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Sep 8, 2021
09/21
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Topics: 80.80 educational environment: general, Opvoeding, Multiculturele samenlevingen, Nederland
This article describes the revised Inviting School Survey (ISS-R) which is a 50- item checklist based on the 100-item Inviting School Survey (Purkey & Schmidt, 1990, Purkey & Fuller, 1995). Both the original ISS and the ISS-R are designed for use by Grade Four students and above, teachers, school administrators and others associated with the school, such as counselors, psychologists, and social workers. The ISS-R, by being half the length of the original, is easier to administer as well...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Surveys, Educational Environment, Smith, Kenneth H.
Childhood obesity is a major epidemic in this country and changes are not only wanted, but needed to ensure the healthy future of children. Overweight and obesity are the result of energy imbalance. That is, too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed. Overweight and obesity can be influenced by modifiable behaviors, including physical activity and diet. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Beverage Association (ABA) are working...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Obesity
Tests from five addresses given at a ceremony honoring outstanding examples of American college campus design are presented along with a list of the award winners. Categories included were--(1) general classrooms, (2) science and laboratory buildings, (3) library buildings, (4) graduate and professional schools, and (5) long-range campus development plans. The speakers emphasized--(1) innovative fulfillment of more demanding educational requirements, (2) governmental cooperation with the arts,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Campus Planning, College Buildings, College Planning, Educational Environment
This brochure examines basic information about pesticides and their use in and around schools, how children are exposed to pesticides and their health effects, and how a school can kick the habit of using pesticides. A special issues section covers the chemicals that should not be part of a school pest control effort, the restricted use of disinfectants, whether or not chemicals should be used to control head lice, issues involving active vs. inert ingredients in pesticides, and a cautionary...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Pesticides, Public Schools
The module is intended to help educators understand the components of school climate and its influence on the integration of students with handicaps. Three competencies are addressed: (1) to develop an understanding of the concept of school climate, identify its components and analyze its relationship to educational goals; (2) to develop an awareness of one's level of influence, the capacity to effect change, and the relationship of others' level of influence; and (3) to develop an awareness of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Agents, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
E-mail has become a significant means of communication between teachers, students, parents and administrators in many school systems. The increasing amount of SPAM e-mail threatens to overload school email systems. The experience of Lake Forest, IL School District #67 in fighting e-mail spam is described. Spam basics, spam fighting tools, and the procedures put in place by the school administration are described.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Electronic Mail, Internet, DuBose, Cornelius B.
This paper, presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association in 1974, discusses the various strategies for analyzing the data gathered to explore the effect of specific school variables on educational achievement. The discussion centers around the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) strategy of analysis, the use of variance estimates, the use of variation estimates, and the treatment of compound...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Research Problems,...
This study examined different perceptions of junior college environment among administrators, faculty in transfer and in vocational programs, and transfer and vocational students. In a college of 1500 students. In a college of 1500 students (51% in vocational programs, 49% in transfer), 50 were randomly selected from each group. All 30 transfer faculty, 27 vocational faculty, and 12 administrators were included. The test used was Pace's College and University Environment Scales, with 150...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Perception, Two Year Colleges, Wilson, Ronald S.
THIS PUBLICATION REGARDING SCHOOL LIGHTING WAS PREPARED AS A USEFUL ADDITION TO THE AMERICAN STANDARD GUIDE FOR SCHOOL LIGHTING. THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE IES LIGHTING HANDBOOK TO INCLUDE A MORE DETAILED TREATMENT OF SUBJECTS TO WHICH THE DESIGNER MUST GIVE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. THERE IS A MORE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT OF REFLECTED GLARE THAN APPEARS IN THE AMERICAN STANDARD GUIDE. THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXAMPLES OF MODERN SCHOOL LIGHTING PRACTICE, A CONVENIENT LISTING OF THE...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods, Lighting,...
Generally, this article examines the complicated relations between gender and sexuality. More specifically, it couches gender and sexuality in the field of queer studies and education and argues that whatever gender and sexuality might mean, these concepts must include discussions around queerness, otherwise gender debates get aligned with heteronormative assumptions. Finally, it talks about queer life and school culture and argues teachers need to understand what queer life is like for young...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Homosexuality, School Culture, Gender Issues, Social Theories, Educational Environment
This book suggests ways and means by which the development of campuses can be controlled so that functional goals can be aesthetically expressed. The first section, "Prospectus," defines campus planning, illuminating through historical examples the evolution of the campus as a design form, and describes the conditions that make campus planning so critical an activity. Section 2, "The Campus and Its Parts," breaks down the campus into its constituent physical parts and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Planning, Higher Education, Dober,...
