Researching the influence of teaching assistants on the learning of pupils identified with special educational needs in mainstream primary schools: exploring social inclusion     

Helen Saddler 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2014,14(3):145-152

As a result of their high contact time with children, particularly children identified with special educational needs, it is widely acknowledged that teaching assistants (TAs) have great influence on pupils' education (Balshaw). However, recent research into the impact of TAs on pupils' learning has questioned TAs' usefulness in improving pupils' learning (Blatchford, Bassett and Brown; Higgins). This paper argues that TAs' influence on pupils' education has not yet been researched effectively. Previous research has primarily focused on determining TAs' influence on pupils' achievement in terms of academic outcomes and has neglected to explore social outcomes. Two interconnected literature bases are reviewed in this paper; the current research exploring TAs' role and influence on pupils' learning is first explored, followed by a critical discussion of the literature regarding the process of social inclusion in mainstream primary schools. This paper concludes that for TAs' influence on pupils' learning to be effectively researched, TAs' influence on the process of social inclusion must be researched within mainstream primary schools.  相似文献   

Academic social bookmarking: An empirical analysis of Connotea users     

Helen S. Du  Samuel K.W. Chu  Gary E. Gorman  Felix L.C. Siu 《Library & information science research》2014

Three groups of social bookmarking users, namely experienced users, users with moderate level of experience, and novice users, were investigated, in terms of their reported tagging behaviors, perceived usefulness of social bookmarking in information discovery and management, and perceived usefulness of the bookmarking features provided. Based on the empirical analysis of the Connotea users, who are primarily in academia, the study shows that experienced academic users generally prefer to use social bookmarking while moderately experienced and novice users still prefer to use the traditional bookmarking methods, such as creating and using bookmarks on a dedicated computer. Experienced academic users were also found to create more tags per bookmark comparing to the other two groups. Most novice academic users, however, only created one tag per bookmark, which just met Connotea's minimum requirement. Surprisingly different from the collaborative design nature of the social bookmarking systems, the study finds that our participants, particularly experienced academic users, prefer to create and use their own bookmarks rather than sharing bookmarks created by others. In fact, experienced users have significantly higher frequency (once every two weeks) of creating bookmarks than the other two groups (once a month or less). In addition, website design features and functions, such as automatic collection of bibliographic information, are regarded by all participants as helpful for information discovery. The in-depth examination and discussion of the opinions of Connotea users may be useful for further improvement of the design features and usage applications, particularly for academic social bookmarking websites. The results may also have potential implications to the future development of social bookmarking services in general.  相似文献   

Assets, aliens or asylum seekers? Immigration and the United Kingdom     

Helen Haste 《Prospects》2006,36(3):327-341

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Transition: A Universal Issue     

Carl Wassell  Pauline Preston  Helen Jones 《Pastoral Care in Education》2007,25(1):49-53

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Pontiac desegregation: Myth and reality     

Helen Efthim 《The Urban Review》1975,8(2):155-159

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Copyright corner     

John St Aubyn 《Learned Publishing》1988,1(3):126-127

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Morning and afternoon sessions in the nursery,do they have equal status? With particular reference to storytime     

Helen Bilton 《International Journal of Early Years Education》1994,2(2):54-65

The majority of state nursery education in the United Kingdom is part‐time. Although there are exceptions this usually means that children attend either in the morning or afternoon. The format of the afternoon session can often resemble the morning session, offering similar activities. This paper sets out to examine the comparative quality of experience for children attending part‐time nursery at different times of the day. It looks particularly at storytime, when the whole group of children is brought together to share a story. The findings suggest the two sessions are not of equal value to the children, that children may not be performing as well in the afternoon and that the traditional group storytime may not be as effective for the afternoon children. This type of storytime may need to be adapted/changed to match the needs of the particular group of children, taking into consideration performance during the day. Finally, suggestions are given for other ways to ensure children have worthwhile story experiences.  相似文献   

Computer–software protection     

John St Aubyn 《Learned Publishing》1992,5(2):103-104

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Education as a Socio-Practical Field: the theory/practice question reformulated     

Suzanne de Castell  Helen Freeman 《Journal of Philosophy of Education》1978,12(1):13-28

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Library Association; Branch and Mobile Libraries Group/Medical Health and Welfare Libraries Group: A joint study day. ‘Why don't I help you’: Libraries and people with a disability, 26 November 1986, Portsmouth Central Library     

Helen Thompson 《Health information and libraries journal》1987,4(3):181-182

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