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Bhagat, Devendra; Williams, David D. – 1987
A university-public school partnership analysis reveals how the cultural context associated with existing institutions can both facilitate and impede the emergence of a new culture that those institutions attempt to create and often involves entire cultural reforms and organizational conversion. Brigham Young University and five surrounding school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Authoritarianism, College School Cooperation, Cultural Awareness
Evans, Stephanie; Crockett, Stanley – 1986
Passive coping behavior and traditional role-gender definitions affect learning needs of segments of the Mexican American adult community and may affect the behavioral development of younger family members. Networking within the community is useful in defining and meeting learning needs of adult Mexican Americans by creating cooperative,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Patterns, Community Change, Community Coordination
Massiah, Joycelin, Ed. – 1982
One in a series of documents emanating from a three-year project concerned with the role of women in the English-speaking Caribbean, this collection of papers examines family life and the domestic domain. The overall objectives of the project are to establish in the region a data base for teaching, research, and planning purposes and to develop…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Emotional Problems, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
Meyers, Judith K. – 1989
"Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs," which was published jointly by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) in 1988, is the most recent in a series of efforts to articulate and encode professional program and practice standards that have…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education
Rowe, David C.; Elam, Patricia – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1987
Siblings are far more likely to be different than alike in personality and psychopathology. Different genes and different environmental experiences can account for why one sibling becomes mentally ill and another is not affected. Environmental experiences play a much greater role in sibling differentiation than has been previously recognized.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes
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Mutua, N. Kagendo; Miller, Janice Williams; Mwavita, Mwarumba – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study investigated parental perceptions (n=351) of eight physical and human resources available to meet the needs of children with developmental disabilities in Kenya. Most parents reported a match between expected use and importance in five areas: health, friends, religious affiliation, community acceptance, and having one's own home. (Contains…
Descriptors: Children, Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Employment Services
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Korbin, Jill E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2003
This commentary on Enrique Gracia's (2003) article, "Social Isolation from Communities and Child Maltreatment: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," discusses the relationship of neighborhood context to child maltreatment. The difficulty of sorting out individual and contextual factors is emphasized, along with the problem of clearly defining the unit of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Problems
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Moshman, David; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1993
Reviews books comprised of papers or chapters written by various authors. The books are (1) "Directors of Development: Influences on the Development of Children's Thinking"; (2) "Best Methods for the Analysis of Change: Recent Advances, Unanswered Questions"; (3) "Family Transitions"; (4) "Parent-Child Relations…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Coping
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Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; And Others – American Psychologist, 1991
Reviews studies on the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among homeless adolescents, and makes policy recommendations. Discusses factors affecting delivery of services, social networks and risk acts, and describes intervention programs aimed at homeless youth. Homeless youth are well informed about HIV and responsive to behavior change.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse
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Thorlindsson, Thorolfur; Vilhjalmsson, Runar – Adolescence, 1991
Examined predictors of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in nationwide sample of 1,200 Icelandic adolescents. Found that use of tobacco and alcohol was related to sex, residence, hours of paid work, physical activities, social network, educational performance and beliefs, and psychological distress. Concludes that existing theoretical perspectives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Drinking, Employment
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Garcia-Ramirez, Manuel; Martinez, Manuel F.; Balcazar, Fabricio E.; Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda; Albar, Maria-Jesus; Dominguez, Eugenia; Santolaya, Francisco J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
We analyzed the role that psychosocial empowerment and social support factors play in the employment status of immigrants who participate in job-readiness programs financed by the European Social Funds and the Welfare Services of Andalusia, a region in the south of Spain. The goal of these programs is to find new ways to improve immigrants'…
Descriptors: Employment Level, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Program Development
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Gilman, Rich; Meyers, Joel; Perez, Laura – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
One factor that contributes to adolescent positive mental health is active engagement. Engagement is defined as any activity that is initiated to attain an outcome. In general, two forms of activities exist that correspond with engagement: solitary, non-structured, and non-cooperative pursuits, often without adult supervision (e.g., playing video…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Esteem, Learning Activities, School Psychologists
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McGregor, Jane – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
Drawing on a research study into the spatiality of teachers' workplaces, this article explores the "concrete realities" of the artefact-filled world with which teachers, support staff and students interact, and considers the way in which networks of people and things order the spaces of the school. Spatiality is examined explicitly in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Teaching Conditions, School Space
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Ho, Curtis P. – Educational Perspectives, 2003
A learning community can play an important role in facilitating student learning in a class and this is especially evident for distance learning courses. Creating a learning community that is virtual requires the use of online communication tools such as email, threaded discussion boards, and chat rooms. Many online students also benefit through…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Interaction, Foreign Countries
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Cook, James M. – Teaching Sociology, 2005
Although the literature on social networks has made a considerable contribution to the sociological imagination in recent years, it has been largely ignored in conventional course materials. Such an omission is curious, considering social networks' intuitive imagery, broad theoretical relevance and extensive empirical application. This article…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Theories, Course Content, Undergraduate Study
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