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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Summer schools"”.
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Foreign bodies in the river of sound : seeking identity and Irish traditional music
… were relatively confined within a world of summer schools and pub sessions linked to the tourism industry's mythologizing of an 'Ireland of the Welcomes'. Extended fieldwork among Australians and other foreign musicians who had re-located to Ireland found current theorizations of musical …
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Closing the summer learning gap for vulnerable junior kindergarten students
… current academic calendars across North America, summer vacation creates a significant gap in the learning cycle. I t has been argued that this gap actually decreases student achievement levels over the course of the summer. In a synthesis of 39 studies Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse …
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Changing Practices in a Developing Country: The Issues of Teaching English in Libyan Higher Education
… advocate an early start for learning English in schools. Within the universities the curriculum is not consistent and leads to graduates in English having a limited command of the language. Some evidence suggests that students are not motivated to study English and often choose the programme …
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A study of speech deviations of the elementary school children of the Shasta County schools, school year 1941-1942
… California rural country. Because of the twelve summer schools, this was to be a continual program, and was in effect until December 1942. The first year, or 1937, the speech supervisor in charge<sup>2</sup> mad a survey of the speech of all school children in the county, which in the ensuing …
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Exploring academic perspectives on facilitating study abroad uptake for widening participation students: A pre- and post-1992 university comparative analysis
… for mobility to suit all student needs like summer schools or overseas field trips, as opposed to only providing the traditional year or semester abroad model, which is less flexible and more disruptive for those with work or caring commitments. Word of mouth marketing is crucial, not just …
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Summer School: Perceptions of Summer School Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School District
… use to aid in improving student achievement is summer school. This qualitative study provides an overview of the history of summer school. Additionally, it offers a synopsis of various types of summer programs and populations often targeted by summer school. The researcher also offers a review …
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A Survey of Small School Districts’ Junior High School Summer Program Offerings
… the purpose of this study to obte.in details of summer school programs, including practices which were considered by the districts to be innovative.
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On the Road to Meikle Seggie: Richard Demarco's Edinburgh Arts Journeys 1972-80
… examine Richard Demarco’s experimental summer school, Edinburgh Arts, between the years 1972 and 1980. The thesis makes a number of claims, the most important of which is the uniqueness of the journeys themselves as a pedagogical undertaking. These summer schools, initially based in …