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Not Some Shrink-Wrapped Beautiful Package: Using Poetry to Explore Academic Life
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Jones, Anna – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
This paper explores teaching in higher education through poetic transcription in order to illustrate the range of influences that shape the ways in which we teach. Through using poetry, this paper examines dimensions such as the past, emotion, humour and uncertainty, which are important aspects of teaching that are sometimes sidelined by more…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Poetry, College Faculty
Long-Term Effects of a Student Science Training Program (SSTP).
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Druger, Marvin; Borgstede, William R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1984
Determined the possible long-term effects of a precollege Student Science Training Program (SSTP) conducted at Syracuse University from 1961 to 1974. Responses from completed questionnaires (N=114, representing a 33 percent response rate) were overwhelmingly enthusiastic and positive about SSTP. Includes actual student comments about SSTP and its…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Influences, Program Effectiveness, Science Careers
Discriminant Factors in the Choice of a Non-Traditional "Math and Science-Oriented" versus a Traditional "People-Oriented" Career for Black Students.
Cooper, Colin – 1983
Traditionally, blacks have been underrepresented in scientific and technical career fields, focusing instead on people and service-oriented careers. To investigate the relationship between career aspiration and various environmental influences (e.g., academic preparation and intellectual orientation, science-oriented hobbies, math and science…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Discriminant Analysis