The student voice in well-being: a case study of participatory action research in positive education     

Amber J. Halliday  Margaret L. Kern  David K. Garrett  Deborah A. Turnbull 《Educational Action Research》2013,21(2):173-196

Positive education blends academic learning and student well-being. Although research and application in positive education is growing, most has involved psychologists and educators applying strategies in schools, with little research that involves student voices in the development and implementation of a school’s positive education strategy. Assumptions are frequently made about what is best for student well-being, with little input from the students themselves. This paper describes a case study of participatory action research (PAR) carried out by students (N = 10) at a publically funded Australian school aiming to implement positive education. PAR is a form of collective inquiry undertaken by the people that the issue directly affects. The PAR group researched the school community regarding well-being during the school year. Mixed methods examined PAR student’s well-being, self-efficacy, autonomy, social and emotional assets, and other competencies before and after the process. Student involvement allowed the school to better understand their students’ well-being, and student-led communication about positive education laid the groundwork for its implementation. Results suggested benefits for the PAR students, particularly in engagement and self-efficacy. This realistically scaled study suggests that involving students using a framework of PAR is a promising, accessible, evidence-based, and developmentally beneficial approach to the implementation of positive education.  相似文献   

Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television     

Amber M. K. Smallwood Ph.D. 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(2):323-324

Television inheritance effects, inordinately high levels of audience duplication between programs scheduled back-to-back, have helped broadcasters manage audience flow for decades. This study uses 2004 national peoplemeter data collected by Nielsen to replicate a study of inheritance effects done 20 years earlier. It finds the same predictors explain either 96% or 58% of variance in the duplicated audience, depending upon the measure of duplication that is used. The research resolves discrepancies in the literature on inheritance effects and casts serious doubt on the common practice of inferring audience duplication from the strength of correlations between lead-in and lead-out program ratings.  相似文献   

Performance improvement: It's really about change     

John R. Schultz 《Performance Improvement》2011,50(5):29-35

Performance improvement is really about change. The issues encountered are both mechanical and emotional. Although the urge to push reforms on people without reflection can be tempting, doing so often manages to undercut the improvement effort. This article presents a nine‐step model for sustaining improvements and anchoring change. Modifications that plan for and manage human relations concerns with the same attention as technical matters have a much better chance of being accepted.  相似文献   

Business: The Ultimate Resource by Jonathan Law     

Amber Lannon 《Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship》2013,18(4):359-361

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THE DESEGREGATION EFFORT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION     

Michael J. Schultz 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2013,46(2):37-44

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Curriculum trends and directions in American junior colleges     

Raymond E. Schultz 《Peabody Journal of Education》2013,88(4):262-269

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Special education for the emotionally disturbed     

E W Schultz  A Hirshoren  A B Manton  R A Henderson 《Exceptional children》1971,38(4):313-319

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The effect of visitor motivation on the success of environmental education at the Toronto Zoo     

James G.W. Schultz  Steve Joordens 《Environmental Education Research》2014,20(6):753-775

With the number and scope of environmental challenges continuing to increase, an understanding of the effectiveness of conservation programs is essential in order to allocate limited resources. This paper examines the effectiveness of environmental education within a zoo setting, focusing on the role of learners’ identity-related motivation. Results from survey (n = 296) and interview (n = 116) data collected from visitors to the Toronto Zoo suggest that education success is dependent on visitors’ dominant motivation, with preliminary data suggesting that Spiritual Pilgrims and Experience Seekers demonstrate greater gains in knowledge of environmental issues compared with Facilitators. Given that most zoo visitors fell into this Facilitator group, this finding may have an effect on future zoo management decisions. In addition, the proportion of visitors falling into each motivation group was significantly different than those previously found in the United States (p = 0.05), suggesting that zoo education strategies developed internationally may not be directly transferable to the Toronto Zoo.  相似文献   

Assessing clinical researchers' information needs to create responsive portals and tools: My Research Assistant (MyRA) at the University of Utah: a case study   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Margaret Reich  Jean P. Shipman  Scott P. Narus  Charlene Weir  Randy Madsen  N. Dustin Schultz  Justin M. Cameron  Abby L. Adamczyk  Joyce A. Mitchell 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2013,101(1):4-11

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Recent Developments In The Statistical Analysis Of Ranked Data Adapted To Educational Research     

Frank G. Schultz 《Journal of Experimental Education》2013,81(3):149-152

German pupils (age 12–13 years) studying English as a foreign language were taught three grammatical structures (passive, gerund, and future tense). Following Wickelgren’s concept of memory trace strength, the remaining strength of the memory trace after 2 weeks and 6 weeks of learning was studied. The data confirmed Jost’s second law. Results suggest that the decay rate is a didactic measure of the grammatical structure difficulty.  相似文献