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Davies, Scott – American Journal of Sociology, 1995
Asserts that the sociology of education is fraught with noncommunicating paradigms. Outlines this paradigm split from a critical theory perspective. Discusses the use of history to support education reform efforts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change, Educational History
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Danforth, Scot – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2000
Special educators have historically used psychological theories to explain students' disruptive and oppositional behavior. Sociological research and theories have played a secondary or even nonexistent role. The sociology of education tradition within general education has developed an extensive literature examining student misbehavior. This…
Descriptors: Social Class, Educational Sociology, Democracy, Disabilities
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Tarter, C. John; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
An open social systems model is used to frame and test a series of hypotheses. The socioeconomic status of the environment and four internal system elements (structure, individual, culture, politics) of the school are used to explain two sets of school outcomes: student achievement and teachers' assessments of overall school effectiveness. A…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Systems Approach
Nealy, Michelle – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Judging by the press coverage, it would seem that Europeans are the only ones concerned about conditions in Africa, but perhaps the media is not telling the whole story. According to Mark P. Fancher, chair of the National Conference of Black Lawyers' Section on International Affairs & World Peace and the author of "The Splintering of…
Descriptors: Peace, Foreign Countries, African Americans, African American Leadership
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McMullen, Matthew S. – European Education, 2004
Higher education in the Czech Republic is going through an important transition, both politically and economically. New methods of financing university operations are necessary during the transition to a market economy as government funds are increasingly being drawn to other areas. Government and academic officials have worked together in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Local Government, Higher Education
Mason, Mary Teague – 1986
The purpose of this guide is to help teach secondary school students about democracy in Latin America. Lesson 1 covers "Definitions of Democracy," and instructs students to compare and create such definitions. Lesson 2," The Importance of a Democratic Tradition," uses flow charts to enable students to understand and describe…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Democracy, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
Speed, Noel Eric – 1979
The major purposes of this study were (1) to determine the congruence between perceived actual and desired frequency and extent of participation by teachers in the decision-making process; (2) to relate decision participation to teachers' job satisfaction; (3) to relate selected personal and situational variables to decisional participation; and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Theories, Decision Making, Factor Analysis
Leadley, Samuel M. – 1968
The general purpose of the research was to describe a specific instance of instigated social change, while the goal of the research was to identify and describe social factors influencing the rate of adoption of an innovation. Beal's social action process model, Warren's community organization model, and Rogers' adoption process model provided the…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Resources, Economic Development, Innovation
WILLOWER, DONALD J. – 1967
WHEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS VIEWED AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM, PUPIL CONTROL IS THE THREAD RUNNING THROUGHOUT SCHOOL CULTURE. THE PART OF THIS SOCIAL SYSTEM MOST CONCERNED WITH CONTROL AND EMPHASIZED IN THIS STUDY IS THE TEACHER SUBCULTURE. SINCE STATUS IN THE TEACHER SUBCULTURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO CLASS CONTROL, PERSONNEL WHO FIND THEIR STATUS MOST…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Counselors, Discipline, Educational Environment
Mackey, William F., Ed.; Verdoodt, Albert, Ed. – 1975
The Ljubljana seminar, whose background and working papers are presented in this volume, was an outcome of the United Nations' consideration of the problems of ethnic and linguistic minorities. The twenty-five papers cover topics such as the study of multinational societies; the protection of minorities and minority rights in Yugoslavia,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Daly, Richard F. – 1975
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between an adolescent's socioeconomic status (SES) and selected variables of the sub-subsystems of the River City High School senior class social system during the 1974-75 academic year. Variables for study were selected from each of the three sub-subsystems of the senior class social…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Grades (Scholastic), High School Students, Peer Groups
Porter, John W. – 1975
That 1975 has ushered in a new and different way of thinking and reacting to public education at all levels as well as reflecting consumerism, confrontation, and conciliation is the main message of this paper. What follows is an attempt to place urban public schooling within the context of America, 1975. The short era of equal educational…
Descriptors: American History, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Background, Educational Change
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Engineering Research Inst. – 1973
The book contains 28 papers by a variety of authors who deal with technology and social change in foreign countries. The papers are presented under 13 headings: technology and social change in foreign cultures (two papers), technology and values (two papers), technological and social change in history (one paper), the arts and technology (two…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biology, Communications, Developing Nations
Rever, Philip R. – 1973
The design of the monograph concentrates on scientists and technicians, reviewing and synthesizing available research findings related to vocational choice. Recommendations are limited to the study of personal and environmental factors influencing career paths toward the sciences and technology during the educational years. Two primary purposes of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, College Instruction, Elementary Education
Goldberg, Robert – 1973
In response to the growing attention on China's educational system, a two-day workshop on education in China was sponsored. The purpose of the conference was to assess what already is known about China; to identify issues which might profitably be investigated by future visitors to China; and to encourage further interest in Chinese education…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Conference Reports, Educational Change
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