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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"compulsory education"”.
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Using diffractive activity to (re)configure parental choice of pre-compulsory education
… of children accessing alternatives to mainstream education, this research project was designed to investigate the activity of parents as they engaged in choosing different forms of education for their four-year-old child. The intention was to highlight the individual and entangled activity of …
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Examination of collaborative practices among post-compulsory education basic skills and vocational teachers
… collaborative activities engaged in by 72 Post-compulsory education basic skills and vocational teachers in three colleges in south London and how these teachers experience and value collaborative practices in supporting students’ learning. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was …
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The Life Stories of Teachers in Post Compulsory Education: A Narrative Exploration of Teacher Identity
… inquiry of the life stories of teachers in Post Compulsory Education with the aim of exploring how the ‘self’ is constructed within discursive environments. The study adopts a dialogical approach to narrative identity formation as an ongoing process of becoming within the life course. Grounded in …
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School quality, compulsory education laws and the growth of American high school attendance, 1915-1935
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1996.
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An investigation of curriculum arrangements conducive to fostering creativity in post-compulsory education and training institutions
… to fostering creativity in post-16 (further) education institutions and classrooms, to analyse factors promoting or impeding creativity, curriculum content and processes, and also to offer/develop models of good practice for encouraging creativity in a further education context. The study …
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An investigation into concepts of personhood and equity, with specific reference to mixed race women in post-compulsory education
… of mixed race people in Britain and in Further Education, the study of mixed race identity remains an under-researched area, and little or no research appears to have been done on mixed race identity in relation to the Further Education sector. By bringing mixed race to the forefront of …
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How do those completing initial teacher training in the post-compulsory education and training sector consider ‘theory’ in relation to their practice?
This research examines theory in relation to educational practice analysing how one specific group of practitioners consider the construct ‘theory’ in relation to their practice. The participants were drawn from those completing Initial Teacher Training in the post-compulsory education and training …
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Education policy issues in Turkey
Since the mid-1990s, public education provision in Turkey has been in constant transformation, a result of modernization efforts connected to the political determination of governments to complete Turkey's accession to the European Union. During this period two nation-wide reforms stand out due to …
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A comparative study of attendance problem students and students of regular attendance at Arvin High School, 1952-1953
<p>Since the Massachusetts Compulsory Education Law of 1642, the nature of the public secondary school student body has undergone .widespread changes. Public education has broadened its base to include all educable students of school age.</p> <p>Attendance problems seemed to have increased with …
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The aspiration generation. The aspirations and implementation strategies of young Londoners at risk of educational underachievement
Education policy in the United Kingdom has been dominated by a discourse emphasizing the role of individual aspirations and responsibility, while overlooking structural obstacles to positive educational outcomes. In this discourse, young people are expected to become ‘intelligent customers’ in the …
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Essays in labour economics: School leaving, unemployment and retirement
… the extent to which the demand for post-compulsory education of British 16-year-olds responds to local labour market conditions. The findings show that prevailing unemployment rates influence the schooling decisions of students from a less affluent family background, while students from …
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English Language Learners of Chinese Immigrant Families in Canadian Schools
… to school educators by the Ontario Ministry of Education (2005, 2008), such as Many Roots, Many Voices: Supporting English Language Learners in Every Classroom and Support English Language Learners Grade 1 to 8. Meanwhile, Chinese newcomer English learners have accepted systemic English language …
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Exploring Transformative Journeys through a Higher Education Programme in a Further Education College
… under-represented in further and higher education (Thompson, 2000; Burke, 2012). Widening participation has encouraged students to return who are poorly prepared for the intellectual challenges of post-compulsory education (Leatherwood, 2005; Burton and Golding Lloyd et al, 2011). Some …
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Facilitating improvements in teaching and learning through self-directed professional development
In post-compulsory education settings opportunities for more appropriate interpersonal communication between a teacher and their students are required. However, reflective practice, proposed as a means of empowering teachers to enhance the process of teaching and learning, is neglected or …
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The directions taken by young people on leaving compulsory education:a study in two Birmingham schools
… affecting working-class school-leavers' post-compulsory education transitions into post-sixteen education, training, employment and unemployment. It focuses on school-leavers choosing to enter the labour market, whether successfully or not and the influences affecting this choice. …
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Migrant children and academic achievement in Shanghai : a PISA study of influential student and school characteristics
… -- accounted for approximately a quarter of the compulsory-education students (grades 1 to 9) in contemporary China. In an effort to provide an equal schooling opportunity for migrant students, Shanghai in 2008 opened up local public schools to migrant students. However, few studies to date have …
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Functional literacy from a cross-cultural perspective : a comparative study of Canada and Japan
… are annually added to the population by a flawed education system. On the other hand, illiteracy is considered non-existent in Japan based on the 99.9% attendance rate in Japan's compulsory education. This thesis discusses some of the most crucial issues involved in defining and measuring …
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Deschooling to foster environmental citizenry
… David Orr's claim: “More of the same kind of education that enabled us to industrialize the earth can only make things worse.” Using autoethnography to explore my decision to deschool my children, I'm placed in the position of a reflexive practitioner, as I serve as both the primary researcher …
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Looking beyond the label: What are the educational experiences of a cross-section of four cohorts of students labelled as ’non-traditional’?
… research has explored the past and present educational experiences of mainly mature female students who are labelled as ‘non-traditional’ in a College-based Higher Education (HE) establishment in the 13th most deprived borough of the United Kingdom (UK). Semi-structured interviews with 19 …
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School to work transition experience of Year 12 school leavers
… consequence of increased retention rates in post compulsory schooling, educational systems have attempted to expand their curricular offerings. The aims of this study were twofold. The first was to examine a process of transition from school to work and the second considered the implications for …
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