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Dance Education as Social Studies Education
Measurement of formal education success excludes arts education and focuses instead on reading, mathematics and science. In a world filled with differences between people, geography, backgrounds, customs, religions and sense of self, the only subject ...
Susan R. Koff
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Social studies education in Nigeria: The challenge of building a nation [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The general aim in conducting this research is to investigate the teaching and learning of Social Studies in Nigeria and to understand how it is taught and
Sofadekan, Adedayo Oyewole
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Educational Field of Study and Social Mobility: Disaggregating Social Origin and Education [PDF]
We examine the relationship between social origin and education by looking at it in more detail than is usually done. Rather than seeing origin and education as hierarchical characteristics, we argue that both should be disentangled in more detailed combinations of hierarchical levels and horizontal fields. Using Dutch survey data for men, we show that
van de Werfhorst, H.G., Luijkx, R.
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Connecting key competencies and social inquiry in primary social studies pedagogy: initial teacher education students' planning decisions and reflections. [PDF]
Over 2007-2009 we have worked with the national curriculum's key competencies to establish their place and purpose in the social sciences learning area.
Wynyard, Jill +4 more
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The aspirations for social studies education that would prepare our learners for a sustainable future are presented in this paper. Given the complex, ambiguous and volatile times that we are in, there is a need to examine the key capabilities that our ...
Chang, Chew Hung
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Background Self-efficacy, individuals’ beliefs regarding their capacities to perform actions or control (potentially stressful or novel) events, is thought to be important for various life domains. Little however is known about its early precursors. This
Marike H. F. Deutz +5 more
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Education as a Social Study [PDF]
The teacher is becoming more and more conscious of his way of working. He is less the creature of institutional habits, and more the master of his individual methods of procedure. No less an art than before, education has become a study. Educational method, upon the whole, has improved through this selfconsciousness, but not without some manifestation ...
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Improving effectiveness of scoliotic posture prevention and correction in primary school children [PDF]
For several decades the problem of prevention and correction of posture disorders in primary school children has not lost its relevance. Statistics show that 68-94 % of primary school students have posture disorders. A special place in the classification
Moment Artem +5 more
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Junior high schools teachers’ perceptions and practice of constructivism in Ghana: The paradox
The study aimed to explore teachers’ perceptions and use of constructivist teaching approaches in Ghanaian junior high schools, specifically in the Sunyani-West Municipality.
Ernest Nyamekye +2 more
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A sense of health and coherence in young rural schoolchildren in Sweden
Background: Little is known about how younger schoolchildren in a rural setting experience their sense of coherence (SOC), how they think and reason about health and what they perceive as important to achieve health goals. This study aimed to investigate
Eva Randell, Camilla Udo, Maria Warne
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