In a post 9/11world, many policy makers, educational leaders, teachers, and parents are concerned about how to best address the unique needs of Muslim American students. Recognizing that different school options are available, it is important to know how school environments, pee…
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This project investigated the views of 49 university undergraduate students regarding the phenomenon of bullying in three distinct settings: their memories of compulsory education (primary and secondary), their personal workplace experience (or workplace study placement), and th…
Experiencing trauma in childhood can have a pervasive impact on child development. There is evidence to suggest that non verbal creative therapies aid the processing of traumatic memories and therefore present as a child centred treatment option for children who have experienced…
The 2004 Gender Equity Education Act (GEEA) sought to challenge gender and sexual discrimination in Taiwan by focusing on the importance of spaces of education as sites where gender and sexual identities are normalized and reproduced. This thesis explores the production of the G…
International education is an area of education that, over the last forty years, has grown in size and significance. International schools are one of many vehicles for the delivery of international education and are growing in number and variety. In addition, the value placed by…
School violence has become our new American horror story, but it also has its roots in the way it comments on western values with respect to violence, shame, mental illness, suicide, humanity, and the virtual. Beyond Columbine: School Violence and the Virtual offers a series of …
Why did teachers’ long campaign to fund schools with progressive income taxes on the rich fall short? Labor-liberals hoped to equalize opportunity for students by shifting school taxes from local communities like Detroit and Los Angeles to the states. Businessmen and conservativ…
Though faith-based organizations provide a unique opportunity for rural public schools to share responsibility for student success among community stakeholders, partnerships between public schools and churches in the twenty-first century are complex. In part due to this complexi…
This study investigates the bully and the bullied from 1950 to 2010. It begins by presenting a historical background of each decade with the major historical events that defined our culture. Each decade can be characterized by a particular zeitgeist, or spirit of the times. Duri…
Due to nutrition transition, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing significantly worldwide especially in affluent developing countries such as Kuwait. Obesity is associated with adverse chronic health conditions and financial burdens which provides an incentive for p…
The purpose of this researcher is to examine the differences and similarities in expectations among three groups of parents. No such studies have been conducted using the identified populations. There are no studies in Norway especially on the Kurds, and no researcher focuses pr…
The Muslim community is one of the most diverse communities in the United States. Prejudice could be practiced against Muslims in different social fields. In the public school system, however, where school administration is supposed to be built on equality and fairness, Muslim s…
Despite an identified need for treatment in this population, there continues to be a significant underutilization of formal mental health services among Muslim youth and families in the United States, due to a range of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic barriers. Consequentl…
My study examines the experiences and perceptions of Ethiopian immigrants in Chicago particularly as they relate to their involvement in their children's schooling. Through narrative interviews I was able to hear stories of migration, education, and life changes within families …
Classical education played an integral role in defining elite social relationships in the ancient world. In the later Roman Empire, it was a commodity that was often controlled by pagans. This made it controversial. Despite persistent imperial and ecclesiastical efforts to under…