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Ostracism and Children: A Guide to Effectively Using the Cyberball Paradigm with a Child Sample
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Zadro, Lisa; Hawes, David J.; Iannuzzelli, Rose E.; Godwin, Alexandra; MacNevin, Georgia; Griffiths, Brendan; Gonsalkorale, Karen – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2013
Ostracism, the act of being excluded or ignored by another individual or group (Williams, 1997; Williams et al., 2002), is a powerful, pervasive, and complex phenomenon that transcends time and affects individuals throughout their lifespan, with some of the most damaging exclusionary experiences occurring during childhood (Williams, Forgas, &…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Rejection (Psychology), Children, Evaluation Methods
Leisure and Quality of Life in an International and Multicultural Context: What Are Major Pathways Linking Leisure to Quality of Life?
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Iwasaki, Yoshitaka – Social Indicators Research, 2007
This paper aims at advancing the conceptualization of leisure as a contributor to quality of life (QOL) in an international and multicultural context, based on an extensive and critical review of literature on leisure and QOL from a global, international perspective. Given the central role of culture in conceptualizing this notion, this paper…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Individual Development, Leisure Time
Student Powered Survey Research: The Constraints, Limitations and Payoffs.
Singleton, Melody A.; And Others – 1980
"Student Powered" research, defined as a comprehensive reliance on or involvement of students as research staff members in all or most phases of a serious research effort, is discussed. It is suggested that there are several conditions necessary for student powered mail survey questionnaire research projects to be initiated, that there…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Engaging Staff in Change--Experiences in Schools in England
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Hammersley-Fletcher, Linda – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2007
Workforce remodeling in England has been presented as a means to empower school staff through a restructuring process which has possibilities to dramatically shift the ways in which they operate. This initiative has also included a number of legislative requirements intended to help embed the more technocratic aspects of the remodeling process.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Semi Structured Interviews
Who Adapts? Beyond Cultural Models of "the" Chinese Learner
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Gu, Qing; Schweisfurth, Michele – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
From a comparative perspective, this paper analyses Chinese learners' intercultural experiences in Chinese and British educational contexts. In the Chinese context, interview and questionnaire research was carried out in 24 universities that hosted the British Council's English teaching development programmes. The research uncovered perspectives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Student Motivation
Experiential Approaches to Teaching Survey Research: Role Strains and Relationships.
Suelzle, Marijean; And Others – 1980
Research and instructional role strains are identified, based on the use of large-scale mail surveys for college self-study that are used to teach introductory research methodology. The two organizational hierarchies, the research model and the instructional model, are examined. Experiences at Northwestern University, Northeastern Illinois…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty