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McConaghy, Cathryn – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2005
In the formulation of new humanities--knowledge, truth and social action brought together in the defence of what makes us human in this place and time--there is also the need to identify the obstacles to honouring our humanity. This paper continues the task of critically examining contemporary forms of inhumanity, in this instance as perpetuated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanities, Barriers, Identification
Ettore Victor Romualdi – ProQuest LLC, 2000
The 1990's have seen a nationwide development of initiatives designed to provide school-linked comprehensive services to children and families. The level of collaboration among schools and community-based agencies required by such initiatives is unprecedented and offers an opportunity for systemic changes in the way professionals, families, and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Elementary School Students, Agency Cooperation, Public Agencies
Ackerman, Robert; DiRamio, David; Wilson, Jeffery – College Student Affairs Journal, 2005
To serve their campuses well, senior level student affairs administrators need to be involved as full partners in institutional decision-making. To do that effectively requires a variety of skills, including an understanding of higher education finance. The role of student affairs personnel in institutional financial decision-making has not been…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services, Financial Services, Money Management
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Brown, Nancy L.; Luna, Veronica; Ramirez, M. Heliana; Vail, Kenneth A.; Williams, Clark A. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
Harm reduction is fundamentally a movement intended to empower the patient and consumer of health services. This project applied harm reduction theory as a strategy to empower collaborating community partners and researchers to overcome their preconceptions about each other in order to create a successful HIV prevention intervention and evaluation…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Drug Abuse, Intervention
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Sanagavarapu, Prathyusha; Wong, Margaret – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2004
This study explored early childhood teachers' views relating to culture and play by collecting information from them on cultural differences and parental perceptions of play, culturally appropriate play (CAP) practices and barriers in its implementation. The participants of the study were 14 early childhood educators working in long day care (LDC)…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Kioumourtzoglou, Efthimis – Quest, 2003
The current article aimed to describe the process followed for faculty preparation and development in Greece. More specifically, it includes information regarding (a) the possibilities for professional development through Master and PhD programs, (b) the existing faculty categories, (c) the procedure followed by the departments in collaboration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Barriers, Graduate Study
Anyanwu, Regina – International Education Journal, 2004
While student difficulty with academic referencing is not new, it is apparent that many tertiary students are not skilled in following referencing conventions, are confused about what does and does not constitute plagiarism in the eyes of academics, and are fearful of the consequences. This paper begins by examining the cases of a number of…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Citations (References), Information Policy, School Policy
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Bailey, Donald B., Jr. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Newborn screening for fragile X syndrome (FXS) is technically possible, and in the relatively near future accurate and inexpensive screening technologies are likely to be available. When that happens, will America's public health system adopt newborn screening for fragile X syndrome? This article addresses this issue by first placing screening for…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Medical Services, Early Intervention, Public Health
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Wicklander, Molly K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
The purpose of this review is to analyze the school nursing role within the National Healthy School Standard (NHSS) in the United Kingdom with a view toward clarifying and strengthening the role of school nurses globally. Within the National Healthy School Standard framework, school nurses serve an integral role in linking health and education…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Health Programs, Foreign Countries, School Health Services
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Wynn, Susan R. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2005
Some indicators point to a potential shortage of school administrators. The principalship has grown more complex due to increased accountability and escalating social complexities. This qualitative study sought to understand why leadership-skilled women teachers choose to remain in the classroom rather than seek administrative positions. Despite…
Descriptors: School Administration, Women Administrators, Females, Career Choice
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Gedeon, Randle; Boston, George – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
This article describes the development of the "Electronic Journal Finder," a TDNet installation for the University Libraries of Western Michigan University. Topics covered include: rationale for subscription project timeline, content, product customization, set-up, maintenance issues, reporting functions, directing URL links, searching…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Library Automation
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Davis, Gary – Community College Journal, 2004
Citing scandals in accounting, law, banking, securities and corporations, Candace de Russy, a member of the State University of New York Board of Trustees recently urged college boards to "make ethics a living tradition, a day-to-day reality throughout higher education." If colleges prepare bankers, lawyers, accountants and brokers, de…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Ethics, Daily Living Skills, Higher Education
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Reisetter, Marcy; Boris, Greg – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
Online education holds great potential for rural states like South Dakota, which has been recognized for advances in distance education. To maximize the potential of online learning, design elements that students believe are needed for successful online learning experiences must be identified. In this study, we present the qualitative and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Learning Experience
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Retalis, Symeon; Papasalouros, Andreas – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Educational Adaptive Hypermedia Applications (EAHA) provide personalized views on the learning content to individual learners. They also offer adaptive sequencing (navigation) over the learning content based on rules that stem from the user model requirements and the instructional strategies. EAHA are gaining the focus of the research community as…
Descriptors: Barriers, Models, Educational Strategies, Engineering
Pribbenow, Dean A. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2005
While there has been a steady increase in the understanding of how service-learning affects students, there remains a dearth of research on how using service-learning pedagogy impacts faculty. In this research study six themes emerged that illuminate how using this innovative pedagogy shaped and influenced faculty members' understandings of, and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Faculty, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Study
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