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…
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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…
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…
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 …
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…
This thesis looks at social scientific and disability related research on visual impairment and education. It starts from a historical perspective, and outlines the radical change of emphasis in research and thinking brought about by the Disabled People's Movement. After showing…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This study investigates the processes through which attendance at a community school affects the development of cultural and academic identities of Greek/Greek-Cypriot and Pakistani ethnic minority young people who live in the United Kingdom. The development of cultural and acad…
The study reported in this thesis explores the nature of provision for gifted and talented students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is considered to be an under-developed country. The specific aims of the study are to explore the effectiveness and any possible weaknesses o…
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…
This study of the relative influence of family and school characteristics on mathematics achievement for 435 individuals in 55 schools in rural areas of four selected districts in Pakistan uses as the measures of family characteristics: (1) the parents' level of education and (2…
Christian schools face both opportunity and challenge. The opportunity is to deliver a distinct, Christ-centered, educational experience in today’s culture. The challenge is that after decades of tremendous growth, many evangelical Christian schools face decline and closure due …
This thesis explores the (dis)encounters between youths’ lived experiences and understandings of conflict and violence and the curricular intentions and practices in their schools. Participating youth attend two schools in marginalized urban areas of Colombia that are differentl…
The history of independent Black schools in the United States is wrought with struggle for truly culturally compatible education. Public education for Black Americans has rarely included encouraging Black pride. Except for a few schools born of the ‘60s civil rights era, no othe…