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Fabes, Richard A.; Pahlke, Erin; Borders, Adrienne Z.; Galligan, Kathrine – Educational Studies, 2015
Despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting the use of single-sex education, the number of US public schools offering single-sex education has increased. However, our understanding as to why decision-makers have implemented single-sex education is lacking. To address this gap, we surveyed US public school principals and assessed their…
Descriptors: Principals, Single Sex Schools, Surveys, Coeducation
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Thomas, David Vittle – Educational Studies, 2015
This study explores the perspectives of education practitioners towards the process of reintegrating pupils (many of whom display social, emotional and behavioural difficulties), from a pupil referral unit (PRU) to mainstream educational provision in a rural bilingual Welsh authority, and examines the barriers and facilitators they identified as…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Barriers, Welsh, Referral
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Macura-Milovanovic, Suncica; Munda, Milanka; Pecek, Mojca – Educational Studies, 2013
The research presented in this paper aims to challenge the belief held by some education professionals that Roma pupils do not value education. The research sample included groups of Roma pupils from two countries (Slovenia and Serbia) and from different socio-economic backgrounds. The results suggest that the majority of the pupils are aware of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Social Values
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Richards, Gill; Posnett, Carol – Educational Studies, 2012
This study explores girls' aspirations for their future. The context was an ex-coalmining area where concerns had been raised by the local authority about the levels of girls' achievement. The focus of the research was the views of Year 6 girls as they prepared for their transition to secondary school and Year 11 girls as they prepared for their…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration
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Greyling, A. J. – Educational Studies, 2009
Quality and equality in education is the dream of many. In South Africa hope was pinned onto the transformation that was to follow the major political changes of the 1990s. The promotion of inclusive education is rooted in a philosophical and principled position that all children should have educational rights and opportunities as encased in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Inclusive Schools, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Bruce, Bertram C.; Reynolds, Abigail – Educational Studies, 2009
Educators today are concerned with how to effectively implement whole school e-learning strategies, encompassing technical support, digital resources and professional development. This paper reports the findings of a project, Technologies in Docklands Education (TIDE), in which we investigated the use of technology to support learning in 24…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Technical Support, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Strategies