These results could be used to plan interventions and new methods of delivery which could help to increase participation. ... Despite the physical, social and psychological benefits that are associated with taking part in regular physical activity, a large amount of adolescents are not meeting the national guidelines or more so, regularly being sedentary (Lee and Skerrett, 2001). ... This being the case, previous research has found that adolescent females feel as though personal, social and environmental barriers are the affect their participation (Rottensteiner et al, 2013). ... The two tran...

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Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ... The study of Filipino perceptions of schooling revealed that Filipinos have a clear idea of the purpose of formal education. ... A popular way of doing so is through the so-called "pre-need plans." ... Basically the reason is the failure to complete their payments for the said plan. ...

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Rachel had study hall and made her way up to the library, hoping to get her English homework finished. ... By the time incidents occur and the school learns its lesson, however, it is too late for the school to respond to the situation, "It is a habit for people to react to a situation, instead of predicting that it will happen" (Leverence). ... Once this anger cannot be held in anymore, it comes out in the form of rage against the bully and others associated with the bully's social group. ... Some of these programs, however, do not work as well as planned. ... Although most schools have ...

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In Plan of Organization of the University Primary School, Dewey states the following; "The school is an institution in which the child is, for the time, to love-to be a member of a community in which he feels that he participates, and to which he contributes" (Dewey,) Another practice in which Dewey feels strongly about is experimentation. ... While sitting in classrooms and studying the behavior of children, you learn an insight to how they are on many levels and gain an understanding of their abilities. ... One can decipher meanings behind lessons taught to them (you) and even develop t...

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Students were drilled in their education of reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, English grammar and composition, object lessons, vocal music, elementary science and drawing (The Education Act, 1877). ... In the same year nature study was added to the curriculum, so was a more New Zealand context (Wilson, 2012). ... While Milner suggested a core curriculum of 'English, Social Studies, General Science, Health, Handiwork, Art and Arithmetic', at the same time he stated that given each school educates their students well they should be given the freedom to create their own...

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