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Meyer, Frauke, Ed.; Meissel, Kane, Ed. – NZCER Press, 2023
For emerging researchers, introductory content that is specific to the Aotearoa context can be hard to find. Research methods for education and the social disciplines in Aotearoa New Zealand draws on the thinking of numerous local researchers to deliver an overview and introduction to research methodology and methods, in a way that closely ties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Social Sciences, Research Methodology
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Schaub, Michael – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2012
College career centers provide a valuable resource to students faced with choosing a major, learning about different career fields, and securing internships and jobs. Career centers must provide an increasingly sophisticated array of one-on-one and virtual services in order to meet the needs of students and recruiters. Collaborations between the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Counseling Services, Career Centers, Guidance Centers
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Eells, Gregory T. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2012
A recent article in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" by Brian Van Brunt (2012) and a follow-up article by M. David Rudd (2012) have raised questions for college and university mental health professionals. Van Brunt takes the position that college counselors should broaden their scope of care and work with more difficult students, no matter how…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Mental Health Workers, Expertise
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Pillay, Jace – School Psychology International, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of vulnerable learners from child-headed households through an ecological systems model that includes their homes, community, and school. Special emphasis was given to the role of school psychologists as change agents within the context of schools. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Sentences, Family (Sociological Unit), School Psychologists
Malcom, Shirley Mahaley, Comp.; And Others – 1976
This document provides an alphabetical list of programs designed to improve the science education of minority groups and to increase their participation in science and science-related careers. Minority refers to such racial and/or ethnic groups as Blacks, Chicanos/Mexican Americans, Native Americans/American Indians, and Puerto Ricans. Programs in…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
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Watson, Mark B. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2006
The most fundamental challenge that career psychology faces is the construction of a new identity that will challenge the career theories and counselling practices that have occupied centre stage in evolving forms for over a century. As part of that challenge, career practitioners and career educators need to address the critical question of what…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Career Counseling, Career Development, Ethics
Mani, Priya S. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2005
The purpose of this research study was to examine the supports and barriers that Sikh Indo-Canadian young women perceive in their career decision-making process to enter the applied social sciences at the university level. A qualitative descriptive case study approach (Yin, 2003) was used. Analyses indicated self-efficacy appraisals played an…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Religious Cultural Groups, Social Sciences
Illinois State Board of Education, 2004
This handbook contains information for high school educators--teachers, curriculum coordinators, counselors, and principals--as they prepare students to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE). The first section explains the purpose of the PSAE, gives timelines and test-day schedules, and shows how the PSAE is constructed. The rest…
Descriptors: Test Items, Writing Tests, Standard Setting, Grade 11