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International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE)
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This article shows efficacy of competences-oriented education model, representing effectiveness of pedagogy technology and digital tools blending in transforming education while using tutor’s support. In correspondence to contemporary requirements and education system special features, connection between digital education tools and tutor technology contributing to students’ key competences development is determined. The paper contributes to the field by summarizing some theoretical issues...
Topics: digital education, educational environment, competence-oriented approach, digital education...
The assessment of junior college environments has taken two forms--assessment based on (1) empirically derived data and (2) philosophic discourse. Both approaches have their place in the literature. More stress, however, should be placed on research findings. With this in mind, researchers are developing new sophisticated instrumentation. A special, revised edition of College and University Environment Scales (CUES) for the junior college is being written, which, it is hoped, will better...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Institutional Environment, Two Year Colleges, Herrscher,...
This report embodies the findings of several studies, which conclude that America's schools have fallen into disrepair and sometimes present students and teachers with an unhealthy, unsafe, or even harmful educational environment. The researchers say that no guidelines are in place to help school districts select safe school sites. School sites are regularly sprayed with pesticides, and these chemicals are thought to be partly responsible for a whole generation of children who are increasingly...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Pesticides, Public Schools,...
SHPPS is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. This brief reports study results in the area of physical school environment. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Comprehensive School Health Education, Research Reports,...
The basic principles of the most commonly used lamp types and the circuitry which makes them operate are discussed. The two objectives of this book are to serve as a--(1) guide to economical lighting, and (2) a permanent reference source for troubleshooting. Areas dealt with include--(1) lighting fundamentals, (2) incandescent lamps, (3) incandescent lamp characteristics, (4) fluorescent lamps, (5) fluorescent lamp circuits, (6) fluorescent lamp starters, (7) fluorescent lamp characteristics,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cleaning, Economics, Educational Environment, Guidelines, Lighting, School...
The tool of the future sits on a desk, but what lies behind that bright computer screen? Information floats on the surface, but the author of this article is a teacher who wants to find a way to draw students into an unforgettable learning adventure. A vision is needed, an idea that will enlist motivation and initiate a serious hunger for information. Why not build a world? This article discusses: The Web Site's Origins; The Tool in Practice; A Sample Unit; Assessment; and Feedback from Other...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Science Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Viau,...
In the spring of 1968 Northern Michigan University and 28 other midwestern colleges and universities participated in a study designed to assess students' perceptions of their campus environment. The study was conducted under the auspices of the Central State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Cooperative Research Program. Six areas were identified as descriptive of the campus environment: (1) academic environment; (2) facilities and services; (3) cultural climate; (4) communications; (5)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Student Attitudes,...
The efficiency, cost and selection of carpet in schools were discussed in some detail, including flammability, maintenance, type and density of fiber, underpad, and methods of installation. The following conclusions were stated--(1) the use of carpet substantially improves the educational environment, and (2) the total cost of carpet, including maintenance, is no more than that of resilient floor finishes. The publication also states that the Dade County Board of Public Instruction will issue a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acoustical Environment, Carpeting, Educational Environment, Flooring, Maintenance,...
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Biddulph, Steve
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Topics: Men -- Psychology, Males, Mental health, Psychology, Educational environment, Fathers, Friendship,...
Could the establishment of extensive teacher-evaluation practices prove counterproductive if effective school climates are not created and maintained? This paper attempts to answer this general question by investigating two more specific questions: (1) Is there an inherent conflict between the activities associated with teacher evaluation and those elements typically associated with good workplace climate? and (2) What activities associated with evaluations and what elements of good climate...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Environment,...
Three network studies in education are reviewed in order to assess the current "state of the art." New directions for developing social network analysis (SNA) in education, based upon experiences from a study of school-community relations in Pontiac, Michigan, are suggested. One concern for the future of SNA stems from the elevation of distrust among participants in a turbulent environment such as Pontiac's. As a result, the kinds of reflective questions that are posed by network...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Networks, Research Problems, School Community Relationship,...
Circa 1984 early practitioners in the composition field imagined a potential blossoming of early efforts in computers and writing that subsequent developments in the field have lost sight of. The expense of developing personal programs, the emergence of word processing software that incorporated many of the mechanical aspects of spelling and style checking, and the shift to classroom-based techniques all restricted the scope of these visions by the late 1980s. Composition scholars and teachers...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Models, Writing Assignments, Writing...
This is the first of two reports on existing measurement techniques for assessing characteristics of the home and educational environments and personal characteristics of children from birth to 9 years of age. In order to facilitate the use of currently available measures, tests have been categorized in terms of 10 broad areas and subcategorized in terms of the constructs they measure. The 10 areas of classification used are: (1) test batteries measuring many constructs; (2) measures of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Classification, Educational Environment, Family Environment,...
