Valuable Insights or Further Distractions? Using Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice to Influence School-Based Decisions and Actions

2012 ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
CHRIS DARK
Keyword(s):  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Based

scholarly journals Why Interventions to Influence Adolescent Behavior Often Fail but Could Succeed

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Yeager ◽  
Ronald E. Dahl ◽  
Carol S. Dweck
Keyword(s):  
School Discipline ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
School Based ◽  
School Based Interventions ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Middle School Discipline ◽  
School Aggression

We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues: (a) why traditional preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for middle adolescents and (b) why some alternative approaches to interventions show promise for middle adolescents. We propose the hypothesis that traditional interventions fail when they do not align with adolescents’ enhanced desire to feel respected and be accorded status; however, interventions that do align with this desire can motivate internalized, positive behavior change. We review examples of promising interventions that (a) directly harness the desire for status and respect, (b) provide adolescents with more respectful treatment from adults, or (c) lessen the negative influence of threats to status and respect. These examples are in the domains of unhealthy snacking, middle school discipline, and high school aggression. Discussion centers on implications for basic developmental science and for improvements to youth policy and practice.

scholarly journals Opportunities and challenges in school-based sex and sexual health education in Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Acharya ◽  
ER Van Teijlingen ◽  
P Simkhada
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Sexual Health Education ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Based

This article identifies and addresses opportunities for and challenges to current school-based sex and sexual health education in Nepal. Key literature searches were conducted of electronic databases and relevant web-sites, furthermore personal contact with experts and the hand searching of key journals was included. The review of this literature generated the following challenges: Limitations to teaching including lack of life skill-based and human right-based approach, inappropriate teaching aid and reliance on conventional methods, existing policy and practice, parental/community support, and lack of research into and evaluation of sex education. Diverse methodology in teaching, implementation of peer education programme, partnership with parents, involvement of external agencies and health professionals, capacity building of teachers, access to support and service organisation, and research and evaluation in sex education have been suggested for improving the current practice of sex and sexual health education in Nepalese schools. Key words: Sex education; education; school; adolescence; Nepal DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i4.2773 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2009) Vol.7, No.4 Issue 28, 445-453

scholarly journals ADVANCING SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE POLICY AND PRACTICE

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (9) ◽  
pp. 1561-1561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanita W. Richardson ◽  
Terri D. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Based

Interpreting Solidarity

2020 ◽  
pp. 350-364
Author(s):  
Mónica Rodríguez-Castro ◽  
Spencer Salas ◽  
Jatnna Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Based ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Professional Advocacy ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
New Gateway ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Bilingual School

In metro Charlotte, North Carolina, dynamic newcomer Latinx communities have changed the demographics of K-8 education as the region has emerged as a new gateway for an influx of immigrants and migrants. Today, in what has come to be known as “the New Latino South,” K-12 teachers are eager to expand their knowledge base for working with this relatively new population. To that end, bilingual (Spanish/English) educators are increasingly tapped to serve as impromptu interpreters as monolingual administrators and teachers interact more frequently with Spanish dominant communities. Drawing from an in-depth interview sequence, the chapter narrates a Dominican-American's lived experience with simultaneous K-12-based interpreting as a K-12 student teacher, and a licensed early-grades educator. This chapter theorizes the layered emotional and professional advocacy of heritage-language bilingual school-based professionals and their agency in advancing access and equity to public resources with recommendations for policy and practice.

Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Information and Communication Technology Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 56-77
Author(s):  
M. E. Kamogelo Setati-Legodi ◽  
Leila Goosen
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
School Based ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Research Questions

The purpose of online learning is for learners to be able to access their learning material remotely and teachers to be able to facilitate learning and teaching with the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. The research reported in this chapter introduced the limited use of ICT tools and resources for teaching and learning at a primary school based in Tsakane township and explored the policy and practice challenges for equality in terms of community engagement. The chapter will introduce the purpose of the research, as well as the objectives and research questions, and will then proceed to provide background in terms of a detailed literature review. This chapter will proceed to identify limitations and assumptions, outline the problem statement, as well as the research methodology used in the study, together with a discussion of the results collected towards solutions.

scholarly journals Sustaining School-Based Asthma Interventions Through Policy and Practice Change

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (12) ◽  
pp. 859-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie M. Carpenter ◽  
Laurie Lachance ◽  
Margaret Wilkin ◽  
Noreen M. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Practice Change ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Based

Reconciling Concept and Context: The Dilemma of Implementation in School-Based Health Promotion

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie A. MacDonald ◽  
Lawrence W. Green
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
School Based ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Promotion Planning ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Prevention

The researchers used grounded theory methodology to study the implementation of a school-based alcohol and drug prevention project in secondary schools in British Columbia, Canada. Preventionworkers (PWs) were responsible for working with school and community personnel in a collaborative process to develop, implement, and evaluate prevention strategies in the school using an adaptation of the Precede-Proceed Model for health promotion planning. Before they could begin to do this, PWs had to establish their credibility in the school. Once accepted, the focus of the PWs’workwas to reconcile the goals, values, and philosophy of the project with those of the school. In doing so, PWs encountered many practical dilemmas. The challenges in resolving these dilemmas are presented, and the implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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