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Use of Television Equipment in Scottish Secondary Schools, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To collect data from schools about television equipment in schools, its use, organisational arrangements for its use, movement of pupils and equipment occurring in the course of use, the extent of software (in the form of programs on video cassette) held in schools, and about relevant aspects of the...
Educational Priority Areas Project, 1969; Survey of Teachers
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The object of the research programme was to find ways of improving the quality of the education provided for children in poor areas and of enabling them to take full advantage of the opportunities they are offered. Local projects were started in five areas and project directors have developed a range of...
Streaming Longitudinal Study; Pupils, 1964-1967
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of streaming and non-streaming on the personality, and social and intellectual development of junior school pupils. The data are held under nine separate study numbers; one for each of the eight surveys and one for the merged file. The study covers a...
Some Correlates of Academic Performance of Pupils in Secondary Schools; School Variables 1969-1971
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine attainments in all the secondary schools in one local education authority area and to account for differences in attainment with reference to school type and other `internal' school variables, using methods of multivariate analysis.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
(Independent...
Department of Education and Science Form 7 Schools Data, 1978; Primary Schools
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To provide statistical data for volume 1 of <i>Education statistics</i>.Main Topics: Variables
Pupils
Registered number by age and sex, boarding pupils, handicapped pupils in designated special classes, nature of handicaps, number engaged in private study.
Teaching staff
Sex and numbers of...
Effect of Local Education Authority Resources and Policies on Educational Attainment, 1972-1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to construct a data base as a preliminary to the multivariate analysis of the inter-relationship between local education authority resources and policies, the education provision they make, and the attainment of children in their areas. Data utilized include: census data on...
Screening and Special Educational Provision in Schools, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.An investigation of the response to the 1981 Education Act in local education authorities (in England and Wales), regarding the identification of and provision for children with special (remedial) needs in ordinary primary schools.Main Topics:Variables
Method of identification; organisation of screening;...
Disability in Adolescence, 1977-1979: Psychological and Social Problems of Teenagers with Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida with Hydrocephalus
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was:to ascertain the nature and extent of psychological and social problems in adolescents with congenital cerebral palsy or spina bifida with hydrocephalusto identify some of the factors associated with good or poor `adjustment'to assess the adequacy of services available,...
Methodological Aspects of Attitude Research, 1985-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The major aim of the study was to find ways of improving the reliability and validity of instruments for measuring social and political ideology. It represents a follow-up to the 1983 British Election Study (SN: 2005).Main Topics:Party identification, social and political values (equality, self-reliance,...
Structure and Process of Initial Teacher Education Within Universities in England and Wales, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A study of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education course in universities in England and Wales. These data are from the staff survey only.Main Topics:Variables
Education lecturers' backgrounds, teaching and administrative responsibilities, research and publications, view on various aspects of teacher...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been surveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their...
Discrimination Against Gay Men and Lesbians, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study was designed to take an unbiased and comprehensive look at the nature of discrimination against gay men and lesbians in Britain today, through a random sample survey of gays/lesbians and of heterosexuals. There was also a follow-up qualitative study of gays and lesbians, but only data from the...
Young People and Sport in England, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to establish the first ever collection of national statistics on children's involvement in sport, concentrating on their participation in sport in the twelve months prior to the survey, which took place in summer 1994. The study also aimed to explore some of the factors...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been surveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Scottish Pilot TVEI Pupil-Teacher Database, 1984-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect demographic data and examination results for pupils in the Scottish TVEI Pilot projects 1984-1988.Main Topics:Variables
Sex; date of birth; estimated potential attainment; examination results (public examinations).
TVEI Student Database, England and Wales, 1983-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to monitor TVEI Pilot SchemesMain Topics:Variables
14-18 year old students: data on gender, ethnic background, potential attainments, subjects studied, examination results, destination on leaving TVEI scheme.
Curriculum Diffusion Research Project, 1972-1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The dataset comprises three surveys (headteachers in an 8% national sample of secondary schools; headteachers in a 25% random sample of secondary schools; science teachers in a 25% random sample of secondary schools).
The main purpose was to determine the headteachers' and science teachers' familiarity...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1991; Cumulative File
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Political Perceptions, Political Education and Voting among Young People, 1986-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of the project are:
1. To assess the impact of formal education in politics on the political attitudes and behaviour of young people, and more generally to examine the role of formal education in politics in political socialisation;
2. To explore the voting behaviour of young people in terms...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - December, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
Families and Children Study: Waves 1-10, 1999-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Families and Children Study (FACS), formerly known as the Survey of Low Income Families (SOLIF), originally provided a new baseline survey of Britain's lone-parent families and low-income couples with dependent children. The survey was named SOLIF for Waves 1 and 2, and FACS from Wave 3 onwards.
The...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2000-2002; Cohort Ten, Sweep One, Two and Three
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Contribution of Newspaper Images to Public Dialogue About Education, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project was based upon the view that messages about education, communicated publicly in newspapers are made up of images and texts. These messages can be narrative in form, a dialogue or representative of a particular standpoint. They are placed in a physical, social and political context and...
Changing Times : The Social Organisation of Children's Times, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The meanings of time for children have been largely neglected in sociological studies of time use and studies of children's everyday lives, and there is generally a lack of in-depth empirical knowledge about how children spend and conceive of time. This study aimed to fill the gap in the literature...
Streaming Longitudinal Study; Teachers, 1965
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of streaming and non-streaming on the personality, and social and intellectual development of junior school pupils. The data are held under nine separate study numbers; one for each of the eight surveys and one for the merged file. The study covers a...
Geographical Mobility of Two Cohorts of Teachers, 1972; Stayers
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 1967, data and information were obtained on cohorts of teachers in six County Boroughs relating to reasons for choosing to work in one geographical area rather than another. This study is a follow-up to the 1967 study.Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Number of years in previous school,...
Perceived Stress among Teachers: the Effects of Age and Background of Children Taught, 1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was:
(1)to examine the levels of perceived stress among teachers of children whose home backgrounds varied in their levels of financial hardship. It was anticipated that reported stress would be higher in teachers of children from more deprived homes;
(2)to examine the effect of...