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Parson, L. Alayne; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A faculty (n=347) survey at a research-oriented public university identified four major sources of faculty support: off-campus personal relationships; colleagues within the academic unit; professional support outside the academic unit; and an ethnic/minority network, on and off campus. Differences related to gender and rank were investigated.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family Role, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
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Katayama, Mary – Amerasia Journal, 1990
Describes the role of university students in professor D. Nakanishi's three-year battle for tenure at the University of California Los Angeles. Details the development and importance of a plan, outreach, and networking; and describes the campaign's connection with larger issues of justice and equal representation for Asian Pacific Americans. (JB)
Descriptors: Activism, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, College Students
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Walker, Rhonda; Bunsen, Teresa D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1995
This literature review examined the current status of young adults with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) two to five years after leaving high school, in employment, residential environment, social and interpersonal networks, dependency, and learned helplessness. Suggestions for school-implemented community adjustment programs are offered. (DB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Employment
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Gill, Deborah – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2005
The present study describes and discusses the use of a virtual community to build language and culture skills. According to the National Standards Project (2004), "The United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad." Through the…
Descriptors: National Standards, Language Skills, Instructional Innovation, Virtual Classrooms
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Adams, Josh; Roscigno, Vincent J. – Social Forces, 2005
Over the previous decade, white supremacist organizations have tapped into the ever emerging possibilities offered by the World Wide Web. Drawing from prior sociological work that has examined this medium and its uses by white supremacist organizations, this article advances the understanding of recruitment, identity and action by providing a…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Internet, Whites, Organizations (Groups)
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Chenoweth, Lesley; Stehlik, Daniela – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2004
This paper seeks to ascertain the usefulness of the theory of social capital as a framework for developing and sustaining the inclusion of people with disabilities and families in community life. We discuss the theoretical elements of social capital and assess its relevance when understanding both the experiences of people with disabilities and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Social Capital
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Pollack, William S. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
A Study found that although planning vicious violence in teens' cases varied in its time frame or intricacy, almost all the tragic events had a lead time from days to months in which some preemptive action could have been taken. Indeed, in a large number of the cases, the assailant eventually broke his code of silence and told either a peer or an…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Intervention, Aggression
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Devedzic, Vladan – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
This paper surveys important aspects of Web Intelligence (WI) in the context of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) research. WI explores the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced Information Technology (IT) on the next generation of Web-related products, systems, services, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Social Networks
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Jones, Chris – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2004
This article argues that the use of the network metaphor can link together various different aspects of research into the use of advanced learning technologies based on computer networks. The idea of networked learning has become commonplace as an alternative to e-learning that stresses the interaction of learners, tutors and resources through…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Figurative Language, Educational Technology, Computer Networks
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Raven, John – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2005
Designing and implementing pedagogies that support collaborative groupwork experiences and which also incorporate the use of information and communications technology is a commonplace, yet complex, task. This article describes a case study that uncovered problems with such an approach that employed interdisciplinary group projects in an…
Descriptors: Business Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education
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Rullo, Giuseppina; Musatti, Tullia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
This study focuses on mothers' and young children's everyday social experience by analyzing their social relationships, social support in child care, mother-child interaction, and mothers' evaluations of all these aspects. Three hundred and eighty-four mothers with a child aged between 1 and 3 years, living in a city in Central Italy, were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Experience, Social Life, Interpersonal Relationship
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Knobel, Michele – E-Learning, 2006
This article focuses on the social practices of propagating and circulating memes within Internet environments as a significant dimension of cultural production and transmission. Memes (pronounced "meems") are contagious patterns of cultural information that are passed from mind to mind and which directly shape and transmit key actions and…
Descriptors: Internet, Cultural Influences, Social Development, Definitions
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Darts, David – Art Education, 2006
Throughout the year, students of Contemporary Issues and the Visual Arts class, an interdisciplinary course for high school juniors and seniors at a large Canadian suburban high school, devised and created a number of individual and collective artistic investigations and creative cultural interventions, both within the classroom and the larger…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Artists, Art Education, High School Students
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Schwartz, Karen; Mactavish, Jennifer; Lutfiyya, Zana Marie – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2006
For students with intellectual disabilities and their families, planning for the transition from school to adult life can be a complicated process. Successful planning is sometimes made more challenging when post-school options and opportunities are not well known or understood. The purpose of this study is to seek out the perspectives of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Community Involvement, Qualitative Research, Transitional Programs
Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This qualitative case study reports on processes and outcomes of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE) project at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). It addresses a critical challenge in studying systemic reform in complex organizations: the lack of methodologies that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Educational Change
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