Young people with high‐functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome planning for and anticipating the move to college: what supports a positive transition?     

Wendy Mitchell  Bryony Beresford 《British Journal of Special Education》2014,41(2):151-171

For many young people in England, the move into continuing education involves a transfer from the school where they were educated to a further education college. For those with high‐functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome, this can be a challenging process. Past research has demonstrated some of the problems that these young people can encounter. This article by Wendy Mitchell and Bryony Beresford, both based in the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York, adds to the evidence base by describing how best to support these young people, focusing specifically on ‘young person endorsed’ practice. Data are gleaned from qualitative interviews with 18 young people with high‐functioning autism/Asperger's syndrome. Findings reveal that young people welcomed the involvement of practitioners; however, specific forms of help and knowledge were particularly valued. In addition, it was parents, as opposed to professionals, who typically emerged as the most significant and valued source of support. Implications for practice are discussed, including the support needs of parents.  相似文献   

A Season for Birth     

Wendy C. Budin 《The Journal of perinatal education》2008,17(1):1-2

In this column, the editor of the Journal of Perinatal Education reflects on changing seasons and how birth remains a constant wonder. The editor also describes the contents of this issue, which offer a broad range of resources, research, and inspiration for childbirth educators in their efforts to promote normal birth.  相似文献   

Polices of promise and practices of limit: Singapore’s literacy education policy landscape and its impact on one school programme     

Jeanne M. Wolf  Wendy Bokhorst-Heng 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2008,7(3):151-164

This paper is about the interaction between policy and practice, and about how competing policies contributed to a paradoxical tension within that interaction in one school. Within a paradigm of educational renewal, the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) has initiated a number of policies designed to give schools autonomy in designing and implementing programmes to achieve optimal educational outcomes for its students. Among these are READ! Singapore, Teach Less, Learn More and the School Excellence Model. In this context, we review an MOE initiated Extensive Reading (ER) programme in one school. Despite such innovative policies, Dewey Secondary School’s [The names of the school and individuals have been changed to protect their privacy.] pedagogical and literacy practices continue to be largely influenced by other dominant features of Singapore’s and the school’s own educational culture—an exam-oriented focus that prioritises outcome and skill-based pedagogy and the school’s historical practice of restricting literacies. Competing policies as interpreted by the school and diverse stakeholders result in a morphed ER programme—an adaptation of a reading programme that reflects the programme intent overtly but one that collides at other times, and as a result, is pulled in different directions. The story is, thus, one of ‘policies of promise and practices of limit’.  相似文献   

Non‐at‐risk adolescents' attitudes towards reading in a Singapore secondary school     

Wendy Bokhorst‐Heng  Delfin Pereira 《Journal of Research in Reading》2008,31(3):285-301

In this paper, we examine the various nuanced dimensions of adolescents' dispositions towards reading in one secondary school in Singapore, where a high‐stakes examination culture often threatens to colonise the practices of leisure reading. Our focus is on the better and more avid readers as they were the ones that developed the more negative attitudes towards reading at the end of their first year in secondary school. Our analysis found that there were no significant differences between boys and girls in their declining attitudes, and that for both ‘intrinsic motivation’ saw the greatest decline. However, attitudes related to learning orientation remained stable, suggesting both the impact of constraints in an exam‐oriented educational structure as well as possibilities for developing reading pedagogy and adolescent reading programmes. We argue that the more educators are aware of the multidimensionality and complexity of the attitudes and values that students bring to their reading, the more effectively they will be able to design and implement programmes and pedagogy to foster positive attitudes and promote a lifelong love for reading.  相似文献   

BOOK REVIEWS     

Wendy Sutherland‐Smith  Chris Richards  Kelly Buckley  Marie‐Pierre Moreau  Michelle A. Kessler  Michele Cohen 《Gender and education》2008,20(3):291-302

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Going to Prison: The Effect of a Prison Tour on Students’ Attitudes Toward Punitiveness     

Wendy R. Calaway  Todd Callais  Robin Lightner 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2016,27(3):432-448

The pedagogical approaches of a criminal justice education affect the attitudes and perceptions of those most likely to develop and administer criminal justice policies in the future. This study examines the effect of a prison tour on students’ understanding of prison and attitudes about punishment. Undergraduate criminal justice students were given a survey to assess their attitudes about prisons, prisoners, and alternative sanctions before and after a field trip to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Post-survey responses showed changes in students’ perceptions regarding punitiveness, prisons, prisoners, and rehabilitation. We discuss this finding within the framework of the contact hypothesis, and we recommend including this type of first-hand exposure as part of a criminal justice curriculum.  相似文献   

合作体验学习法     

金爱晶  James O'Meara  Wendy Warren 《中小学教师培训》2008,(7):49-51

合作体验学习法（Tribes Learning Communities）是北美学校教育改革比较成功的一种尝试,打破传统的教师为中心的课堂管理模式,创造以学生为中心的课堂氛围,将课堂重心从教师教转到学生学。本文介绍几种在这样的教学指导思想下的教学策略框架,供课改中正在探索的老师们借鉴参考。  相似文献   

Joining the research conversation: threshold concepts embedded in the literature review     

Meeta Chatterjee-Padmanabhan  Wendy Nielsen  Sarah Sanders 《高等教育研究与发展》2019,38(3):494-507

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Differences in Career Attitude and Career Knowledge for High School Students with and without Paid Work Experience     

Creed  Peter A.  Patton  Wendy 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2003,3(1):21-33

A large sample (N =1,279) of high school students was assessedusing the Career Maturity Inventory (CDI-A;Lokan, 1984). The two composite scales ofCareer Development Attitude and CareerDevelopment Knowledge were examined in relationto age, gender and whether the students hadengaged in paid work experience. Levels ofcareer maturity increased with age, and ingeneral, females at all age levels reportedhigher levels of maturity than males. Studentswith paid work experience reported higherlevels of Career Development Attitude thanthose with no paid work experience. CareerDevelopment Knowledge was not associated withpaid work experience. Gender differences alsooccurred, with females with paid workexperience generally reporting higher levels ofcareer maturity than males with paid workexperience. Results are discussed in adevelopmental context.  相似文献   

Scholars committed to opportunities in psychological education: a training and mentoring program for future psychologists of color     

Rebecca L. Fix  Madison W. Silverstein  Nadratu Nuhu  Wendy N. Gray 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2020,28(1):44-59

ABSTRACT

Although strides towards inclusivity and racial equality have been made in graduate education, many barriers to graduate education remain for racial/ethnic minorities. In response, we created Scholars Committed to Opportunities in Psychological Education (SCOPE), a mentor-based program for racial/ethnic minority undergraduates. 63 racial/ethnic minority undergraduates completed the SCOPE curricula and pre- and post-program questionnaires regarding graduate school application knowledge, application confidence, stress, self-efficacy, and SCOPE program satisfaction. Mentors completed a training and questionnaires in one SCOPE cohort. Knowledge about the GRE, the application process, and application confidence increased, and stress decreased, following SCOPE. The result of this work is a portable mentoring program that can be used across disciplines and demographics to increase inclusivity and equality.  相似文献