NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Researching as a Critical Secretary: A Strategy and Praxis for Critical Ethnography
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chang, Ethan – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
This paper proposes a strategy for ethnographically investigating politically disparate education organizations. I develop the notion of researching as a critical secretary: a method of participant-observation conducted alongside those observed to hold the least formal power. Drawing on data from an initial empirical effort to implement this…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Praxis, Ethnography, Participant Observation
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of School Personnel Regarding Influenza, Vaccinations, and School Outbreaks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ha, Chrysanthy; Rios, Lenoa M.; Pannaraj, Pia S. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: School personnel are important for communicating with parents about school vaccination programs and recognizing influenza outbreaks. This study examined knowledge, attitudes, and practices of school personnel regarding seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza, vaccinations, and school outbreak investigations. Methods: Data were analyzed from…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, School Personnel, Employee Attitudes, Immunization Programs
Turning around Schools in Need
Direct linkDirect link
Rivero, Victor – District Administration, 2009
In December, President-elect Barack Obama selected Chicago's Dodge Renaissance Academy, a 400-student pre-K8 school, as the backdrop for choosing Arne Duncan, the Chicago Public Schools' CEO, as the nation's new secretary of education. Touted as a "turnaround school," Dodge represented the idea that if change could come to a…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Charter Schools, Office Occupations, School Culture