This study reports on the Hong Kong education quality assurance and school monitoring system. Three research questions were addressed: (1) Who controls the quality of school education in Hong Kong? (2) What strategies are used in the Hong Kong school education quality assurance process? (3) Agenda for Future Research on quality assurance and…

Background: Sexual abuse has been associated with trauma, low self-esteem, anger, depression and challenging behaviours. This pilot study builds on a small published literature by evaluating a survivors group (SG) for women with an intellectual disability and an educational support group (ESG) for their carers. Method: The SG was delivered weekly…

This study examines the ways in which a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program--CAMP) mediated the first-year college experience of three situationally marginalized, female students of Mexican descent. Findings suggest that educators at all levels of schooling should create opportunities for this population…

This bibliography was compiled for the 2006 Summer Institute at The Centre for Literacy-"Accountability and Public Trust: Restoring the Balance." The selections include lectures, research studies, policy papers, and government documents that describe and analyze recent concepts of accountability in the context of government funding in…

As a profession, we are failing to socialize newer generations of faculty concerning the professorate's social contract with society and the critical importance of faculty professionalism (our ethical duties as professors) to the social contract. We strongly assume that the apprentice model of graduate education will acculturate the next …

The new paradigm of studying childhood that has emerged in the past 15 years has significant implications for rethinking research with children. This article examines some methodological and ethical issues related to the role and responsibility of a researcher in the process of designing, structuring, and conducting research on childhood…

While toddlers have a lot to learn, the author of this article believes that they also have a lot to teach if only one pays attention to them. Watching how they exercise leadership through persuasive communication, exceptional listening skills, reliance on teamwork, openness to change, appropriate social skills, maintaining trust, and a commitment…

A study compared 55 court-adjudicated physically maltreated children between 8 and 12 years of age with 56 nonmaltreated children of the same ages with respect to their feelings about trust in peers. All maltreated children were residents of group homes and were of primarily lower and middle income economic background, from four ethnic…

According to the Bureau of Census, almost 13 million Mexican-Americans live in the United States. Since parental involvement is important to the success of Mexican-American children in school, an analysis of the role of trust in such involvement is presented in this paper. It reports the findings of a study that explored the issue of trust as it…

This study examined the effects of birth order on interpersonal trust and sex role orientation among firstborn and only children in late adolescence. The following hypotheses were posed: (1) only children will demonstrate higher degrees of interpersonal trust than firstborn children; (2) only children will show higher degrees of androgyny than…

Team management became popular during the late 1960s and early 1970s as educators adopted the concept to help solve the increasingly complex problems facing schools. The mere existence of a management team of central office and building administrators does not mean that team management is being practiced. Chapter 1 enumerates the benefits of team…

While most instructional supervisors recognize the importance of mutual trust and collaboration in building effective interpersonal relations with teachers (involving high cooperation, mutually agreed upon goals, and demonstrated positive outcomes), supervisors' attempts to achieve these ends often prove frustrating. This paper examines factors…

Questions the extent to which administrators contribute to the effectiveness of English departments and to evaluation of teachers based on trust. Describes the peer evaluation program developed at Evanstown Township High School (Illinois) and asserts that interaction at a level of trust is the secret of evaluation for the purpose of effective…

This paper describes the collaborative work between an art historian/curator and a visual artist exploring the often trouble relationship between artists and curators. The common idea emerging from both perspectives was that of the museum, both as an image and an institution. The paper examines the history of the museum as an institution and how…

Alluding to the difficulty in explaining the two opposing powers, the "dark side" and the Force, in the Star Wars movies, this paper focuses on the complex combination of negative and positive interactions among children who are best friends. Presented in question-answer format, the paper discusses research findings and needs related to…