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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools"”.
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Exploring the impact of technology enhanced learning on EAL learning in mathematics, English and modern foreign languages within a secondary education state school
… as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in schools has highlighted the need to explore and develop support provision that enhances educational achievement and attainment. One of the approaches that may contribute to supporting EAL learners involves the use of technology-enhanced learning …
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Classroom discourse with both student-led questions and feedback: enhancing engagement and attainment of students in a learner-centred Key Stage 3 science classroom
… as a science teacher for over 9 years in several secondary schools in London and Kent. My aim has been to support Key Stage 3 science students to improve their engagement and attainment by means other than the use of science practical. The purpose of this study is to find out how students’ …
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Attitudes related to social studies with young adolescents in the Sultanate of Oman
… last three grades of the second cycle of Basic Education (approximately ages 14-16). Generally, school education in Oman has been a focus of government attention and many changes have been implemented in recent years. Social studies, like other subjects, have major changes in the curriculum, …
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Student attitudes in the context of the curriculum in Libyan education in middle and high schools
In any country, the education of the next generation is of huge importance. For Libya, which has developed very rapidly, the education of young people will be vital for the future of the country. The main problem at present in Libya is the quality of education: the need to build so much in order to …
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The National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme for secondary school headteachers in Malaysia: an evaluative case study
… and it sought perceptions of eighteen incumbent secondary school headteachers who are graduates from the Masters degree group of the programme to determine the effectiveness of the programme in their headship practices. The study is a qualitative dominant mixed methods research which used …
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Which ‘In-Care’ and Educational Risk Factors are Present in the Lives of Looked After Young People Not Entered for GSCE Examinations or Alternative Qualifications
The educational achievements and wellbeing of Looked After Children (LAC) have been a cause of concern for government health and education departments for the past three decades. This is because of a continually growing body of research detailing the disadvantage and poor outcomes that this …
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Departmental differences in attitudes to special educational needs and their impact on practice in the secondary school
… towards meeting the needs of those with special educational needs. Little previous research has considered the complex relationships between attitudes and practice and how the subject taught impacts on this. Consequently a case study approach was adopted using a Likert-type attitude scale and …
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Using Intersectionality Theory to explore the experiences of students from African Caribbean and South Asian heritage and who have a Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND) in Further Education.
… of their race, ethnicity and ability in Further Education (FE). The study recruited 4 students attending the same FE setting. Participants described themselves as being from either a Bangladeshi, African Caribbean or mixed Caribbean and White British heritage. All were born in the UK and had …
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An in-depth examination of extant literature pertinent to nurture groups and an exploratory study, using grounded theory methods, of young people’s views and experiences of a secondary school nurture group
… difficulties (SEBDs). The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE, 2001) explain that children, who experience SEBDs outside the normal range for their age or gender, are at increased risk of experiencing mental health disorders. With these points in mind, Nurture Groups, an …
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An action research enquiry in one Unitary local authority about how to support young carers in schools using recommended guidelines for good practice.
… vulnerability of this group in terms of educational, emotional and social outcomes, and recommended guidelines for good practice with young carers have been produced for schools (e.g. Frank 2002). This thesis is an account of an episode of action research, undertaken by an educational …
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An investigation into the discourses of secondary aged girls’ emotions and emotional difficulties
… how the emotions and emotional difficulties of secondary aged girls are constructed by teachers and the girls themselves, through the investigation of the discourses surrounding girls’ emotions. The rationale for choosing this topic was the difference in the numbers of girls and boys referred to …
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PEER COACHING IN MALAYSIA: EXPLORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME FOR ARABIC LANGUAGE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
… Communities (PLCs) amongst Arabic language secondary school teachers in Malaysia. The Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE) made a commendable commitment to transform teaching into the profession of choice as outlined in the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013 - 2025. A concomitant of this …
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Discoursing performativity for 21st century education: an ethnographic study of high-achieving 6th form students completing A-Level study and progressing into higher education in the UK from Brook College
… studies as they navigate progression into Higher Education (HE) in the UK from a large sixth form college – Brook College. Brook College students and staff, therefore, account for the study’s primary participants, though other stakeholders were also involved such as HE representatives. Data …
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Promoting Gender Equality in Education in Vietnamese High Schools
… study examines the issue of gender equality in high schools in Vietnam through the lenses of Vietnamese educators and Vietnamese students and compares the situation in that country with measures taken in England to promote gender equality in education. The sample consisted of staff and students …
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The ICT gender imbalance in schools and beyond: missed opportunities
… on the experiences of students in three British secondary schools. The situation may have been exacerbated in British schools as government strategies have increasingly focussed on male students’ apparent “underachievement” relative to female students. One aspect of focus has been the …
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Difficulties in understanding mathematics: an approach related to working memory and field dependency
… in learning mathematics. The study is set in schools in Nigeria and England but the aim is not to make comparisons. Several types of measurement are made with students: working memory capacity and extent of field dependency are measured using well-established tests (digit span backward test …
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The development of scientific thinking with senior school physics students
… (boys and girls) aged 15-18 from various schools in the Emirates and seeks to explore the extent to which they are thinking scientifically as well as making several other measurements of their abilities and attitudes. A test for measuring scientific thinking, based on physics, was …
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What works? A grounded theory of effective peer mentoring in secondary schools
The current research was carried out by a Trainee Educational Psychologist (TEP) between September 2013 and May 2015 in a large County in South-East England as part of a Doctorate in Child, Community and Educational Psychology. Using critical realism as a guiding epistemological position, the study …
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Continuity and progression within and between Key Stages 2 and 3 in geography
… the extent of cross-phase liaison in four Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in the Midlands. To set curriculum continuity and progression in context, a consideration of the geography being taught and delivered in primary and secondary schools is undertaken and the impact of pressures upon the …
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Perspectives on the educational experiences of African/Caribbean boys
… thesis critically explores: “Perspectives on the educational experiences of African Caribbean boys”. It draws upon the earlier literature in the field of secondary schools (Mac an Ghaill, 1988 and 1994, Gillborn, 1995, Sewell, 1997, Blair, 2001, LDA 2003). But this study adopts a comparative …
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