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An Introduction to Issues on Education and Research:

Volume 2

Gregory T. Papanikos

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Part A: Qualitative Studies

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Gender, Ethnicity and the Education of Cambodian American Students in a U.S. Urban High School

Kimmie Tang and Dennis Kao

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Friendships, Talk and Identities: South-Asian Teenage Girls tell their Stories

Geeta Ludhra and Deborah Jones

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Creating Community Advisory Panels in American Indian Schools: Connecting the Culture of Students’ Everyday Lives to School Science

Rebecca Monhardt, Jim Barta and Kurt H. Becker

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Prospective Teachers’ Attitudes towards Cooperative Learning

Z. Canan Karababa and Aliye Erdem

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The Opinions of Classroom Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers of Classroom Teaching and First Year Students of Primary Education on Cursive Handwriting

Tolga Erdogan and Ozge Erkul

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The Effects of Fantastic Novels and Films on Children

Aysegul Celepoglu and Nuray Kisa

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Play and Movement in the Preschool Child

Tatjana Devjak and Srecko Devjak

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Views of the Preschool Teachers regarding the Content and Implementation of the Movement Education in Preschool

Elif Ustun, Menekse Boz and Ozge Metin

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Pupils’ Attitudes towards Music Education in Secondary Schools of Cyprus: A Pilot Study

Panayiotis Teklos

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Part B: Quantitative Studies

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Students’ Perspectives on Themselves and on School Work – Contributing to the Construction of Evaluation Scales

Margarida S.D. Serpa, Suzana N. Caldeira, Carlos J. Gomes,

Aurea S.T. Sousa and Osvaldo D.L. Silva

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Relationship between High School Students’ Self (Ego) Identity Status and Aggression Behaviors

Susran Erkan Eroglu

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The Prevalence and Nature of Bullying in Primary Schools: A Sample of Turkey

Tuncay Ayas and Metin Deniz

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Values Education Program and its Outcomes

Canay Demirhan Iscan and Nuray Senemoglu

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How Good is the Teaching of ‘China’ in Scotland’s Secondary Schools?

John Vincent Oates

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A Study of Turkish Elementary School Students’ Career Development according to Perceived Social Support, Socioeconomic Status and Gender

Hasan Bozgeyikli

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An Analysis of the Role of Didactic Material for Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Concepts

Vida Manfreda Kolar and Tatjana Hodnik Čadež

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A Study into the Status of Knowledge, Behaviors and Evaluation of Preschool and Primary School Teachers Teaching at 1-5^th Grades over Problem Solving Skills

Esra Omeroglu, Sener Buyukozturk, Yasemin Aydogan and

Arzu Ozyurek

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Educational Practices in Albanian and American Cultures

Sofokli Garo

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The Relationship between Problem Solving Skills and In-Class Activities

Yasemin Aydogan

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Transparency of Economic Accessibility of Users in Kindergartens in Slovenia

Srecko Devjak and Joze Bencina

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Part C: Case Studies

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Educators and Mandated Reporting of Child Maltreatment:  Comparisons to Legal, Medical and Social Service Reporters

John E. Kesner and Gary Bingham

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A Comparison of Exemplar and Non-Exemplar School-wide Positive Behavior Support Schools as Measured by Suspension Rates

Jean H. Hollenshead,  Michael D. Welch, Barzanna A. White, Gary E. Jones and Casandra Kersh

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School Violence: Some Evidence from the Economics Literature

Djily Diagne

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Latvia’s Teacher’s Innovative Activity in Contemporary Conditions

Jelena Davidova and Irena Kokina

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Museum Education in Turkey

Ayse Cakir Ilhan

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History of Drama as a Teaching Method in Turkey

Ayse Okvuran

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An Evaluation of the Policy and Practice of Multigrade Schools in Turkish Primary Education

Naciye Aksoy

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