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Nsengimana, Théophile; Ozawa, Hiroaki; Chikamori, Kensuke – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
In 2006, Rwanda began implementing an Outcomes Based Education (OBE) lower secondary science curriculum that emphasises a student-centred approach. The new curriculum was designed to transform Rwandan society from an agricultural to a knowledge-based economy, with special attention to science and technology education. Up until this point in time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Science, Curriculum Implementation
Boser, Ulrich; Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2014
Over the past few years, there has been an ever-growing chorus of those who grumble that teachers are unhappy with their lack of control and freedom and have grown to deeply dislike their jobs. This article asks if teachers really lack autonomy and freedom, and wonders if as a nation, whether or not we have reached the right balance of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Surveys, Principals
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Finefter-Rosenbluh, Ilana – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
For decades, policymakers deliberated whether student perception surveys (SPS) should be a component of teacher evaluation programmes in schools. However, much research has focused on SPS' reliability and validity, and little is known about teachers' interpretation of SPS or what preparation should be instituted before administering such surveys.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Surveys, Teacher Evaluation
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Brandisauskiene, Agne; Cesnaviciene, Jurate; Miciuliene, Rita; Kaminskiene, Lina – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2020
In the 21st century, teachers' learning is viewed through the lens of sustainable development as a holistic, transformative and collaborative learning process. Acknowledging that teacher professional development is a prerequisite for educational quality, it becomes necessary to look for professional development factors that could be relevant to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Cooperative Learning
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Sung, Ko-Yin – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
This study invited parents in 21 one-way Mandarin Chinese dual immersion programs in Utah to respond to a survey on-line. Five hundred and eighty parents participated in this study. The objectives of the survey study were to learn the parents' reasons for enrollment, their program satisfaction, and whether there was a group difference based on the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Immersion Programs, Parent Surveys, Ethnicity
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Taylor, Donald M.; Talbot, Brent C.; Holmes, Edward J.; Petrie, Trent – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2020
We examined the experiences of 95 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) music education majors, along with 39 heterosexual allies, who were student members of the Texas Music Educators Association. Participants addressed curricular practices and institutional factors that lend themselves to LGBTQ+ inclusion and safety among…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Music Education, LGBTQ People, Inclusion
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Claassen, Christopher; Traunmüller, Richard – Sociological Methods & Research, 2020
Religious group size, demographic composition, and the dynamics thereof are of interest in many areas of social science including migration, social cohesion, parties and voting, and violent conflict. Existing estimates however are of varying and perhaps poor quality because many countries do not collect official data on religious identity. We…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Muslims, Jews, Census Figures
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Paschal, Angelia M.; Mitchell, Jermaine B.; Burton, Wanda M.; Nickelson, Jen; Murphy, Pillar Z.; Ford, Frances – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: Food insecurity is an ongoing national problem and is linked to chronic diseases and other poor health outcomes. Concerning are the rates in racial and ethnic minorities. Food insecurity is significantly high in African Americans older adults. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to use a Community-Based Participatory Research…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Security (Psychology), Minority Groups
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Griebling, Susan; Gilbert, Jaesook – School Community Journal, 2020
The transition to more formal schooling in kindergarten can be difficult for young children and their families. However, preparing children for this transition can produce positive results. This article examines the qualitative results of a four- to six-week transition program for 715 children. Data include parent and school surveys as well as…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Program Descriptions
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Breunig, Mary; Russell, Constance – Environmental Education Research, 2020
A survey of alumni of two longstanding interdisciplinary secondary school environmental studies programs revealed that the vast majority of alumni reported being engaged in pro-environmental behaviours, which they attributed to participation in the programs five to twenty-three years prior. That finding in itself is worth sharing. Digging deeper,…
Descriptors: Feminism, Environmental Education, Rural Schools, Neoliberalism
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Lee, Hannah; Stern, Marc J.; Powell, Robert B. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Studies of individual environmental education (EE) field trip programs have found that pre-visit preparation and post-visit follow-up activities can enhance desired student outcomes. We examined these relationships across a broad sample of single-day EE field trip programs for adolescent youth (grades 5-8) across the United States. We measured…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Learning Activities, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education
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Hsu, Funie – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2020
Though California's English Learner (EL) policies were developed in response to civil rights struggles for language access and equal educational opportunity, they are also conditioned by the history of U.S. settler and overseas conquest. This article presents a Critical Policy Analysis (CPA) of the California EL classification policies and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Educational Policy, Native Language
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Semprevivo, Lindsay Kahle; Agnich, Laura E.; Peguero, Anthony A. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
In recent years, there has been a growing social, educational, and public policy focus on investigating the correlates associated with youth carrying weapons in their communities and schools. Victimization and other correlates such as drug use and violent risk behaviors among youth have been linked to deviant behavior including weapon carrying.…
Descriptors: Weapons, Victims, Behavior Disorders, Gender Differences
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Sanabria, Tanya; Penner, Andrew; Domina, Thurston – Research in Higher Education, 2020
Colleges offer remedial coursework to help students enrolling in post-secondary education who are not adequately prepared to succeed in college-level courses. Despite the prevalence of remediation, previous research presents contradictory findings regarding its short- and long-term effects. This paper uses a doubly robust inverse probability…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Remedial Instruction, Two Year College Students, College Preparation
National Institute of Justice, 2020
The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) is a large-scale, integrated research effort designed to increase the safety of schools nationwide. It was initiated in 2014 at the request of Congress. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) administers the CSSI as a research grant program. Through the CSSI, the NIJ funds research-focused…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Violence, Prevention, Best Practices
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