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Beuf, Ann Hill – 1979
This book focuses on the social situation of the hospitalized child in twentieth-century America. It contends that the children's hospital has many of the characteristics of depersonalization and enforced helplessness that are associated with other "total institutions" in our society. The book also examines the interpersonal approaches employed by…
Descriptors: Coping, Emotional Response, Field Studies, Hospital Personnel
Braden, Warren R. – 1998
Peer mentoring among African-American males (referred to as "homies") on the west side of Chicago was examined in an afrocentric ethnographic study. The study used three data collection methods: a survey (of respondents' definition of the word "mentor") administered at bus stops, elevated train stations, gyms, and libraries to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks, Educational Attitudes
Gudykunst, William B., Ed.; Kim, Young Yun, Ed. – 1984
The eighth in a series of publications dealing with aspects of intercultural communication, this volume focuses on approaches to intercultural communication research. The 16 chapters of the volume are arranged into three sections: diverse approaches to research, quantitative approaches, and qualitative approaches. Specific chapters discuss the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Download full textCarter, Thomas; Fleischhauer, Carl – 1988
Grouse Creek is a small Mormon ranching community in the extreme northwest corner of Utah. A survey of that community was conducted during 1985 by a team of folklorists, architectural historians, and historians, with the purpose of testing the idea of combining in the same fieldwork a concern for architecture, folk arts, and folklife. The work was…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Area Studies, Community Study
Seymour, Susan C. – 1999
This book describes a 30-year longitudinal study of the impact of urbanization and modernization on changing family organization, child rearing practices, and gender roles in India and their contribution to women's life satisfaction. The book is organized around a series of personal encounters recorded in field notes, focusing on the mothers,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Thelin, John R. – 1982
The notion of applied history is used to complicate present-minded conceptions of higher education by examining both the continuities and changes in colleges and universities. The collection of essays aims to leave the reader with two habits: (1) the active use of the methods and strategies of historical research in approaching professional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Archives, Athletics, Change Agents
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1996
This volume contains 10 papers on higher education theory and research. "Variation Among Academic Disciplines: Analytical Frameworks and Research" (John M. Braxton and Lowell L. Hargens) reviews work on disciplinary differences and proposed conceptual schemes for explaining these differences. "Public Policy and Public Trust: The Use…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
