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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Educational climate"”.
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Locus of control and motivation in a neoliberal educational climate: a longitudinal study of a group of foundation year students over the course of an academic year
… acceptance of the current neoliberal education climate. This was demonstrated in the finding that whereas participants perceived external constraints on their progress, they expressed the conviction that individual action was needed to overcome these barriers and to succeed in their studies. …
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Effects of the Student Success Skill Program on Feelings of Connectedness, Parent-Child Relationship, and Success Skill Engagement in Middle School Students
… results reflects the context of current educational climate, sex factors, and ethnic considerations. Based on results and discussion, the author provides implications for the practice of school counselors and suggestions for future research.</p>
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Examining the Use of Technology and Non-Traditional Texts in the Contemporary ELA Classroom
Abstract In today’s educational climate, it is more prevalent than ever to take into consideration the texts and mediums that we include in our ELA curriculums and also how we utilize technology to transform student learning. The use of multimodal and non-traditional texts in classrooms has been …
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Catholic Identity in Independent Catholic Schools
… the United States has fundamentally shifted the educational landscape. In response to some of these changes, independent Catholic schools have arisen as a viable alternative to the traditional parochial school. This study describes how independent Catholic schools adapt to the changing …
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Resegregation and Educational Apartheid in Macon/Bibb County, Georgia: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
… data included newspaper accounts of Macon's educational climate from Brown v. Board of Education to present day. Interviews with five African-American women who lived in Macon during the time of integration showed through building "desegregation academies," gerrymandering public school …
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Louisiana Charter Schools Leading in High Stakes Testing: Teacher's Perspective on Their Charter Schools' Success
… curriculum and instruction. The best of educational philosophy is constructive only when it transforms into practice. Today's federal assessment program creates a pressurized educational climate that demands educators respond with systematic improvement of test scores. The purpose of this …
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Lived Narratives of Educators: Emotional Intelligence for DEI in Early Adolescent Classrooms
… culturally responsive pedagogy— shape classroom climates and influence student engagement, emotional development, and academic resilience. Findings revealed that educators with high EQ not only fostered safe and inclusive environments but also adjusted real-time instructional strategies to …
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Identifying the Physical Education Beliefs of Classroom Teachers
… toward physical education. In recent years, the educational climate has prioritized academic achievement and standardized testing, thus diminishing the role of content areas such as physical education (Sallis, Mckenzie, Beets, Beighle, Erwin, & Lee, 2013). Classroom teachers are now more likely …
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Landscapes of Imagination: A Critical Analysis of Art Textbooks
… textbooks, both historically and in the current educational climate. An arts-based inquiry, as described by Barone & Eisner (Jaeger, 1988), investigated how imagination is manifested in some art books, how the standards movement has tended to limit imagination in art textbooks, and how art …
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An Investigation of Teacher Evaluation Systems and How They Can Be Transformed To Improve Teaching and Learning: A Change Leadership Plan
… of their evaluation results.</p> <p>The current educational climate offers a momentous opportunity to ultimately change the culture of teacher evaluations by developing systems that holistically support teaching and learning. In addition, our current trajectory of advancements in digital …
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Collaboration to Support ESL Instruction
… to explore how ESL teachers collaborate with educational professionals within ESL education. Qualitative data included classroom observations while ESL teachers collaborated with teachers and other educational professionals in the classroom. Semi-structured interviews explored how ESL teachers …
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A Qualitative Investigation: Why Teachers are Not Aspiring to the Principalship
… the principalship. During this new era of educational accountability, it is important to understand why teachers pursued their administrative certifications, but chose not to pursue a career as principal. In today’s educational climate and current changes in our country’s educational …
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Examining Predictive Validity and Rates of Growth in Curriculum-Based Measurement with English Language Learners in the Intermediate Grades
<p>In the current educational climate, school districts and states are being held accountable for the progress of all students. Students who speak another language at home and have limited English proficiency, known as English Language Learners (ELLs), continue to underperform when compared to …
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Is student achievement really immutable? : A study of cognitive development and student achievement in an Oregon school district
In the educational climate of the USA, where many question the possibility of effecting genuine change in national achievement outcomes, the Scientific Thinking Enhancement Project (STEP) was delivered to three cohorts of students from 1999 to 2002 in Molalla, Oregon. At the start, the mean age of …
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Exploring the applicability of a continuous improvement philosophy to a ‘self-improving school-led system’
… would be unsustainable under the current educational climate in schools. This is due to missing or under-represented CSFs, in particular those related to leadership and culture. If schools are to meet new demands associated with the external and strategic environment, it is essential that …
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The engagement of children with learning difficulties within primary classroom interactions
… mainstream primary schools. In the current educational climate, there is a shift towards increasing the participation of children with special needs, alongside recent governmental guidance supporting the implementation of their right to participate. Consequently, there are a growing number …
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Learning in harmony
… school and how it determines an ethos or school climate, is often seen as a central part of the drive and development of the learning community. As educators, we must consider how and by whom, a vision is established, articulated and communicated, and what makes it become a shared belief, seen in …
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Examining Elements of Change In Four Suburban High Schools In Virginia
… a school culture that fosters a positive school climate. How the principal addresses staff culture is among the many issues that affect lasting change. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the activities and behaviors of four suburban high school principals and how they influence …
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The Multicolored Patchwork Portraiture of an Effective Veteran High School Special Education Teacher Amidst the Tempest of the High Stakes Testing Movement
… special educator acts as an inspirational educational leader and inspires both her students and her fellow teachers.</p><p> The movement to hold schools accountable for the educational performance of students with disabilities is fairly new in the United States. Since the enactment of the …
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Tanzania Higher Education-Fifty Years After Independence
… functioning in the current socio-economic and educational climate when the country celebrates the Golden Jubilee of independence. This study found that Tanzanians are increasingly enrolling in higher learning institutions to become skilled and knowledgeable and to function effectively in …
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