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Direct linkDunn, Cynthia Dickel – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2013
In recent years, politeness theory has increasingly focused on speakers' own conceptualizations of polite behavior, viewing politeness concepts as a type of language ideology. This article examines the construction of Japanese politeness concepts in the business etiquette training provided for new employees in Japanese companies. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Japanese, Pragmatics, Language Research, Business Communication
Greene, Amy; Dotterweich, Andy R. – Educational Studies, 2013
Childhood obesity and physical inactivity are serious threats to the health and wellness of our schoolchildren. Research has shown that play and physical activity are important in development, behaviour and academic achievement. Through the efforts of coordinated school health program and a Physical Education for Progress grant, a county school…
Descriptors: Child Health, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Grade 4
Rispoli, Mandy J.; Davis, Heather S.; Goodwyn, Fara D.; Camargo, Siglia – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Analogue functional analyses are a well-researched means of determining behavioral function in research and clinical contexts. However, conducting analogue functional analyses in school settings can be problematic and may lead to inconclusive results. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of a trial-based functional analysis with…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Developmental Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Intervention
Janney, Donna M.; Umbreit, John; Ferro, Jolenea B.; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Lane, Kathleen L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
In this study, we examined the contribution of the extinction procedure in function-based interventions implemented in the general education classrooms of three at-risk elementary-aged students. Function-based interventions included antecedent adjustments, reinforcement procedures, and function-matched extinction procedures. Using a combined ABC…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Intervention, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students
Strandell, Harriet – Children & Society, 2013
After-school reform in Finland is analysed as a case of state intervention in childhood and of inscribing political goals in an activity with children. The paper asks what understandings of children and childhood are communicated in and through the reform and its dispersed implementation. Theoretically, the paper is informed by new ways of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, After School Programs, Child Care, Politics of Education
Beyond Autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study of High-Risk Children at Three Years of Age
Messinger, Daniel; Young, Gregory S.; Ozonoff, Sally; Dobkins, Karen; Carter, Alice; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Charman, Tony; Stone, Wendy L.; Constantino, John N.; Hutman, Ted; Carver, Leslie J.; Bryson, Susan; Iverson, Jana M.; Strauss, Mark S.; Rogers, Sally J.; Sigman, Marian – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: First-degree relatives of persons with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at increased risk for ASD-related characteristics. As little is known about the early expression of these characteristics, this study characterizes the non-ASD outcomes of 3-year-old high-risk (HR) siblings of children with ASD. Method: Two groups of children…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Autism, Early Intervention, Siblings
Download full textRedman, Erin – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
Achieving a sustainable future requires that individuals adopt sustainable behaviors, which are often learned and cemented at a young age. Yet, traditional education efforts have been inadequate in fostering transformative change, in part because many programs focus on fact-heavy, teacher-centered techniques while neglecting the practices that…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Mira, Meredith L. – Democracy & Education, 2013
Across the United States, researchers and youth workers alike have identified an increasing number of civically engaged youth who are organizing to improve their communities and schools. By taking an action-oriented approach, these youth are speaking back to the notion that they are uninvolved in society. This interview-based study explores the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Caseworker Approach
McNicholl, Jane; Blake, Allan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
This paper explores the work of teacher education in England and Scotland. It seeks to locate this work within conflicting sociocultural views of professional practice and academic work. Drawing on an activity theory framework that integrates the analysis of these seemingly contradictory discourses with a study of teacher educators' practical…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Criticism
Channon, Sue; Marsh, Karen; Jenkins, Amy; Robling, Mike – Pastoral Care in Education, 2013
This paper reports on a peer support programme founded on the principles of Motivational Interviewing, a counselling method with a focus on exploring and helping to resolve ambivalence about behaviour change. Working with the staff and pupils of Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr in South Wales UK, (referred to as Plasmawr) this work incorporated a…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Motivation, Interviews, High Schools
Charteris, Jennifer; Smardon, Dianne – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This case study, concerning peer coaching for sustainable professional practice, utilised video to enable teachers "deep learning" during peer coaching sessions. While the use of video is not a new tool for continuing professional development, this research employs a fresh way of using it. Teachers reflected on their learning process by…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Professional Development, Teacher Improvement, Video Technology
Wolff, Karin; Luckett, Kathy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
In order to design two distinct engineering qualification levels for an existing University of Technology programme, empirical evidence based on the current diploma is necessary to illuminate the nature of and the relationship between the "contextual" and "conceptual" elements underpinning a multidisciplinary engineering…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Sociology
Bradley, Jordana; Maldonado, Nancy – Online Submission, 2013
Educators must consider alternative teaching strategies. Facility dogs as an instructional enhancement are an innovative teaching approach. This case study, guided by human-animal bond theory, investigated how the presence of a trained facility dog, Smooch, affected the school environment. Interviews, field notes and observations were used to…
Descriptors: Animals, Educational Environment, Learning, Student Needs
Milunic, Marjorie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the perceptions of three alternative and three traditional route participants of their experiences prior to receiving teacher certification. It further investigated whether their experiences proved to be educative, mis-educative, or a combination of the two. Observations, interviews, and lesson plans were analyzed according…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teaching Experience, Novices, Mentors
Montoto, Lisette – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In recent years, U.S. colleges and universities have begun to extend their international presence through different models of cross-border higher education. This research explores three models of U.S. higher education in Panama City, Panama: a branch campus, a franchise model and merger/acquisition models. Using a qualitative approach, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, International Education
