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Merrett, Christopher D. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Defines political geography as a discipline specifically concerned with territorial organization and power and how these impact human and political processes. Traces the development of the discipline from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Discusses reasons for its fall from academic grace and its eventual resurgence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alienation, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
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Boltvinik, Julio – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Critically evaluates the methodologies used in three recent studies on poverty in Latin America. Maintains that some studies measure the relative nature of nutritional poverty while others record the absolute nature of nutritional poverty (physical survival). Includes a comparative analysis of the studies' results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economics, Foreign Countries
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Blase, Joseph J. – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Examines the political strategies used by 261 female and 105 male teachers from 99 urban, 144 rural, and 123 suburban areas when interacting with "closed"/"ineffective" principals. Teachers' reasons/purposes for using such strategies and teachers' opinions concerning the strategies' effectiveness were studied within the context…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
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Leitner, Erich – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Describes the higher education reform discussion in Austria which led to major system reorganization in 1993. It is noted that a previous academic oligarchy played a central role because a high proportion of university faculty also served in the parliament. Research on higher education played little part in reform because few studies were…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Administration
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Ryan, James – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
A study of 25 staff members, 40 students, and parents of 6 students at a Canadian suburban secondary school examined how prevailing stereotypical discourses were reflected in the ways people talked about and acted toward minority groups. Strategies for creating opportunities for alternative discourses to be heard are discussed. Contains 44…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Stereotypes, Foreign Countries
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Hill, Robert J. – Convergence, 2004
This essay explores the intersection of US Empire on HIV/AIDS policies and the politics of "gifting." It does so from an analysis of several key US initiatives: the Project for a New American Century, the US National Security Strategy, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. History provides numerous examples where US…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Politics, National Security, Social Control
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Wood, Bruce – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2004
This article is an investigation and development of a locally "grounded" theory resulting from a case study done of a department of music at a state university. The full study was completed (2002) under the advisement and supervision of Dr. Gerald Olson, Professor in the School of Music and the School of Education at the University of…
Descriptors: Music Education, State Universities, School Culture, Case Studies
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Menter, Ian; Hextall, Ian; Mahony, Pat – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2003
Following the 1998 Green Paper on teachers' work, the UK government introduced Threshold Assessment of teachers in England and Wales in 2000. Teachers who met the Threshold standards were rewarded with a pay rise and access to an upper pay spine. At the time ministers gave assurances that equal opportunities would be taken very seriously in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Race, Educational Policy, Rhetoric
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Muthukrishna, Nithi; Ramsuran, Anitha – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
This paper emerges out of a larger qualitative study that aimed at mapping barriers to basic education experienced by children and adults in the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The study was undertaken in Richmond district and involved a range of centres of learning (formal and informal) including three high schools, five primary schools,…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Focus Groups, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Caregivers
Haig-Brown, Celia – 1995
This book is a critical ethnography of the Native Education Centre (NEC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. It presents an intimate view of the center, focusing on the people that work there--First Nations students, board members, teachers--and revealing their beliefs about First Nations control of education and how they put those beliefs into…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, American Indian Education
McKerrow, Kelly – 1996
This paper presents a critical qualitative account and analysis of resistance and contestation over the decision-making process in a special education program. The parties involved were four parent advocates, who formed an advocacy organization, and the school administration in a rural school district in the Midwest. A subtle but powerful bias…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Advocacy, Boards of Education
Burchenal, Margaret; Foote, Allison – 1993
This resource packet is designed to help teachers incorporate the study of ancient Greek and Roman art into junior and senior high school classrooms. The packet consists of four curriculum units based upon aspects of classical life or culture. These units are: "Daily Life; Mythology"; "Images of Power"; and "Echoes of…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Art, Art Activities, Art Criticism
deGive, Marilyn L. – 1996
This case study of a higher education policy-making process tested a conceptual model based on a combination of political systems, behavioral power, and influence theories. The study, which followed the course and outcomes of a branch campus policy formulated in Washington state over a four-year period (1985-89), sought to show that the ability of…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Behavior Theories, Community Action, Community Involvement
Zeigler, Harmon; And Others – 1983
A 3-year research project was conducted to compare the conflict management behavior of school superintendents and city managers, both of whom are professionally trained experts held accountable to lay legislatures. Chapter 1, "Professionalism and Responsiveness," addresses the inherent tension, in a democracy, between elected officials'…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
Torbert, William R. – 1981
Educational research has thus far failed to greatly improve education because it is based on a model of reality that emphasizes unilateral control in both research and practice. Efforts to gain unilateral control presume that researchers or practitioners know what is significant from the outset, that they are essentially outside the situation they…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Discovery Learning, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
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