‘Trying to find the extra choices’: migrant parents and secondary school choice in Greater Manchester   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Bridget Byrne  Carla De Tona 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2012,33(1):21-39

This article, based on qualitative research in Greater Manchester, examines the experience of migrants in navigating the education system, and in particular in choosing secondary schools for their children. There has been extensive research on the process of choosing schools since the policy reforms of the 1980s, but none has examined how the process of choosing a secondary school is impacted by the material and affective impact of migration. The article argues that migrants’ experience is embedded in gendered, classed and racialised processes and that, despite the heterogeneity of the category, migrants often face particular barriers in negotiating the school system. Nonetheless it also explores the importance put on education by the migrants who were interviewed and the active labour they engage in to try and achieve the best results for their children.  相似文献   

Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching Science and Classroom Practice: An Examination of Pre/Post NCLB Testing in Science     

Andrea R. Milner  Toni A. Sondergeld  Abdulkadir Demir  Carla C. Johnson  Charlene M. Czerniak 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2012,23(2):111-132

The impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandated state science assessment on elementary teachers’ beliefs about teaching science and their classroom practice is relatively unknown. For many years, the teaching of science has been minimized in elementary schools in favor of more emphasis on reading and mathematics. This study examines the dynamics of bringing science to the forefront of assessment in elementary schools and the resulting teacher belief and instructional shifts that take place in response to NCLB. Results indicated that teachers’ beliefs about teaching science remained unchanged despite policy changes mandated in NCLB. Teacher beliefs related to their perceptions of what their administrators and peer groups’ think they should be doing influenced their practice the most. Most teachers reported positive feelings and attitudes about science and reported that their students had positive feelings and attitudes about science; however, teachers reported teaching science less as a result of NCLB. Implications for elementary science education reform and policy are discussed.  相似文献   

Waves of (Dis)Satisfaction: Effects of the Numerus Clausus system in Portugal     

Madalena Fonseca  Diana Dias  Carla Sá  Alberto Amaral 《European Journal of Education》2014,49(1):144-158

Access to higher education in Portugal is governed by a quota system (numerus clausus). The purpose of this article is to answer two questions: First, how does the numerus clausus system shape the demand for medical studies? Second, how do non-enrolled medical candidates influence the global allocation system and generate waves of dissatisfaction? The results show that students who do not succeed in entering medicine register in other programmes, such as pharmacy, veterinary medicine and dental studies, generating a first wave of dissatisfaction. Because students who are not placed in medicine occupy a large share of the places available in those other programmes, the wave of dissatisfaction propagates, with students being pushed to other programmes, especially biology and biochemistry. This process has also been analysed from a spatial perspective. Apparently, when students are competing to obtain a study place in a programme with prestige and good professional career perspectives such as medicine moving to a more peripheral region becomes more frequent.  相似文献   

Understanding and Managing Others: The Impact of Social Intelligence upon Social Influence     

Carla A. Hackworth 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(3):171-178

The present study provided support for the relevance of social intelligence—to social influence. Consistent with but extending past research, recognizing situational influences (i.e., discriminative facility) was associated with effective social interactions. In particular, individuals high in discriminative facility demonstrated greater flexibility when considering influence tactics than individuals low in discriminative facility.  相似文献   

Research and the early years practitioner-researcher     

Carla Louise Solvason 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2013,33(1):90-97

This paper challenges the approach that we traditionally take to research (in the realm of Early Childhood) within our colleges and universities. It asks why we have obediently adopted an outmoded and entirely inappropriate approach to research which disempowers and alienates the practitioners that we are working with. This paper calls for Early Childhood tutors to challenge existing regimes in order to introduce students to research that is both meaningful and purposeful for their practice. It embeds purpose and ethicality at the heart of practitioner research.  相似文献   

The Use of Textbooks as a Tool During Collaborative Physics Learning     

Carla van Boxtel  Jos van der Linden  Gellof Kanselaar 《Journal of Experimental Education》2013,81(1):57-76

The study examined how features of student interaction, and the way an individual student contributes to that interaction (his or her participation), relates to the improvement of conceptual understanding within the domain of physics. The study also investigated how textbooks are used during collaborative work and how that use affects the quality of student interaction and outcomes. The participants were 56 students aged 15 or 16. The students worked in dyads on a concept-mapping task that functioned as an introduction for a new course about electricity. A condition in which the students were provided with 2 textbooks was compared with a condition without the availability of textbooks. The use of textbooks had a negative influence on the amount of elaboration and coconstruction in the student interaction. Individual learning outcomes were positively related to the amount of collaborative elaboration in the student interaction.  相似文献   

REVIEW ARTICLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THEORY     

Bert Roebben  Carla Gober  Heejung Kwon  Stefan Heil 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(4)

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The politics of school choice in two countries with large private‐dependent sectors (Spain and Chile): family strategies,collective action and lobbying     

Xavier Rambla  Óscar Valiente  Carla Frías 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(3):431-447

In many countries choice of school is an increasing concern for families and governments. In Spain and Chile, it is also associated with a long‐standing political cleavage on the regulation of large sectors of private‐dependent schools. This article analyses both the micro‐ and the macro‐politics of choice in these two countries, where low‐status 15‐year‐old students record a significant segregation. At the micro level, some evidence is provided that not only middle‐class skilful choosers but also the political representatives of private‐dependent schools manage to pursue their interests drawing on economic, social and cultural capital. At the macro level, evidence also shows that the lobbies defending private‐dependent schools can use and maintain these power resources. However, in some episodes collective action is an effective power resource for those who campaign in favour of a stricter regulation of these schools, but its influence is much difficult to maintain for longer periods.  相似文献   

An Intergenerational E-mail Pal Project on Attitudes of College Students Toward Older Adults     

Carla A. Chase 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(1):27-37

Intergenerational interactions have demonstrated some success at improving attitudes of college students toward older adults. This quasiexperimental study involved undergraduate college students paired with older adults for a six-week e-mail exchange. Student attitudes toward older adults were measured pre- and posttest with Polizzi's revised version of the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD). Students were assigned to an intervention group (n = 23) or a control group (n = 20). The intervention group demonstrated significant improvement in attitude toward older adults as compared to the control group (F 14.694, p < .05). This educational approach holds promise for using readily accessible technology to connect the generations.  相似文献   

Formulation of a Tropical Beverage by Applying Heat Treatment and High Hydrostatic Pressure     

Carla Marengo-Orozco  Martha Patricia Tarazona-Díaz  Ligia Ins Rodríguez 《Food Technology and Biotechnology》2020,58(3):239

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