This collection of play sheets for parents and early intervention personnel was developed by the "Let's Play! Project," a 3-year federally supported project that worked to promote play in infants and toddlers with disabilities through the use of "low-tech" assistive technology. Each single page guide provides guidance to parents of young children with disabilities on one play-related topic. The play sheets are organized into creating play environments, special toys, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Environment,...
In this study, the Learning Environment Research-Bibliography includes studies on Educational subject. We have analyzed many journals, books, and theses published in international. The references listed here primarily focus on the empirical research related to the learning environmental research as an educational goal; along with a few learning environment works by such authors as Fraser, Doppelt, Dorman, Johnson, Roth, Goh, Fisher, and others. While not exhaustive, the list should prove useful...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Bibliographies, Kose, Sacit, Bag,...
Nietzsche overlooks some possibilities. Something may not kill us, yet leave us sickly or crippled. But he is right, too. It may make us stronger. It is ancient wisdom that we grow through facing adversity: ad astra per aspera?to the stars through adversity. We know, too, that too much of something good may do us harm. One can overstudy, or overexercise. Cleanliness, long held to be next to godliness, can, if excessive, cause disease. Two Teachers who praise every trivial accomplishment of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Safety, Positive Reinforcement, Educational Environment, Public Education,...
This product bulletin addresses air pollution control in educational facilities to enhance educational performance, provides air quality recommendations for schools, and examines the filtration needs of various school areas. The types of air particles typically present are highlighted, and the use of proper filtration to control gases and vapors is discussed. Air filtration requirements and standards are examined for classrooms, corridors, auditoriums, libraries, gymnasiums, pool areas,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Indoor Air Pollution, Public...
The psychological environment of a college is determined by the inner needs of the students and environmental press, i.e. the stresses, conformity-demanding influence, and rewards of the college. To determine the psychological environment at the Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, 100 males and 85 females were administered the College Characteristics Index during spring 1969. This index is composed of 30 scales that measure various intellectual and non-intellectual factors. Standard...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Two Year...
The heart of teaching learning philosophy is the concept of nurturing students and teaching them in a way that creates passion and enthusiasm in them for a lifelong learning. According to Duke (1990) education is a practice of artful action where teaching learning process is considered as design and knowledge is considered as colours. Teaching learning process should be flexible that gives opportunity to the learners to think critically and learn things according to their own curiosity and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Philosophy, Educational Environment, Instruction, Learning, Students,...
The administrative bonus model described here assumes that educational delivery systems can be improved by improving people. That is, a people-improvement program is a better buy than the adoption and innovation syndrome of the fifties and sixties. This plan restores the principalship to its rightful place in the line of authority, power, and responsibility. Under the plan, the principal assumes responsibilities such as classroom visitation and conference and is paid a percentage bonus for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Merit Pay, Models,...
This paper describes issues related to interactivity and access to underlying models and representations in system dynamics based learning environments. There is some evidence to suggest that system dynamics can be used effectively to promote understanding in complex domains (P. Davidsen, 1994, 1996; Sterman, 1988, 1997). However, there is insufficient evidence to establish whether this is in fact the case. Moreover, there has been little effort to address strategic design issues pertaining to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Interaction, Learning, Models, Spector, J. Michael,...
What does one do when one's colleagues return from abroad with grandiose plans that they hope to superimpose upon our educational system? For such a grafting process to be successful, it must be realistic and we must acknowledge that early perceptions are inclined to become tempered by the length and breadth of exposure. Analysis of both British and American systems of education reveals that neither culture has the "better" system, but that each might benefit from each other's...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Education, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Educational Principles,...
This instrument contains 105 items designed to measure the classroom climate of the secondary school classroom. Students select one of four responses from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Data on reliability and scale correlations are provided. (MH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Evaluation, Measurement Instruments,...
The central problem of this study was to describe the educational environment of Oklahoma elementary schools as perceived by pupils who attend those schools, and to determine if schools with differing characteristics differ in their educational environments. Eleven thousand pupils from 373 classrooms in 110 schools throughout Oklahoma participated in the study. Variables examined were: practicality, community, awareness, propriety, and scholarship. The instrument utilized to measure pupils'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary...
Although ethical dilemmas are a constant in teachers' lives, the profession has offered little in the way of training to help teachers address such issues. This paper presents a framework, based on developmental theory, for resolving professional ethical dilemmas. The Four-Component Model of Moral Maturity, when used in conjunction with a professional code of ethics, can help teachers determine and understand the important issues of an ethical situation and can provide guidance for conflict...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ethics, Educational Environment, Guidelines, Teacher Behavior, Moral Values,...
