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Mendez-Martinez, E.; Fernandez-Rio, J. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
The goal of this research project was to assess the effects of an intervention programme based on theatrical improvisation in three different groups of Asperger Syndrome adolescents. It was organised around 2 single individual case studies and one small group, which included 11 participants. Study 1: a 14-year-old female adolescent of high…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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de Castro, Belinda V.; de Guzman, Allan B. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
Although there is considerable anecdotal evidence that the scale of private tutoring is substantial in the Philippines, attempts to document its existence is limited. Using phenomenological inquiry, this study aimed to provide a more eidetic portrait of private tutoring transformation in the Philippines from the perspectives and collective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Phenomenology, Urban Schools
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Khanare, Fumane P.; de Lange, Naydene – South African Journal of Education, 2017
The voices of school children who are orphaned and vulnerable are more often than not missing from conversations about their care and support at school. In a rural ecology this is even more so the case. This article draws on a study with school children in rural KwaZulu-Natal and explores their constructions of care and support in the age of HIV…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Qualitative Research
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de Lange, Naydene; Geldenhuys, Mart-Mari – South African Journal of Education, 2012
Gender-based violence is pervasive in South African society and is often seen as the driver of HIV, particularly affecting youth. Rural KwaZulu-Natal, where we have been working in a district in an on-going university-school partnership, is noted as the epicentre of the epidemic. The two secondary schools in this study were therefore conveniently…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Secondary School Students, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
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de Bruin, Catriona L.; Deppeler, Joanne M.; Moore, Dennis W.; Diamond, Neil T. – Review of Educational Research, 2013
This article reviews research on the effectiveness of four categories of intervention when implemented in public schools with adolescents and young adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. The study's inclusionary criteria include a setting of public schools, participants aged between 12 and 22 years, and the investigation of an…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Intervention, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Dlamini, Siyabonga; Taylor, Myra; Mkhize, Nosipho; Huver, Rosemarie; Sathiparsad, Reshma; de Vries, Hein; Naidoo, Kala; Jinabhai, Champak – Health Education Research, 2009
The cross-sectional study investigated South African rural high school learners' choice of sexual abstinence in order to be able to develop tailored health education messages. All Grade 9 learners from one class at each of 10 randomly selected rural high schools participated. The Integrated Model for Motivational and Behavioural Change was used to…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Education, Self Efficacy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Achoka, J. S. K. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
As a nation, Kenya hopes to achieve Education for All (EFA) by the year 2015. This is an uphill task given the various challenges in the education sector. The year 2015 is also significant globally because it is the target year for the fulfillment of the eight-millennium goals. Kenya looks forward to have her people achieve the millennium goals…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Self Esteem, Dropouts, Foreign Countries