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The implication of school culture on building a cohesive pluralistic society: Evidence from Lebanon 学校文化对构建和谐多元社会的启示——来自黎巴嫩的证据

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-10-30 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218804084

Hoda Baytiyeh

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引用次数: 3

The gender facilitative school: Advocating authenticity for gender expansive children in pre-adolescence 性别促进学校:提倡青春期前性别膨胀儿童的真实性

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-08-07 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218791881

Julie C. Luecke

引用次数: 19

Teamwork doubting and doubting teamwork 团队合作，质疑团队合作

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218791908

Pascale Benoliel, Chen Schechter

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引用次数: 5

What urban parents want: A parent network’s negotiation of school choice and advocacy efforts in underserved city schools 城市家长想要什么:在服务不足的城市学校中，家长网络对学校选择和倡导努力的谈判

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-07-02 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218783793

K. Hill

引用次数: 4

Student leadership in the middle years: A matter of concern 中年学生领导:一个值得关注的问题

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/1365480217732223

A. Coffey, Shane D. Lavery

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引用次数: 14

Stroll into students’ learning: Acts to unload teachers’ values through the practices of lesson study for learning community in Vietnam 走进学生的学习:通过越南学习型社区的课程学习实践来卸载教师的价值观

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/1365480217717530

Atsushi Tsukui, E. Saito

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引用次数: 7

Shared sense-making strategies in curriculum reform: District-level perspective 课程改革中的共同意义制定策略:地区层面的视角

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/1365480217744290

T. Soini, J. Pietarinen, K. Pyhältö

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引用次数: 21

Evaluating teacher and school development by learning capital: A conceptual contribution to a fundamental problem 用学习资本评价教师和学校的发展:对一个基本问题的概念贡献

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218784039

Carl-Henrik Adolfsson, J. Håkansson

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引用次数: 5

Teachers’ responsibility and expectations: Dependent on the school organisation? 教师的责任和期望：取决于学校组织？

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218783796

Grethe Ingebrigtsvold Sæbø, Jorunn H. Midtsundstad

引用次数: 7

Book review: Inside the Autonomous School: Making Sense of a Global Educational Trend 书评:《在自治学校内部:理解全球教育趋势》

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Improving Schools Pub Date : 2018-06-05 DOI: 10.1177/1365480218778207

Terry Wrigley

引用次数: 1