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Joseph B. Fuller; Kerry McKittrick; Sherry Seibel; Cole Wilson; Vasundhara Dash; Ali Epstein – Online Submission, 2023
Pathways to economic opportunity are broken in the United States, disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals and those from low-income backgrounds. Disrupting long-standing occupational segregation and improving outcomes for all will require a system of career navigation that gives all individuals economic agency and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Development, Minority Groups, Low Income Groups
Brown, Ashley M.; Ismail, Khaled J. – Online Submission, 2019
Since the emergence of feminist scholarship, feminist theorists have advanced diverse perspectives regarding the role of examining men and masculinity to advance gender equity. These contributions, however, are often marginalized and selectively applied in men and masculinities scholarship and praxis. This article provides an in-depth overview of…
Descriptors: Feminism, Males, Masculinity, College Students
Zhao, Yiran – Online Submission, 2015
The aim behind this article is to clear up some misunderstandings about British and Chinese education approaches in the popular BBC documentary "Are our kids tough enough: Chinese Schools". The article evaluates the differences in academic performance, class disciplines and education values of two education practices that have caused…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Documentaries, Cultural Differences, Educational Practices
Bozkus, Kivanc – Online Submission, 2014
Social system perspective which belongs to systems theory has been elaborated comprehensively using its founders' ideas, and characteristics of schools have been explained consulting to this perspective. The course of social system idea has been reviewed along with its relation to other systems. How researchers who assumes schools as social…
Descriptors: Schools, Social Systems, Systems Approach, Models
Ellis, Marsha L. – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to emphasize why education should be viewed as a means of opening up lucrative employment opportunities for a diverse population of adults that are seeking to transform themselves by obtaining an education and incorporating their past knowledge and experiences into new skill sets that would enable them to become…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Employment Opportunities
Suleiman, Mahmoud – Online Submission, 2014
School systems across the world are facing a plethora of global changes that dictate rethinking instructional practices and professional leadership roles. School reformers are constantly facing the challenges dictated by the universal culture that exerts a huge power on learning and teaching, and leading. This article introduces a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Leadership Role, Educational Change
Mumthas, N. S. – Online Submission, 2010
Quality education aims at the full participation by all learners. This requires identifying the strategies for overcoming the barriers to full participation for individuals and groups, which experience discrimination and marginalisation. Social inclusion is strengthened when hitherto uncovered and excluded population is brought into the mainstream…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Social Structure, Group Dynamics, Preservice Teachers
Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Chien, Paul Shih Chieh – Online Submission, 2009
Researches have showed that joke telling is a type of verbal behavior associated with the field of sociolinguistics (e.g., Al-Khatib, 1999). This study aims to report Taiwanese jokes and their sociological functions that people in Taiwan attempt to communicate in jokes. Besides, this study will report what the typical topics and characteristics…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Carvalho, Flavia; Dana, Daniel; Roth, Gene – Online Submission, 2007
Feminist pedagogy as a research construct can be classified into gender and liberatory subgroups. Gender models frequently focus on learning. Liberatory models underline the social structures and power relations which constitute systems of oppression. Humor in practice may be used as a social corrective, or it may be used to extend power distances…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Feminism, Humor, Gender Issues
Inandi, Yusuf – Online Submission, 2009
Problem Statement: Despite many positive developments, in practice it is still not possible for women to be equal to men in the twenty-first century. One of the fields in which inequality between men and women continues to exist is education. In educational institutions, women are not given the same opportunities as men to be promoted to higher…
Descriptors: Barriers, Females, Principals, Women Administrators