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Brody, Leslie – 1999
Breaking with conventional wisdom, this book integrates a wealth of perspectives and research-- biological, sociocultural, developmental--to explore the nature and extent of gender differences in emotional expression and the question of how such differences come about. In the book, nurture rather than nature emerges as the stronger force in…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
Mintrop, Heinrich; MacLellan, Ann Merck; Quintero, Margaret Fee; Kelemen, Matthew – 1999
Accountability systems target effective school management among other key aspects of the school-improvement process that impact teacher performance. In treating this aspect of accountability, it asks, "What do school improvement plans reveal about schools' responses to accountability and probation?" The school-improvement plan…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Hoffman, Allan M., Ed.; Summers, Randal W., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers highlights topics relating to leadership in higher education. After a "Foreword" (Dean L. Hubbard) and "Introduction" (Allan M. Hoffman and Randal W. Summers), the 12 chapters are: (1) "Organizational Structure, Management, and Leadership for the Future" (Richard Alfred and Scott Rosevear); (2) "The Practitioner's…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Administration

Dahl, Robert A. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Argues that political equality and democracy are attainable only through the distribution of access to political resources and the willingness to use them. Discusses the broad philosophical and sociological components that contribute to a system marked by advantage and inequalities, as well as opportunities for opposition and resistance. (MJP)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Democracy, Democratic Values

Huddleston, Thomas, Jr.; Rumbough, Lawrence P. – College and University, 1997
A survey of 385 higher education institutions, public and private, investigated the state of enrollment management operations, including their organizational composition, reporting structure, reasons for reconfiguration, and results of implementation. Findings indicated different reporting structures in private and public colleges. Motivation for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Admission

Andreoni, Helen – Babel: Australia, 1997
Discusses language policy matters and the management of cultural and linguistic diversity in the area of education, with particular reference to Eritrea in East Africa and its application to Australia's language situation. The article presents examples of the impact of the tyrannical imposition of language usage, including the long-term…
Descriptors: Amharic, Change Agents, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design

Young, Betty J.; Bartel, Virginia B. – Teacher Educator, 1996
This case study examined the revision of a state university's elementary teacher education program, noting dilemmas arising during the university approval process related to faculty involvement, power and authority, incentives, and sacred cows such as academic freedom. Lessons learned about programmatic change within the culture of the university…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Education

Slaughter, Sheila – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Challenges the current belief that post-secondary curricula is defined by faculty and institutions in response to demographic shifts. Maintains that a complex interweaving of social movements, class structures, political, and economic forces influences the adaptation and implementation of curricula. Criticizes the establishment and the recognition…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development

Wignaraja, Ponna – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Traces the search for economic development alternatives that go beyond conventional neo-classical and Marxist theory and practice. Outlines case studies of social and economic transformation in South Korea and China and delineates the differences between similar attempts in Latin America and Eastern Europe. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change

Ali, Shaikh Maqsood; Sirivardana, Susil – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Summarizes the Report and Recommendations of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation. Proposes an economic development approach that is based on a people-centered values framework and social mobilization. Profiles a similar program, Janasaviya, pioneered in Sri Lanka in 1989. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Capitalism, Citizen Participation, Disadvantaged Environment

Turner, Stephen – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1997
Poses an interesting analogy by considering the university as a constitutional entity with the faculty as its "citizens." Argues that elimination of tenure is an abrogation of the rights, and responsibilities of those citizens. Posits tenure as a stabilizing counterbalance to the often arbitrary actions of the administration. (MJP)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Economic Impact, Educational Change
Ho, Kwok Keung – Compare, 1996
Posits a shaky future for religious schools in Hong Kong after its reunion with communist China in 1997. Although religious schooling enjoys a long history of popular support, education in Hong Kong is clearly recognized as a government responsibility. Includes a history of religious schools in Hong Kong. (MJP)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Church Related Colleges, Church Role, Communism

Hart, Ann Weaver – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
Work redesign to facilitate teacher empowerment was studied in a year-long comparative case study in two junior-high schools implementing a career-ladder program. Journals of 6 teacher leaders (TLs), 23 teachers, and 3 teacher-specialists; TLs' and novice teachers' midyear surveys; and 61 classroom observations by TLs and principals were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Job Satisfaction

Johnston, Ron J.; Taylor, Peter J. – Geographical Education, 1987
Presents a model of the world as an interdependent whole dominated by two conflicts: (1) the North-South economic conflict between developed and underdeveloped nations; and (2) the East-West ideological conflict between two superpowers and their allies. Intended to serve as a theoretical basis for objectives and content selection in geography…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations

Rau, William; Baker, Paul J. – Teaching Sociology, 1989
Examines the organized contradictions linked to the simultaneous bureaucratization and professionalization of academe that restrict excellence in undergraduate instruction. Presents a general systems model that points out the need for a coordinated set of changes which, if institutionalized, could lead to an academic revolution. Responses by Lee…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, College Environment, College Faculty, Economic Factors