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On Sentimental Education among American College Students
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Sabin, Portia Culver – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: This study attempts to join the debate around the definition of "education" by looking at it as an ongoing, everyday social practice. It follows decades of work done on "love" in America and opens an inquiry into "friendship" as a product of situated practical action. It also challenges social…
Descriptors: Research Needs, College Students, Research Design, Student Attitudes
The Cockpit's Empty Chair: Education through Appropriating Alienation at a Chicago Technology Museum
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Lormier, Anne – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: In the United States, the percentage of schoolchildren planning to become high-status professionals is grossly disproportionate to the percentage of such jobs comprising our division of labor. As in a game of musical chairs, it is not structurally possible for everyone to remain a contender. Focus of Study: Various adults who…
Descriptors: Research Design, Museums, Adults, Ethnography
Enacting Literacy: Local Understanding, Significant Disability, and a New Frame for Educational Opportunity
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Kliewer, Christopher; Biklen, Douglas – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: Culturally authoritative texts such as Text Revision of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual-IV [DSM-IV-TR](American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2004) describe literate impossibility for individuals with disability labels associated with severe developmental disabilities. Our qualitative research challenges the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Indigenous Knowledge, Citizenship