school districts to develop alternative models of education to include alternative learning centres (ALCs). Using an exploratory mixed methods design, this study explores dimensions of social inclusion among ALCs, located in the southeastern region of the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Social Integration, Nontraditional Education, Suspension
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Silva, Janelle M.; Langhout, Regina Day – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Empowering settings are important places for people to develop leadership skills in order to enact social change. Yet, due to socio-cultural constructions of childhood in the US, especially constructions around working class and working poor children of Color, they are often not seen as capable or competent change agents, or in need of being in…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Working Class
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Svanbjörnsdóttir, Birna M.; Macdonald, Allyson; Frímannsson, Guðmundur H. – Professional Development in Education, 2016
In schools the participation of students, parents and paraprofessionals is important because it increases ownership and improves performance. Here the focus is on students' and paraprofessionals' learning and a sense of community when leaders try to develop a professional learning community in a new school in Iceland. An action research project…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Doles, Jeffrey M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative case study asked the participants to reflect on their own learning experiences as a result of the instructional practices employed by the instructor to create an improved learning environment for students. The research investigated student perceptions of their learning via classmates' produced tutorials and how viewing the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Video Technology
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Pitt, Catherine; Luger, Rosemary; Bullen, Ann; Phillips, Diana; Geiger, Martha – South African Journal of Education, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to present a preliminary, qualitative review of a therapeutic programme for preschool children and their parents in severely under-resourced contexts to aid the development of the underlying skills required to be ready for formal school. A team of two pairs, each comprising an occupational therapist and a community…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parents, School Readiness, Occupational Therapy
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Umoru, Titus Amodu – World Journal of Education, 2013
This study centered on values-based business education for empowerment, self-reliance and poverty reduction in Nigeria. The study identified 30 critical values business education students need to possess. 192 questionnaire items were constructed after careful review of literature (Njoku, 2007 and Living Values Education, 2013) and administered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Values, Business Administration Education
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Taylor, Janice L. – Qualitative Report, 2013
Due to the many challenges that teachers face in today's classrooms to facilitate the academic success of all children and to meet federal and state accountability standards, having both the competence and the ability to adjust to meet these challenges are required. Teacher retention is an ongoing issue in the United States; teachers who lack…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Persistence, African American Teachers
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Barth, Roland S. – Educational Leadership, 2013
"It's always been a promising time for teacher leadership. It's just never been a successful time," writes noted educator Roland Barth. Why? Barth points to five obstacles: administrator resistance, the taboo in teaching against elevating oneself higher than one's peers, the fact that teachers' plates are full, the…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Teacher Administrator Relationship
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Hubbard, Scott – English Journal, 2013
For students who sense no fluidity between their academic context and their personal contexts, what's at stake is more than just their scholastic achievement--rather, their development as individual agents who exist in larger social and historical contexts is jeopardized. When teachers and schools neglect to recognize the legitimacy of…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Social Environment, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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