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Answering the Call: How Group Mentoring Makes a Difference
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Altus, Jillian – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Mentoring programs answer the call for social justice for many students who are in success-inhibiting environments. This study employed a case study design to investigate the perceived benefits from a group mentoring program. Data was collected from pre- and post-assessments focus groups, and artifacts. Four participant benefits were revealed:…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Mentors, Social Justice, Disadvantaged Environment
A Teacher's Identity Trajectory within a Context of Change
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Oswald, Marietjie; Perold, Mariechen – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This article examines the effects of political, socio-economic and educational change on a South African teacher's identity trajectory. Our research was conducted at a primary school in a historically disadvantaged community in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. We applied a cultural-historical activity theoretical (CHAT) lens to explore the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Educational Change, Socioeconomic Influences, Political Influences
Assessing Home Environment for Early Child Development in Pakistan
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Nadeem, Sanober; Rafique, Ghazala; Khowaja, Liaquat; Yameen, Anjum – Child Care in Practice, 2014
Family environment plays a very important role in early child development and the availability of stimulating material in the early years of a child's life is crucial for optimising development. The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory is one of the most widely used measures to assess the quality and quantity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Child Development, Early Experience
The Nature, Causes and Effects of School Violence in South African High Schools
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Ncontsa, Vusumzi Nelson; Shumba, Almon – South African Journal of Education, 2013
We sought to investigate the nature, causes and effects of school violence in four South African high schools. A purposive sample of five principals, 80 learners and 20 educators was selected from the four schools used in the study. A sequential mixed method approach was used in this study; both questionnaires and interviews were used. The design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Etiology, Cognitive Mapping, School Safety
5HTT Genotype Moderates the Influence of Early Institutional Deprivation on Emotional Problems in Adolescence: Evidence from the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) Study
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Kumsta, Robert; Stevens, Suzanne; Brookes, Keeley; Schlotz, Wolff; Castle, Jenny; Beckett, Celia; Kreppner, Jana; Rutter, Michael; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: A common polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4, 5HTT) has been repeatedly shown to moderate the influence of childhood adversity and stressful life events on the development of psychopathology. Using data from the English and Romanian Adoptee Study, a prospective-longitudinal study of individuals (n = 125) exposed to…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Emotional Problems, Psychopathology, Adoption
DROPOUT OF AMERICAN INDIANS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
WAX, MURRAY L.; WAX, ROSALIE H. – 1964
A CASE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS INVESTIGATED THE OGLALA SIOUX COMMUNITY. DATA GATHERED FROM A PREVIOUS STUDY WAS COMBINED WITH SEMISTRUCTURED INTERVIEW AND OBSERVATION DATA. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED ON SOCIAL SYSTEMS OF THE CLASSROOMS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS. RELATIVELY COMPLETE DATA WERE OBTAINED FOR 153 SIOUX…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics