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Tuckett, Alan – Adults Learning, 2011
Adult learning is not a tidy business: adults fit learning into the spaces left by the other demands on complex lives, and into the spaces left in administrative structures overwhelmingly designed for other people. No simple metric can capture adults' diverse purposes and achievements, and no single programme can capture the full range of things…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Adult Students
Yoon, Sangseok – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study aims to provide a perspective which allows honorifics to be seen beyond the frame of politeness and/or formality in social structures. Korean school grammar explains honorifics as linguistic forms that reflect relative social positional difference (e.g., K-H. Lee, 2010), and has assumed that social structure and language use have a…
Descriptors: Korean, Language Styles, Social Status, Linguistics
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Norton, Julie E.; Gieve, Simon – Language Awareness, 2010
This paper explores how "native" and "non-native" speaker identities are created in the discourse of television lifestyle, travel, and documentary genres where an English "native speaker" audience is assumed. It presents a coding system for analysing the representation of actors in television programmes and examines…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Native Speakers, Television
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Carcamo-Huechante, Luis E.; Legnani, Nicole Delia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2010
Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas and the rest of the world have to deal with problems of cultural assimilation, migration, and dissemination of their populations. Some of them, in countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Nigeria, have developed radio programming to maintain home languages; gain access to health, education, and employment…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Programming (Broadcast), Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
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Strauss, Judy – Journal of Marketing Education, 2011
Marketing faculty use cases, simulations, and client-sponsored projects to achieve learning objectives in the marketing capstone class. This class typically aims to integrate and apply previously learned material and to transition students into their careers. Drawing on the professional school, creative problem solving and constructivist learning…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Marketing, Business Administration Education, Experiential Learning
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Jeopardy!, the trivia game show, is approaching its 25th year on television. With its amazingly bright contestants, daily doubles, potpourri categories, double jeopardy rounds, tick-tock music played during final jeopardy, and tournament of champions, Jeopardy! has become a media icon in American popular culture. Unfortunately, Jeopardy! isn't…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Television, Programming (Broadcast), Educational Games
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Roseberry, Sarah; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Parish-Morris, Julia; Golinkoff, Roberta M. – Child Development, 2009
The availability of educational programming aimed at infants and toddlers is increasing, yet the effect of video on language acquisition remains unclear. Three studies of 96 children aged 30-42 months investigated their ability to learn verbs from video. Study 1 asked whether children could learn verbs from video when supported by live social…
Descriptors: Verbs, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Media
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Barr, Rachel; Lauricella, Alexis; Zach, Elizabeth; Calvert, Sandra L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study described the relations among the amount of child-directed versus adult-directed television exposure at ages 1 and 4 with cognitive outcomes at age 4. Sixty parents completed 24-hour television diaries when their children were 1 and 4 years of age. At age 4, their children also completed a series of cognitive measures and parents…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Young Children, Diaries, Mass Media Effects
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Capranica, Laura; Tessitore, Antonio; D'Artibale, Emanuele; Cortis, Cristina; Casella, Rita; Camilleri, Enrica; Pesce, Caterina – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2008
This study aimed at determining the amount of Italian television coverage dedicated to men's and women's sport and the number of male and female viewers during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. AUDITEL-AGB Nielsen Media Research Italia provided the TV airtime data for the sport events broadcast, which were classified into three categories: men-only,…
Descriptors: Television, Programming (Broadcast), News Reporting, Womens Athletics
Kanyi, Titus Kamau – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Doctoral studies are at the apex of the education system. Attracting, recruiting, enrolling, and graduating the best suited students in doctoral education is, therefore, critical in ensuring the highest academic standards and service to society. Focusing on Rowan University's Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership program, this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Focus Groups, Audiences, Doctoral Programs
Braun, Linda W. – Information Today, Inc., 2007
Here is a timely--and time-saving--guide for teachers, librarians, and school media specialists who need to get quickly up-to-speed on podcasting. Educational technology specialist Linda Braun explains what podcasting is and why it is such a useful tool for schools and libraries. She covers both content and technical issues, sharing tips for…
Descriptors: Nonprint Media, Programming (Broadcast), Educational Technology, Schools
Gurses, Nedim; Demiray, Emine – Online Submission, 2009
In like manner as conventional education and teaching approaches distance education tends to model the same procedures. Indeed, formerly enriched on printed material served as a primary source. However, thanks to the developments in technology and evolution in education, computerised information has made inroads in distance education programmes.…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Employee Attitudes, Educational Television
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Torock, Jodi L. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2008
Situational leadership has been noted as one of the most recognizable leadership concepts (Northouse, 2007). Teaching the model to a college student audience may become more of monotony than a learning experience. Using popular media technology to teach situational leadership can appeal to more learning styles than the typical lecture, and make…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Experience, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
Goble, Don – Principal Leadership, 2009
This article describes the many learning opportunities that broadcast technology students at Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis, Missouri, experience because of their unique access to technology and methods of learning. Through scaffolding, stepladder techniques, and trial by fire, students learn to produce multiple television programs,…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Media Literacy, Educational Experience, Mass Media
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McKee, Meredith L.; MacDonald, Pamelyn M. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
Student self-report measures have been reported in numerous studies to assert that the use of case studies in college psychology courses can help students to better understand the relevance of course topics; however, few studies have directly measured the impact of case studies on students' learning. The present study differs from previous studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Content, Diaries, Reading Ability
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