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Çagla Banko Bal; Berrin Akman – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
The contemporary early childhood education environment is characterised by greater diversity among children, necessitating a sensitive approach to addressing these differences. This study aims to examine preschool teachers' perspectives on the impact of their backgrounds on differences in anti-bias education (ABE) and their needs to adapt to these…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Diversity
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Machado, Jessica; Courneya, Jocelyn; Idrees, Afrah; Morsillo, Rebecca; Richards, Nordia; Panitch, Melanie; Wehbi, Samantha – About Campus, 2023
Along with a host of higher education institutions (HEI), Ryerson University has championed social innovation in its programming for the past several years, culminating in the development of the Office of Social Innovation (OSI). They define social innovation as the practice of using creative and collaborative approaches to challenge historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Innovation
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El-Gabalawy, Renée; Mackenzie, Corey S.; Starzyk, Katherine B.; Sommer, Jordana L. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: We investigated facets of posttraumatic growth (PTG) theory, including the nature of the index event, the relationship between suffering and PTG, and prosocial correlates of PTG. Methods: Undergraduate students (N = 253) completed measures of PTG and trauma-related, psychopathology/affect, and prosocial correlates. Results: Differences…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Individual Development, Prosocial Behavior, Trauma
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Moorosi, Pontso – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
This article explores the notion of leadership identity construction as it happens through a leadership development programme. Influenced by a conception that leadership development is essentially about facilitating an identity transition, it uses an intersectional approach to explore school leaders' identity construction as it was shaped and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Professional Identity, Educational Experience, Learning Experience
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Joseph, Dawn – Intercultural Education, 2011
I use the metaphor "zebra crossing" in my reflective narrative to describe my plight and struggle as a non-white person growing up and working in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the apartheid era. This article considers and compares the notions of culture, diversity and identity as I now work in a tertiary institution in Melbourne,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Racial Differences, Identification (Psychology)
Booth, Alan, Ed.; Crouter, Ann C., Ed.; Shanahan, Michael J., Ed. – 1999
This book contains 17 papers devoted to the following four aspects of the transition to adulthood: effects of alterations in the structure of opportunity; effects of prior experiences in the family; effects of prior experience in the workplace; and career development and marriage formation during a period of rising inequality. The following papers…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Beliefs