NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 526 to 540 of 1,415 results Save | Export
Greenberg, Milton – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In June, Congress enacted the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, commonly called the GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century. Supporters claim that it does for current veterans what was done for those who served in World War II. The expansion of educational benefits to veterans should be applauded. Any attempt to equate the economic and…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Armed Forces, Veterans, Access to Education
Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
This is not an average classroom. All of the 15 students in the English class Christin M. Bradshaw is teaching on a late-October afternoon are dressed identically in desert fatigues and combat boots. All the young men have uniform buzz cuts. Outside, there is the faint popping of distant rifle practice and the shouted commands of drill sergeants…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Military Personnel, High School Equivalency Programs, Teaching Methods
US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2007
The Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve (MGIB--SR, or chapter 1606 of title 10, U.S. Code) is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women into the reserve branch of the Armed Forces. This program is for members of the Selected Reserve of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Eligibility, Veterans
Lathers, John Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to examine generic instructor characteristics capable of predicting learning outcomes for application to the evaluation process of formalized trainers within U.S. Marine Corps vocational specialty courses. A survey instrument was created based on research findings from multiple training disciplines and educational…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis, Teacher Characteristics, Prediction
Bloom, Dan; Gardenhire-Crooks, Alissa; Mandsager, Conrad – MDRC, 2009
High school dropouts face daunting odds of success in a labor market that increasingly rewards education and skills. This report presents very early results from a rigorous, independent evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive residential program that aims to "reclaim the lives" of young people ages 16 to 18…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High Schools, Youth Programs, Residential Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2013
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Students, Barriers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Novik, V. K.; Perednia, D. G. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
In the recent past there has been animated discussion of problems related to the image of the various social institutions and state organizations of Russia, including the Russian armed forces. Sociological analysis is a constructive way to shed light on the image of the military. The armed forces are linked closely to the main spheres of the life…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Service, Armed Forces, Russian
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2007
On March 24-25, 2007 FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 44 teachers from 23 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about the Military in U.S. history. The Institute was held at and co-sponsored by the Cantigny First Division Museum. Sessions included: (1) War and the Military in American…
Descriptors: United States History, War, Armed Forces, Classical Literature
Butler, Tara A. – National Governors Association, 2009
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) leads a Mission Growth Working Group, which consists of states that are significantly impacted by the growth of military bases. The group includes state representatives appointed by the governors of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Facilities, Educational Demand, Population Growth
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Spellings, Carolyn R. – International Education, 2008
Over 300,000 children are estimated to be conscripted participants in conflicts throughout the world. Depending on the particular armed group that employs child soldiers, girls represent 6 to 50% of child soldiers. Despite this prevalence of involvement, the experience of girls as soldiers in war and political conflict has rarely been…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Phenomenology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bateman, Robert L. – Academic Questions, 2008
America has always felt ambivalent towards its armed forces. During national emergencies it has shown them support, but during longer eras of calm this has often turned to distrust and scorn. LTC Robert Bateman examines the underpinnings of this uneasy and complex relationship, which has been mirrored and expressed most intensely (sometimes in…
Descriptors: Campuses, Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Military Schools
Lansiquot, Reneta D. – IGI Global, 2013
Involving two or more academic subjects, interdisciplinary studies aim to blend together broad perspectives, knowledge, skills, and epistemology in an educational setting. By focusing on topics or questions too broad for a single discipline to cover, these studies strive to draw connections between seemingly different fields. Cases on…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Organizational Change, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Atzori, Milena; Lombardi, Luigi; Fraccaroli, Franco; Battistelli, Adalgisa; Zaniboni, Sara – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: This study aims to examine the organizational socialization of women soldiers in the Italian Army. Design/methodology/approach: Following an interactionist interpretation of socialization, a model was tested to determine the influence of organizational socialization tactics, proactive behaviours, supervisor support on organizational…
Descriptors: Socialization, Structural Equation Models, Learning Processes, Gender Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Mead, Margaret – Teachers College Record, 1971
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Attitudes, Females
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lovat, T.; Monfries, M.; Morrison, K. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2004
As illustrated in an earlier iteration of this study, the 'Ways of Knowing' thesis of Jurgen Habermas suggests that there is a consistent pattern across discipline areas by which knowledge is revealed and further negotiated, and that this is an important thesis for a project attempting to identify and define patterns of research higher degree…
Descriptors: Examiners, Discipline, Armed Forces
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  32  |  33  |  34  |  35  |  36  |  37  |  38  |  39  |  40  |  ...  |  95