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Exploring the Research
Katharine G. Shepherd,Colby T. Kervick,Djenne-amal N. Morris +2 more
- pp 9-31
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The idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The general idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education. In special education, however, this important concept can be traced to a distinct set of events and legal precedents.read more
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Fair Trade and Wellbeing Improvements: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Hannah Holmes,Katsushi S. Imai +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether and how Fair Trade certification improves the wellbeing of small-scale producers by drawing upon a field study carried out by the authors in 2009 in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.
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Promotion of adolescent mental health through a social and emotional learning programme in South African high schools
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the experiences of school-going adolescents, school teachers and school health nurses in dealing with social and emotional problems in high schools and found that adolescents' problems manifested themselves as inappropriate handling of emotions which resulted in drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behaviours and gangsterism which adversely impacted on adolescents' social-emotional well-being and mental health.
Cyclical Economic Impacts on Aggregated Fiscal Imbalance Levels in the United States
TL;DR: The impacts of cyclical economic volatility on state-level fiscal imbalance levels have gained attention, given that beginning in late 2007, the United States experienced the deepest and longest-lasting recession in its history as mentioned in this paper.
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Trends of the Arabic Research on the Nature of Science
TL;DR: In this paper, a descriptive analytical approach, both qualitative and quantitative forms, was used to explore 42 online journals and articles and found that most Arabic researchers focus on curriculum, teaching and learning environments and their improvement, the use of new teaching methods, students' understanding of NOS, as well as teacher's knowledge and teaching strategies.
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The New Meaning of Educational Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a brief history of educational change at the local and national level, and discuss the causes and problems of implementation and continuation of change at both the local level and the national level.
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Ecology of the family as a context for human development: research perspectives
TL;DR: A review of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts of human development can be found in this article, with a focus on the patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course as these affect and are affected by intrafamilial processes.
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Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research
TL;DR: One day, you will discover a new adventure and knowledge by spending more money as discussed by the authors. But when? Do you think that you need to obtain those all requirements when having much money? Why don't you try to get something simple at first?
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School/Family/Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share:
TL;DR: When schools form partnerships with families and the community, the children benefit as discussed by the authors, and these guidelines for building partnerships can make it happen, but they need to be adapted to the specific needs of each community.
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Stages of Small-Group Development Revisited
TL;DR: The authors examined published research on small-group development done in the last ten years that would constitute an empirical test of Tuckman's (1965) hypothesis that groups go through the stages of "forming," "storming," "norming," and "performing".