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Van Cleave, Mary – 1994
This book relates a fictionalized year in the life of an elementary school. Told from the perspective of an elementary school principal, whose school is located in a poor, urban neighborhood, the stories portray the daily struggles of the children, teachers, and principal. Some of the themes explored include chaos and violence, problem students,…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
LaPaglia, Nancy – 1994
Finding that community colleges and their female students are rarely and disparagingly depicted in fiction motivated this study of the image of community colleges in literature, movies, and television. The study also sought to compare this image with that emerging from the journal entries of 23 women community college students and 14 faculty…
Descriptors: Characterization, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
Hart, Sylvia; Conlon, Kathleen – 1977
In an attempt to help educators, particularly in nursing, understand the attitudes, feelings, and perspectives that students from other cultures bring to the teacher-learner situation, this paper identifies some generalized behavioral characteristics of different cultures and the educational problems that may arise when cultural differences are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, Black Culture, Chinese Culture
