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Kroneman, Leoniek; Loeber, Rolf; Hipwell, Alison E. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
Although a number of reviews of gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency exist, this paper fills a gap in reviewing neighborhood influences on gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency. These influences are known to be important for boys in childhood and adolescence, but cannot be assumed to be influential in the same…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Delinquency, Community Influence, Neighborhoods
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Wiryo, Hananto; Hakimi, M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
Traditionally, mothers provide banana to their neonates as well as discharge their colostrum prior to breastfeeding, increasing the risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Health education modules, based on ethnographic study, to discourage these detrimental practices were developed for use by community leaders. Two thousand six hundred and…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Cues, Health Education, Ethnography
Cooper, Harris M. – Corwin Press, 2006
Does homework work? Homework is the cause of more friction between school and home than any other aspect of education and becomes the prime battlefield when schools, families, and communities view one another as adversaries. This comprehensive third edition tackles all the tough questions: What's the right amount of homework? What role should…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Homework, Parent Role, Educational Objectives
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Haneda, Mari – Theory Into Practice, 2006
In order to help school-age English language learners (ELLs) develop the literacy competencies required for success at school, it is important to recognize and draw on the repertoires of literacy practices that students develop outside school. The concept of multiple literacies provides an analytic heuristic with which to consider the range of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Family Environment, Community Influence
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Falconer, Jameca W.; Hays, Kimberly A. – Journal of Career Development, 2006
Despite reporting greater needs for career planning information, African American students are often less likely to use the services available to them. Understanding the factors influencing the career development of African American students is therefore critical if these students are to succeed both academically and in the world of work. This…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Career Development, Mentors
Reisert, John E. – 1992
Based on principals' own perceptions, this paper examines how the principal's role has changed, what constitutes principals' major problems or concerns, and how state and federal regulations and community pressures have affected the principal's role. The project identified and interviewed 56 public school principals for an 11-county area served by…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Community Influence, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Sheila C.; Huling-Austin, Leslie – 1987
Based on previous research on the influence of community context on the needs and concerns of first year teachers and on the implementation of induction program components, this study sought to determine the effects of the community context on the lives of beginning teachers as related to their teaching experience in the classroom. Data were…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Influence
Jenni, Roger W.; Mauriel, John J. – 1990
Factors that influence the perceptions held by school site council members and others about the quality of site-based management (SBM) are examined in this study. Specifically, the relationships among a group's assessment of SBM, perceived level of influence on council decision making, perceived level of support from other groups, and perceived…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Support, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Hamilton, Stephen F. – 1988
A study examined the influences that family, community, and work exert on the youth-to-adulthood transition as well as the dynamics of their interaction. Similarities and differences among the youth-to-adulthood transition as it occurs in the United States, Japan, and West Germany were identified. It was concluded that the links among family,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Change Strategies, Community Influence, Comparative Analysis
Ljung, Bengt-Olov; Emanuelsson, Ingemar – School Research Newsletter, 1983
This newsletter describes a research design enabling descriptive, comparative, evaluative follow-up studies of individual development in social contexts related to schooling. In addition, it describes a research project focusing mainly on evaluative studies of the ability of the educational system to confer, on different individuals in various…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Weber, James R. – 1989
Chapter 9 of a revised volume on school leadership, this chapter focuses on the principal's instructional leadership goals and functions. Leading the instructional program requires both an understanding of educational technique and a personal vision of academic excellence that can be translated into effective classroom strategies. Research shows…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Cooperation, Department Heads, Educational Environment
Stoloff, David L. – 1982
Four television stations were studied and potential audiences surveyed in Los Angeles, California, to explore the extent of ethnic television, determine how its content reflects community influence, and examine viewers' attitudes toward ethnic television broadcasting. Fourteen ethnic oroups were represented in ethnic television during the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiences, Commercial Television, Community Influence
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Dettenheim, Edward N. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Community Influence, Consumer Education, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons
DeTure, Linda R.; And Others – 1980
To assist project members in understanding the concepts and philosophy of community-based education in Teacher Corps programs, this document presents eight learning guides. The first two guides relate community-based education to regulations and to emerging community-based policy in the Teacher Corps program. They offer background material for the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Meck, Donald S; LeUnes, Arnold – 1975
Semi-rural first-married couples (N=29) seeking marital counseling from a small community mental health center were administered Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) as part of the intake procedure of the agency. Male and female mean scores for each of the 16 personality factors were derived and compared to the Cattell and…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Cultural Influences, Evaluation, Females
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