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Education Policy and Crime [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses the relationship between education and crime from an economic perspective, developing a human capital-based model that sheds light on key ways in which early childhood programs and policies that encourage schooling may affect both juvenile and adult crime. The paper first discusses evidence on the effects of educational attainment,
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Education policy and the heritability of educational attainment
Nature, 1985 Many workers assume that genetically determined differences in intellectual ability will be influenced little by changes in educational policy or other environmental interventions. Others, however, have suggested that increasing equality of educational opportunity will lead to an increase in the heritability of educational attainment. The resolution of
A.C. Heath +7 more
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Journal of Research in Education Sciences, 2019 在講求分享管理的學校經營中，教師學習領導十分重要，惟過去甚少有研究觸及其如何受到校長領導之影響。為了檢視校長對教師發揮促進學習的領導具有何等效應，特別是此效應是否會因學校裡的信任關係及重視學業程度而有所差異，本研究以國中教師為對象，運用問卷調查法進行探討，共回收 1,340 份有效問卷，研究結果獲得以下重要發現：一、國中教師對於本研究所探討的四個焦點（校長領導、教師學習領導、教師對校長的信任關係及學校學業強調），知覺程度均達中高標。不過，教師學習領導之得分顯著高於其他三者；得分次高者為信任關係。二 ...
陳文彥 Wen-Yan Chen +1 more
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Self-directed learning in e-portfolios: Analysing students’ performance and learning presence
EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning, 2016 E-portfolios constitute a dynamic research topic in e-learning, since they foster a new philosophy for learning and personal development, which is characterised by open, participatory, self-directed, reflective and collaborative processes.
A. Jimoyiannis, P. Tsiotakis
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Motivations and Aspirations behind Zambians in Learning Chinese Language
Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social ScienceOver the past decade, Chinese language education in Zambia expanded rapidly, largely because of the establishment and growth of the Confucius Institute at the University of Zambia (CIUNZA).
Guoping Fan +2 more
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Social and Emotional Learning and Ninth-Grade Students’ Academic Achievement
Journal of Intelligence, 2023 A central component of adolescents’ social and emotional learning (SEL) consists of their ability to foster positive relationship skills through connectedness with their school community. This study focuses on the assessment of student’s SEL competencies
Jessica L. Atkins +3 more
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Journal of Language and EducationBackground: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into school-based English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction, yet the mechanisms through which it shapes learners’ engagement, achievement, and satisfaction remain insufficiently ...
Arnab Kundu, Tripti Bej
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Frontiers in EducationThis case study overlays the behaviors of award-winning principals through a lens of culturally responsive school leadership (CRSL) to identify exemplary illustrations and gaps in theoretical alignment.
Brian C. Vedder +4 more
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Seeing through transparency in education reform: Illuminating the “local”
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 Utilizing “assemblage,” a notion associated with Actor-Network Theory (ANT), we explore what discourses of transparency can, and cannot, accomplish in a network of education reform that includes schools, government agencies, and community organizations ...
Jill Koyama, Brian Kania
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“Constant Communication”: Rural Principals' Leadership Practices During a Global Pandemic
Frontiers in Education, 2021 Rural school leaders are met with serious challenges and opportunities to lead rural schools in times of normalcy, but these challenges are amplified during a crisis.
Sonya D. Hayes +2 more
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