In the 20th century, childhood and adolescence came to be increasingly regarded as special
periods of development in which children were provided extra support to learn and develop …

We argue here that the combination of US federal education policy as embodied in the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 with the passage of a California state initiative that required …

This report describes one preservice teacher's development of mathematics instruction
during her student-teaching internship in a kindergarten classroom at a low-performing …

In this chapter resilience is seen as a result of the relational empowerment of individuals.
This implies not only the strengthening of individuals' ability to create growth-fostering …

In order to succeed in the current school assessment and accountability era, a public
Montessori school is expected to achieve high student scores on standardized assessments …

Writing in the Journal of Research in Character Education, character education researcher
and historian James Leming (2006) points out a paradox: On the one hand, a “motivating …

The paper provides an historical but critical context for examining the relation of the pursuit
of greater equality in schooling to the development of curriculum. This requires a brief …

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Moving beyond critique, Alternative Solutions to Higher Education's Challenges uses an
appreciative approach to highlight what is working in colleges and universities and offers an …

Positive psychologists believe that there has been a past over-emphasise on the negative
areas of cognition and affect, and this over-emphasis has unduly influenced scientific …