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Holland, Dorothy C.; Eisenhart, Margaret A. – 1990
This ethnographic study investigated why so few women become scientists or mathematicians. The study followed the lives of two groups of women, one black and one white, all with strong academic records, who were attending two southern U.S. universities, one predominantly black and the other predominantly white. The study was initiated in 1979 when…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Choice
Download full textMetz, Mary Haywood – 1982
Three magnet middle schools which were established as part of a voluntary desegregation plan in a school system in a large, American city are described in this report. The schools are examined as organizations that differed in their innovative educational approaches to bring about desegregation. One school offered a system of open education, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Administrator Characteristics, Community Attitudes
Trueba, Enrique T., Ed.; Bartolome, Lilia I., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers by ethnic scholars highlights the complex struggle for equality and power. It begins with a series foreword, "Beyond Psychologizing Multiculturalism" (Donaldo Macedo), and an introduction, "Democracy Sabotaged by Democracy: Immigration under Neoliberalism" (Peter McLaren). The 14 papers are: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian American Students, Bilingual Education, Chinese
Symes, Colin, Ed. – 2000
This conference proceedings contains 65 presentations and 3 colloquiums from a conference that dealt with knowledge at work and knowledge that works and with how education can be successfully integrated into work and work into education. The papers are "Reading the Contexts of Complex Incidents of Adult Education Practice" (Apte);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Certification, Computer Mediated Communication
Connor, Ulla, Ed.; Johns, Ann M., Ed. – 1990
The purpose of this book is twofold: to present important coherence models and to suggest how insights from coherence theory and research can be introduced to the classroom. The book is organized into four sections: theoretical overview, coherence models, studies of student writing, and pedagogical approaches. Articles include: "Seven Problems in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Coherence, Computer Assisted Instruction
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed.; Duquette, Georges, Ed. – 1991
Papers on language processing, culture, and language learning and teaching include: "A Theory of Intelligence as Semiosis: With a Couple of Comments on Interlanguage Development" (John W. Oller, Jr.); "Along the Way: Interlanguage Systems in Second Language Acquisition" (Larry Selinker); "Strategy and Tactics in Second Language Acquisition"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes
Belcher, Diane, Ed.; Braine, George, Ed. – 1995
Essays on research and teaching of academic writing in English as a second language include:"When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect: The Case of a Graduate ESL Student" (Melanie Schneider, Naomi K. Fujishima); "Good Writing: I Know It When I See It" (Ilona Leki); "Redefining the Task: An Ethnographic Examination of Writing and Response in Graduate…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Chinese
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Coll. of Continuing Education. – 1983
These proceedings consist of 26 presentations. They include, in alphabetical order by author, "Time and Distance: Crucial Factors in Selection of Training and Vocation by Re-entry Women" (Cynthia Bagley), "Using Learner Surveys to Enhance Continuing Education Programs" (Carol Brown), "Designing Inservice Training as a Learning System: The Case of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Imel, Susan; Kerka, Sandra; Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Directed at practitioners in adult and career education, this document defines qualitative research, compares qualitative research to quantitative research, describes the "war" between proponents of each kind of research, describes how to assess qualitative research, and explains how to choose and use qualitative techniques. Pitfalls of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Bias
Kimmel, Jessica C., Comp. – 1998
Among 51 papers and 3 symposia are the following: "Learning What?" (Andruske); "Stories Adult Learners Tell" (Armstrong); "Towards a Pedagogy for Disempowering Our Enemies" (Baptiste); "Teaching Scholarly Writing to Doctoral Students" (Barnett et al.); "The Outcomes and Impact of Adult Literacy Education" (Beder); "A Feminist Critique of Human…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Long, Robert, Ed.; van Troyer, Gene, Ed.; Lane, Keith, Ed.; Swanson, Malcom, Ed. – 2000
These conference proceedings address the following six topics: (1) "Change and the Future" (e.g., English language education in Japan, sociolinguistics in Hong Kong, and Esperanto); (2) "Children and Language Education" (e.g. a short-term language immersion case study, virtual classrooms for bilingual students, and the role of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Audiotape Recordings, Bilingual Students, Childrens Literature
Luciani, Teresa – 2001
This bibliography with 1,273 entries is an updated supplement to the preliminary 1997 bibliography on informal adult learning. It is a useful resource guide for those interested in publications (e.g. academic papers, government reports, grassroots publications) aimed at furthering understanding of how learning and teaching takes place in different…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Associative Learning
Jun, JuSung – 2002
Adjustment experiences of South Korean graduate students' wives living in Georgia were examined from a feminist viewpoint. The adaptive process, its cultural meaning, and related social ramifications, was hypothesized to be an example of transformative learning. These two questions guided the study: (1) how did South Korean students' wives adapt…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the fifth volume of the proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 59 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Sac and Zaz:…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Symbols (Mathematics), Preservice Teacher Education
