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Thomas, Alex, Ed.; Grimes, Jeff, Ed. – 1987
This monograph was written as a reference for practitioners who need an authoritative source of information on a wide variety of topics beyond the classroom and the child's own personal characteristics that influence school success. Included are 93 separate chapters, written by a diverse group of school psychologists and arranged alphabetically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Needs, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Klineberg, Otto; Hull, Frank W., IV – 1979
An international study of adaptation and coping of students, faculty, and administrators involved with foreign student exchange is examined using data obtained in 11 countries--Brazil, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following are included:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty
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Download full textSilberman, Harry F., Ed.; Ginsburg, Mark B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1976
The transition from schooling to work has been recognized as a difficult one. As society has become more modernized, the problem of transition has become even more aggravated. American postsecondary education has a role to play in making this transition less difficult, and in integrating the educational process into the world of work. This…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Trends
McIntosh, Naomi E.; And Others – 1977
The present study is the first part of a longitudinal study following the progress of the first generation of Open University students through the university. It concentrates on the initial cohort of students, those entering in 1971. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data, and covered in some detail the students' educational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Sinclair, Robert L.; Ghory, Ward J. – 1987
This book examines the conditions for learning from the perspective of those students for whom schools are not productive and satisfying settings. Both current and desired characteristics of school environments are examined from the standpoint of their effect on marginal students. Questions probed include how difficulties begin and why individuals…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Environment
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
