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Stone-Johnson, Corrie – Education and Urban Society, 2014
This article, based on qualitative interviews conducted between 2007-2008 with 12 middle-career educators in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, details teachers' career and leadership aspirations in a context of educational change. The findings suggest that teachers who presently are in midcareer struggle with the move toward the…
Descriptors: Teachers, Principals, Career Change, Generational Differences
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Bohl, Amanda J.; Haak, Beatriz; Shrestha, Srijana – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
The number of nontraditional students enrolled in higher education is rising, but retention of these students is a challenge. This study used a qualitative framework to examine the experiences of nontraditional undergraduate students in a university setting. Nine participants completed open-ended questionnaires, and we transcribed and coded the…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, School Holding Power
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Dueñas, Mary; Gloria, Alberta M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined differences in and relationship of psychological (collective self-esteem), social (cohesion and university belonging), and cultural (cultural congruity) dimensions of university mattering for 141 Latin@ undergraduates. Collectively the dimensions accounted for 50% of the variance, with the psychological dimension having the largest…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Undergraduate Students
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Reinking, Anni K.; Vetere, Michael J., III; Percell, Jay C. – New Waves-Educational Research and Development Journal, 2017
Family engagement can take many different formats, including community events. In this study, the researchers designed an event to encourage multigenerational family involvement using STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and DAT (developmentally appropriate theater). The study was also designed in an outside environment to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Family Involvement, Drama, Recreational Activities
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Millett, Catherine M.; Kevelson, Marisol J. C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2018
Recent research has highlighted the critical problem of high rates of "disconnected youth"--youth and young adults who are neither employed nor in school. Practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and a range of stakeholders express mounting concern that disconnected youth are a societal burden that costs countries trillions of dollars.…
Descriptors: Youth, Young Adults, At Risk Persons, Socioeconomic Status
Lopez Rivera, Ibrahim – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Developing online trust is crucial for e-commerce vendors in order to attract consumers and develop long-term relationships with existing ones. We intended to investigate if consumers from different generational cohorts differ on how they develop online trust when utilizing e-commerce websites. Through the analysis of empirical data collected from…
Descriptors: Internet, Business, Trust (Psychology), Consumer Economics
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Thompson, Kevin S.; Noble, David – Management Teaching Review, 2017
The interest in aligning college graduates' skills, competencies, and experiences with what employers desire continues across academia. Employers seek higher levels of resilience than they see in most new employees. This article provides a review of the employee resilience literature and describes a team member change scenario focused on enhancing…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Team Training, Teamwork, Business Administration Education
DeBaene, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a better understanding of generational diversity and associated values in the profession of education. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following overarching research question framed this qualitative study: In the profession of education, what are the different generations' workplace…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Qualitative Research, Values, Age Differences
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Sayavaranont, Purita; Piriyasurawong, Pallop; Jeerungsuwan, Namon – International Journal of Learning Technology, 2018
This paper is a report on the findings of research and development into the instructional model 'enhancing Thai Generation Z' creative thinking with Scratch through the spiral mode. The purposes of this study are: 1) to develop; 2) to evaluate and gain experts' opinion on the proposed model, adapted from a creative thinking spiral first used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generational Differences, Creative Thinking, Educational Technology
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Strom, Robert D.; Strom, Paris S. – Educational Gerontology, 2015
The revolution in communication technology has resulted in more age-segregated conversation among adolescents. In a similar way, older adults have increased online conversations with their peers. This article explores some obstacles that prevent the intergenerational connections needed for mutual understanding and care. Several research emphases…
Descriptors: Social Change, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Problems, Generational Differences
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Roivainen, Eka – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Research on secular trends in mean intelligence test scores shows smaller gains in vocabulary skills than in nonverbal reasoning. One possible explanation is that vocabulary test items become outdated faster compared to nonverbal tasks. The history of the usage frequency of the words on five popular vocabulary tests, the GSS Wordsum, Wechsler…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Word Frequency, Language Usage, Change
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Stepanova, G. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
Data from survey research on intergenerational cultural continuity in Russia shows that there is a growing gap between values and understanding of Russian ethnicity over time as links between generations become weaker. In this article the author asserts that not only should the younger generation learn from the older generation; the older…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Generational Differences, Culture
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Buskirk-Cohen, Allison A.; Duncan, Tisha A.; Levicoff, Margaret – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper reviews the literature on emerging adulthood with a focus on the implications of generational theory on teaching and learning in higher education. During the past 15 years, researchers have described personality traits, attitudes, and behaviors of emerging adults. Two very different views have emerged: one that is prosocial, citing…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Educational Theories
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Burns, Edgar; Tulloch, Ian; Shamsullah, Ardel – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Negative "push-back" from a group of first-year undergraduate sociology students during a class discussion of gender and feminism included rejecting personal use of the title Ms. Teaching team members asked themselves: how general is this response among other student groups in the same one-semester subject? A short in-class survey…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sociology, Gender Issues, Feminism
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Gerhardt, Megan W. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Using the framework of generational identity, the current study explores how a range of characteristics impact Millennial perceptions of instructor credibility. Millennial Generation student ratings of the impact of competence, character, and sociability on instructor credibility were compared to faculty ratings of the same characteristics.…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Credibility, Learner Engagement, Values
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