Half of this paper is addressed to the national phenomena of shrinking resources and expanding needs and their effect on society. After noting that increased productivity can be a major intervention factor in mitigating their effect, the author gives ideas about how vocational education can become increasingly productive and where it might begin. The second half of this paper consists of the author's answers to nine questions concerning the role of vocational education programs in relation to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Educational Needs, Productivity, Program Development,...
The role of personal and contextual factors in predicting principals' age, gender, experience, self-concept, and personal incentives is examined in this exploratory study. Contextual factors include characteristics of the school, staff, and community, and the district's psychological environment. In a sample of 160 Illinois principals, multiple regression was used to identify significant predictors of two leadership behaviors and three management behaviors. Findings indicate that the most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Educational Environment,...
This paper proposes a methodology using graph theory, matrix algebra and permanent function to compare different architecture (structure) design of intelligent mobile learning environment. The current work deals with the development/selection of optimum architecture (structural) model of iMLE. This can be done using the criterion as discussed in the paper. (Contains 4 figures and 2 endnotes.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Technology, Educational Environment, Algebra, Reliability, Statistics,...
The Forum Series is a collection of papers dealing with all phases of teacher education including inservice training and graduate study. This selection is an annotated bibliography in two parts: (1) Evaluation Issues and Methods; and (2) Studies of Alternative Environments. (DMT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Environment, Experimental Schools,...
In this article, the author recounts her experience, through three practices: collaboration, inquiry, and reflection, when she first encountered the practice of Critical Friends Groups (CFGs) and describes how she creates a CFG-inspired learning environment. As a middle-school principal, she has found that the three practices--collaboration, inquiry, and reflection--are as important to her leadership skills as they were to her classroom skills. Here, she discusses the impact of collaboration,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Leadership, Educational Environment, Cooperation, Principals, Reflective Teaching,...
Humor can be a crucial factor of learning environments and of communication. Recent investigations of humor in educational settings mostly focus on learning performance. This paper shifts the attention to the enhancement of social climate through humor. Humor can be an element to solve critical social situations. To develop humor, it is necessary to explore personal mental models associated with humor in advance. Therefore, a framework model is presented with its elements: action theory,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Humanism, Humor, Models, Research,...
This study investigated the dynamics of intersubjectivity within the zone of proximal development. Its theoretical framework is based on three principal approaches to intersubjectivity, those of J. Wertsch (1984; 1985), B. Rogoff (1990), and R. Rommertveit (1979), with reference also to self-regulatory speech (L. Vygotsky, 1986). Data were collected from social groups (excluding school groups) interacting with a Dymaxion map exhibit in a museum in a Midwestern U.S. city. As part of a larger...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Discourse Analysis, Educational Environment, Groups, Informal Education, Museums,...
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) 101 applies to both new and existing schools and is built on three simple concepts: natural surveillance, natural access control, and territoriality. If a school's layout seems unsafe, adopting a few CPTED fundamentals may help make it significantly safer. This paper offers some tips for making schools safe using the CPTED concepts. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Security, Crime Prevention, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities,...
The speaker accepts the theory that nothing happens for the betterment of education until the superintendent develops an educational climate that is conducive to a healthy learning situation and a positive attitude from the community. A healthy climate is greatly enhanced when the process of personnel evaluation starts with the board and the superintendent and includes all other personnel within the school district. (Author/IRT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Personnel Evaluation,...
This study focused on the climate at Boise State University, Idaho, as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Climate measures included general perceptions of the environment, quality of relationships with other students, faculty, and administrative personnel, the advising experience, and general satisfaction with the university. The survey was administered in 2002 to a random sample of first-year students and seniors. Results were similar to those obtained in 2000....
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, College Students, Educational Environment, Higher Education,...
Operating technicians play a number of roles in video, or televised, distance learning programs, the most obvious being the operation and support of the technology itself. Very little information exists, however, about the non-technical activities of technicians that may influence the instruction process. This paper describes these activities during the pre-instructional, instructional, and post-instructional phases of the video distance learning process. The study population consisted of four...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Distance Education, Educational Environment, Electronic Technicians, Higher...
The CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet describes resources concerned with creating a multicultural environment in higher education. Creating a multicultural environment is a combination of recruitment, retention, climate issues, pedagogy and curriculum, organizational values, culture and structure, and faculty and staff development. This CRIB Sheet focuses on teaching practices and approaches to learning that create a multicultural environment. This annotated bibliography describes 15...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Learning,...
For many teachers, trying to organize a Halloween celebration has become more of a trick than a treat. Some religious groups protest the observance of what they consider a pagan celebration and administrators fret about maintaining security during events that are, by definition, wild. Even educators complain that class time devoted to candy corn parties would be better spent on math and science. Some critics want to know why a school can have witches in October, but cannot have Jesus in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Holidays, Religious Cultural Groups, School Policy, Educational Environment, Popular...
