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D'Amico, Anthony J. – 1979
The document presents a history of an Italian immigrant family that settled in Westport, Connecticut, before 1900. The monograph is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. Objectives of the history are to record the story of the d'Amico family, shed light on the Westport Italian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Community Characteristics
Westport-Weston Arts Council, CT. – 1979
Transcripts are presented of interviews with 20 individuals of various ethnic backgrounds who live in the Westport-Norwalk, Connecticut, area. The document is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural, heritage of the Westport-Norwalk area from 1900 to 1979. Persons interviewed are identified by ethnic group, including…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change, Community Study
Paulston, Christina Bratt, Ed.; Tucker, G. Richard, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers includes the following: (1) "A Brief History of American Sociolinguistics 1949-1989" (Roger W. Shuy); (2) "Reflections on the Origins of Sociolinguistics in Europe" (Louis-Jean Calvet); (3) "Models of the Interaction of Language and Social Life" (Dell Hymes); (4) "I Came to Sing:…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creoles, Dialects, Diglossia
Clarke, Julia – 2001
The question of where "women returners" to education are returning from was examined through an exploration of the life histories of 18 women in southern England. The study focused on the biographies of women who regarded themselves as primarily responsible for the care of others and yet whose aspirations involved some form of continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Blackmon, Angelicque Tucker – Online Submission, 2005
Conceptual change as a professional development model has moved elementary science teaching beyond lecture and the memorization of facts to science instruction congruent with the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996). However, research on the effectiveness of conceptual change teaching reveals some of its…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, Urban Schools, Elementary School Science
Sauve, Lucie – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to bring to light and celebrate the richness of the environmental education field, thereby paying homage to the pedagogical creativity of its architects over the course of the last thirty years, as well as to their contribution in reflecting on the meaning, problems and possibilities of our relationship to the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Role of Education, Classification, Curriculum
Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed.; Hayes, Kecia, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
This book examines the maligned students who populate urban schools and finds a talented group of resilient young people who deserve the support of the larger society. The editors and authors explore the ways such students are undermined, in the process developing new ways of teaching based on an understanding and appreciation of them.…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Urban Education
Mann, Bruce, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2006
"Selected Styles in Web-Based Educational Research" is concerned with the most common research styles in Web-based teaching or learning. It is intended for practitioners, educators and students, who wish to learn how to conduct research in online teaching and learning, and helps define style in educational research methodology. To…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Language Usage, Educational Research
Flowerdew, John, Ed. – 1994
A collection of essays address a variety of issues in listening in the academic context, particularly in a foreign or second language. Articles include: "Research of Relevance to Second Language Lecture Comprehension--An Overview" (John Flowerdew); "Expectation-Driven Understanding in Information Systems Lecture Comprehension" (Steve Tauroza,…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Science
Manke, Mary Phillips – 1994
An ethnographic study of three public elementary school classrooms explored how teachers organized time and space and through this organization attempted to construct classroom power relationships. The study involved intensive observation of classroom interactions in two fifth-grade classes and one first-grade classroom and close analysis of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V.; Elias-Olivares, Lucia – 1981
This paper examines: (1) the use of questions by children at different levels of proficiency in Spanish and English, and (2) the congruency between the language constructs used to measure language proficiency and the natural language repertoire of children as seen in video-tapes of classroom interaction. A quantitative analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Burke, Penny Jane – 2002
This book about widening educational participation draws on an ethnographic study of 23 students returning to learning through access courses provided at their local further education college in suburban England. Chapter 1 explains how certain poststructural concepts (discourse, hegemony, deconstruction, and subjectivity) are used as analytical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Continuation Students, Developed Nations
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education., 2002
Articles are divided into two sections. Section 1, "Research and Theory, includes: "The Influence of Pronunciation Instruction on the Pronunciation of English Word-Final Consonants by Brazilian Learners" (Roseanne Silveira); "Perceptions, Interactions and Immersion: A Cross-Comparative Case Study of African-American Students'…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Black Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Canieso-Doronila, Maria Luisa – 1996
Thirteen marginal Philippine communities were examined in an ethnographic study of the meaning of functional literacy and whether literacy invariably promotes development. The 13 sites were purposely selected to provide a broad sampling from three standpoints: (1) major livelihood and form of economic activity (farming, fishing, urban poor,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Education

Foster, Peter – British Educational Research Journal, 1990
Evaluates two British ethnographic studies by Bruce Carrington and Edward Wood, and by Cecile Y. Wright claiming to find evidence of teachers' racist attitudes and behaviors toward Afro-Caribbean students that contributed to student underachievement. Delineates methodological flaws. Argues that Wright's findings that the source of racism is in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Black Students, Case Studies