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From Separation to Integration: Parental Assessment of State Intervention
(International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2006)
The paper examines parental views regarding the implementation of Educational Legislation 113(I)/99 in Cyprus regarding the integration of children with special needs in the mainstream school. It is based on parental ...
(De)constructing Modalities of Thinking about Comparative Education through Video-Use
(Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015)
This paper examines the utilization of video in comparative education teaching and is shaped by two interconnected arguments. Underpinning the paper is the argument that students have certain assumptions about comparative ...
The "Problem" of the European Dimension in Education: A Principled Reconstruction of the Greek Cypriot Curriculum
(European Educational Research Journal, 2005)
The European dimension in education has been a term increasingly used by the European Union and the Council of Europe to denote some of their educational policies and initiatives. It has also been a contested term in ...
Elementary School Students' Mental Representation of Fractions
(International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004)
Based on psychological approaches that evoke mental representations through verbal and visual cues, this paper investigates the different kinds of mental representations projected by 8 to 11 year old children of identified ...
The Functions of Pictures in Problem Solving
(International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004)
In the present study, we assert that pictures serve four functions in problem solving: decorative, representational, organizational and informational. We, therefore, investigate the effects of pictures based on their ...
Differentiation of Teaching and Learning: The Teachers' Perspective
(Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016)
The aims of this action research are: (a) to investigate the process of differentiation of teaching and learning in mixed ability classes from the perspective of teachers', and (b) to examine the effectiveness of differentiation ...
Study Behavior in the Closed-Book and the Open-Book Examination: A Comparative Analysis
(Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 2000)
Investigated the study behavior used by students facing an open-book or closed-book examination. Results for 201 college students in Cyprus indicate that students preparing for a closed-book examination tended to postpone ...
The Effects of Background Variables on the Participation of Students in Social Actions
(2002)
This paper examines the extent to which home background and school climate affects ninth grade students' social and political understanding and participation. Using the data from the student questionnaires (n=3106) of the ...
Religious Teaching and Political Context: The Case of Cyprus
(Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2005)
In this article I aim to explore some philosophical issues involved in teaching religion in Cyprus and suggest some preconditions in order for this teaching to be sensitive to the multicultural character of the island and ...
Have All Children Benefited? A Perspective on Curriculum Initiatives and Low Achievers
(2002)
This paper considers whether or not curriculum initiatives within England are in fact leading to qualitatively improved levels of thinking among children identified as lower achievers in arithmetic. Revisiting data from ...