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Copur, Zeynep; Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Changing perceptions of childlessness have been documented in the United States, but little is known about perceptions in developing countries undergoing rapid social changes and globalization, including Turkey. This project uses a survey and hypothetical vignettes about childless couples and parents to assess university students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Family Income, Females, Childlessness
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Wilkinson, Lee A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Although there has been a dramatic increase in the recognition of autism spectrum disorders over the past decade, a significant gender gap has emerged in the diagnosis of milder forms, such as high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Statistics indicate that while boys are being referred and identified in greater numbers, this is not the…
Descriptors: Females, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Disability Identification
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Cagle, Julie A. B.; Glasgo, Philip W.; Holmes, Vanessa M. – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
A number of ethical scandals in the past decade have raised awareness of ethical issues in business. J. M. D'Aquila, D. F. Bean, and E. G. Procario- Foley (2004) reported that 97% of business leaders perceive American businesses as ethical, versus 24.5% of students. G. R. Laczniak, M. W. Berkowitz, R. G. Brooker, and J. P. Hale (1995) provided…
Descriptors: Ethics, Vignettes, Introductory Courses, Undergraduate Students
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Fischer, Peter; Kastenmuller, Andreas; Greitemeyer, Tobias; Fischer, Julia; Frey, Dieter; Crelley, David – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2011
Previous studies on the impact of perceived threat on confirmatory information search (selective exposure) in the context of decision making have yielded mixed results. Some studies have suggested that confirmatory information search is reduced, yet others have found contradictory effects. The present series of 5 studies consistently found that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Terrorism, Logical Thinking, Decision Making
Rosen, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this exploratory, phenomenological study was to understand developmental mathematics in community college by examining the beliefs and worldviews of developmental mathematics instructors. This study interviewed 11 instructors in 4 demographically different community colleges within a single state with decentralized developmental…
Descriptors: World Views, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Metacognition
Varghese, Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Recent statistics have shown an increasing trend in the frequency and severity of emergency situations around the world, with women and people with disabilities being disproportionally impacted by these emergencies. A review of the literature suggests that college campuses are particularly vulnerable during emergencies. With the increasing…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Vignettes
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O'Neill, Tara B. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2010
A critical challenge in urban science education is determining how to provide empowering science learning experiences for all students. In an effort to address the achievement gap in science education, I have focused on the concept of ownership, specifically when and how students gain ownership in science learning. This paper presents a teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 7, Science Instruction, Student Empowerment
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Verma, Michele – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The utility and limitations of Lave and Wenger's social theory of learning can be evaluated through specific case studies which enhance our understanding of how education proceeds in diverse contexts. Here I provide an ethnographic case study of the training of Caribbean-born Hindu "pandits" ("priests") living and working in…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Communities of Practice
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Rapp, A. M.; Mutschler, D. E.; Wild, B.; Erb, M.; Lengsfeld, I.; Saura, R.; Grodd, W. – Brain and Language, 2010
To detect that a conversational turn is intended to be ironic is a difficult challenge in everyday language comprehension. Most authors suggested a theory of mind deficit is crucial for irony comprehension deficits in psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia; however, the underlying pathophysiology and neurobiology are unknown and recent research…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Sentences
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Goodwin, John; O'Connor, Henrietta – Journal of Education and Work, 2009
In this paper, we explore what happened to the young workers featured in the classic text "Young workers: From school to work." In this book, the authors made predictions about the labour market outcomes and careers for the young people in their study, classifying them into three groups: the "careerless", the "short-term careers" and the "extended…
Descriptors: Careers, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Surveys
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Cunningham, Mary Kay – Journal of Museum Education, 2009
More than any other staff member, museum educators' knowledge and experience working with visitors make them uniquely qualified to take on leadership roles as museums transform themselves into lifelong learning organizations. The article encourages museum educators to initiate discussions about change by offering a fictional scenario of future…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Museums, Educational Change, Role Perception
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Baker, Stanley B.; Robichaud, Tracie A.; Dietrich, Victoria C. Westforth; Wells, Stacy C.; Schreck, Rachel E. – Professional School Counseling, 2009
In this article, four vignettes are presented and deconstructed in order to demonstrate that school counselors are advocates, collaborators, and leaders when engaged as consultants. School counselor consultation appears to be a complex process based on a student advocacy disposition shared by consultees, and the process is a collaborative one…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Vignettes, Consultants, Counselor Role
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Vandenberghe, Luc – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2009
The challenges in supervising an experiential-interpersonal treatment like FAP are complex. The present paper addresses this complexity by describing three different supervision contexts. Each of these is defined in relation to specific supervisee needs: skills development; therapist difficulties and skills integration. Each context supports…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Supervision, Psychotherapy, Skill Development
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McGee, Christie L.; Bjorkquist, Olivia A.; Price, Joseph M.; Mattson, Sarah N.; Riley, Edward P. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2009
Based on caregiver report, children with prenatal alcohol exposure have difficulty with social functioning, but little is known about their social cognition. The current study assessed the social information processing patterns of school-age children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure using a paradigm based on Crick and Dodge's reformulated…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Social Cognition, Children
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Griffith, Susan C. – Language Arts, 2009
Early twentieth-century social activist Jane Addams is best known for her work at Hull House, the settlement house she founded with Ellen Gates Starr in 1889. Adams was also a pacifist, storyteller, writer and philosopher. Through her actions, stories, and writing, Addams modeled a philosophy of democracy-in-action based in imagination and…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Social Action, Social Justice
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