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Cooper, Linda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This article explores the degree to which mothers participate in decisions surrounding their daughters' university choices in the English higher education sector, based on a gendered PhD study involving mother and adult daughter pairings in southern England. Examples are given of how extended middle-class mothering practices are enabling their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mothers, Females, College Choice
Vogt, Kristoffer Chelsom – Journal of Education and Work, 2018
Based on biographical interviews from a three-generation study in Norway, this article examines the place of the contemporary "gap year" within life course transition trajectories and intergenerational relations embedded in wider patterns of social inequality. Under the heading of taking a gap year, young people on "academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Social Bias, Postsecondary Education
Mouralová, Magdalena; Paulus, Michal; Veselý, Arnošt – Teacher Development, 2017
The paper examines how teachers' attitudes towards tracking (separating pupils into groups with different curricula on the basis of their abilities and results) differ among various generations of teachers. Fundamental and quick changes in the educational system occurred in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 as a unified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Track System (Education), Ability Grouping
White, Adam; Hobson, Michael – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Physical education (PE) and sport have traditionally been identified by scholars as a key mechanism for the production and reproduction of a culturally esteemed ideal of masculinity, premised upon being stoic, strong, competitive, sexist and homophobic. Yet, more recent research reflects a change in valued masculinity as a response to declining…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Secondary School Teachers
Correia Barreiro, Suamit; Bozutti, Daniel Fernando – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2017
Many people from generation Z are at the beginning of their academic activities. This generation has peculiar characteristics that might be a challenge in the labor market. Thus, instructors have a great role in their preparation. However, professors might face difficulties dealing with their specific characteristics. The research aims to carry…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Case Studies
Lovett, Trevor – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This retrospective narrative investigation challenges aspects of structural determinism. The biographical data generated in the study revealed that the baby-boomer, male participants were not academically constrained by their working class identities. Interpersonal relationships experienced within an individual's unique communities of practice…
Descriptors: Working Class, Baby Boomers, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
van der Worp, Karin; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Language Policy, 2017
In this article we discuss the outcomes of a study into the languages of the workplace of internationally operating companies. Our aim is to contribute to studies of multilingualism in the workplace by adopting a holistic approach that focuses on several languages and relates the competences and attitudes of multilingual professionals to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Language Usage
Johnson, Lauri – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This article reports on the preliminary findings from a national UK study of the life histories of 28 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) educators who led schools across a 47-year period (1968-2015). BAME head teachers were grouped by generations (i.e. pioneer, experienced, and novice) and questioned about the critical life experiences that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Asians, Minority Groups
Aidoo, Philomena – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2016
This article discusses the extent to which the charism and the philosophy of education of Venerable Cornelia Connelly founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus are being maintained in the twenty-first century in West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana). Using data gathered from Sisters and former students of Holy Child schools as evidence it seeks to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholics, Church Role, Religious Cultural Groups
Lee, Sunghoe – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
This qualitative case study attempts to conceptualize certain "patterns" and "processes" of which 28 mature women undergraduates give meanings to their motivation for higher education in their life contexts. Particular attention has been paid to include diverse groups of women according to their age, prior educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Generational Differences
Guberman, Nancy; Lavoie, Jean-Pierre; Blein, Laure; Olazabal, Ignace – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: Many Baby Boomers are faced with the care of aging parents, as well as that of disabled or ill spouses or children. This study examines how Baby Boomers in Quebec, Canada, perceive and play their role as caregivers and how this might differ from their parents' generation. Design and methods: This was a qualitative and empirical study…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Baby Boomers, Parent Child Relationship, Generational Differences
Huang, Haigen; Placier, Peggy – Gender and Education, 2015
Our study sought to understand changes in gender inequality in education across four generations of rural Chinese women's educational experiences in a small community in southern China. The 24 interviews and numerous informal conversations with 12 women showed that gender-based favouritism for men and against women undergirded family expectations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Equal Education, Gender Bias
Cuervo, Hernan; Wyn, Johanna – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
It is common for organizations such as the International Labour Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to acknowledge that the links between education and work are far from smooth, creating a "crisis" for youth. This includes increasing rates of unemployment, under-employment and precarious work. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Age Groups, Generational Differences
Haw, Kaye – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
In this paper I present the "everydayness" of a particular group of young Muslim women and their families as they dance between a range of contradictory and shifting discourses. Through an analysis situated between the social and the cultural, the paper argues that as an "in-between" generation these young women are now part of…
Descriptors: Muslims, Females, Generational Differences, Identification
Chigona, Agnes – Africa Education Review, 2015
The expectation in education today is that pre-service teachers should graduate from teacher education adequately prepared to teach with Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) that have potential to enhance curriculum delivery, hence improving quality of education. However, research shows that pre-service teachers are graduating from…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teachers, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge