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Keddie, Amanda – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2013
This paper presents data from a study of secondary school for girls, the majority of whom identify as Indigenous Australian. "Gamarada" High School is located in a suburban area of Queensland (Australia) and was established to provide quality education for disadvantaged girls. The paper draws on student and teacher interview data from a…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Females, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Farrell, Francis; Duckworth, Vicky; Reece, Monika; Rigby, Philip – Educational Review, 2017
This article is a critical poststructuralist analysis of Conservative led free school policy in England focussing on claims made by the New Schools Network and in the 2010 White Paper that free school provision promotes social justice. The article presents an empirical study of an alternative provision free school as a lens through which these…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Educational Policy, Free Schools, Social Justice
Arocena, Eli; Gorter, Durk – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2013
The project "The educational value of various aspects of multilingualism in the classroom of the Basque Country and of Friesland" concerns a comparative study of the languages in the schools in the Basque Autonomous Community and in the Province of Friesland. It is part of the agreement between the general administration of the Basque…
Descriptors: Uncommonly Taught Languages, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers
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Clarke, Aleisha M.; O'Sullivan, Maeve; Barry, Margaret M. – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to report on the evaluation of Zippy's Friends, an international emotional wellbeing programme, for primary school children in disadvantaged schools in Ireland. The paper aims to present case studies of the profile and ethos of two specific schools participating in the programme, their links with the local community, the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged
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Garb, Howard N. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
To evaluate the value of computer-administered interviews and rating scales, the following topics are reviewed in the present article: (a) strengths and weaknesses of structured and unstructured assessment instruments, (b) advantages and disadvantages of computer administration, and (c) the validity and utility of computer-administered interviews…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Rating Scales, Interviews, Evaluation Methods