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Severinsson, Susanne – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Swedish and international research points to serious problems for the education of students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) in the care of social welfare, for example, in residential care. The aim of this article is to elucidate how documentation, care plans (CPs) and individual educational plans (IEPs) outline the…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Individualized Education Programs, Documentation, Student Needs
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Zhao, Xu; Selman, Robert L.; Haste, Helen – Cogent Education, 2015
While American educators fret about the mediocre educational performance of American students in international contests (e.g. the Program for International Student Assessment) and wonder why the Chinese education system produces such high-achieving students, educators, journalists, and public officials in China want to know what causes and how to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Student Problems
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Smith, Erica; Patton, Wendy – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
This paper uses data from interviews with representatives of national and state organisations that have a policy interest in student-working in Australia. The interviewees included representatives from employer bodies and trade unions as well as government organisations. The data are used to discuss these stakeholders' perceptions of the main…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Policy Formation, Unions, Foreign Countries
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Gallagher, Mary; Millar, Rob – Adolescence, 1998
Surveys the worries of adolescents in Northern Ireland, with a focus on identifying age and gender differences. Analysis reveals that females report worrying significantly more frequently than males, particularly in regard to transition from school and personal and academic issues. Students over 16 report worrying significantly less than their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Females
Webster, Dennis W.; And Others – 1977
A stratified random sample of 200 junior and senior undergraduates at the University of Maryland, College Park, was asked to complete a 51 item problem check list. This checklist covered six areas: typical university concerns, psychological concerns, cultural concerns, sexual relations concerns, racial concerns, and group living concerns. The most…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Check Lists, College Students, Educational Problems
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Payind, Mohammad Alam – Educational Research Quarterly, 1979
Questionnaires or interviews were completed by 120 Afghan and 125 Iranian students enrolled in American universities, concerning their academic, personal, and social problems. Data were analyzed according to nationality, sex, age, marital status, major, duration of stay in U.S., financial sponsorship, and undergraduate v graduate student status.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, College Students, Educational Problems