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Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision (open access)

Who says I don’t want to come to school? School policies disenfranchise American Indian youth’s educational vision

This article focuses on the importance of contextualizing school policies by illuminating how one school rule, In-School-Suspension (ISS) disengages students from the learning process.
Date: 2009
Creator: Quijada, Patricia D. & Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Idiot's Guide or A People's History: Teaching U.S. History in Mexico (open access)

Idiot's Guide or A People's History: Teaching U.S. History in Mexico

This article discusses how textbooks can influence the classroom as a political space, using the example of the "Consorcio Clavijero" program, which offers Mexican professionals the opportunity to enter bilingual contexts in the U.S. as interns and classroom teachers.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Heiman, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The PRO Program: One District's Experience with Decentralizing Staff Development (open access)

The PRO Program: One District's Experience with Decentralizing Staff Development

This article examines one district's staff development plan that has successfully engaged teachers and administrators in designing and implementing relevant programs that make a positive difference for schools and students.
Date: April 1, 2000
Creator: Huffman, Jane B.; Caldwell, Dottie & Taber, Katherine L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Student-Centered Classroom Environments: The Case of Mathematics

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This book chapter provides examples of how mathematics instruction emphasized meaning and understanding, skills embedded in context, and connections between and among subject areas and school and life outside of school.
Date: 1999
Creator: Reyes, Pedro & Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Missing Link for the Administration of Special Education: The Ethic of Care (open access)

The Missing Link for the Administration of Special Education: The Ethic of Care

This paper discusses the application of a care orientation to special education service delivery and administrative practice.
Date: October 30, 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can Regular and Special Education be Integrated into One System? Political Culture Theory May Have the Answer (open access)

Can Regular and Special Education be Integrated into One System? Political Culture Theory May Have the Answer

This paper examines proposals to integrate regular and special education.
Date: October 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged? (open access)

America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged?

This paper uses systems theory and force field analysis to evaluate the potential for combining special education with America 2000 national educational strategy and goals.
Date: April 9, 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
EXERT and TEAM21: Partnerships for Professional Development (open access)

EXERT and TEAM21: Partnerships for Professional Development

This article discusses the process of developing professional development programs for educational leadership in response to the 1984 Texas Education Reform Bill, also known as House Bill 72.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Adkison, Judith A.; Camp, William E. & Meeks, Bruce
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teachers' Read-Aloud Preferences: Perpetuating Sex-Role Stereotypes (open access)

Teachers' Read-Aloud Preferences: Perpetuating Sex-Role Stereotypes

This article describes a study of Kansas and Texas teachers' read-aloud choices to demonstrate the impact of this teaching strategy on children's acquisition of attitudes toward sex roles.
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Smith, Nancy J.; Greenlaw, M. Jean & Scott, Carolyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library