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Direct linkRobert T. Palmer Ed.; Alonzo M. Flowers III Ed.; Sosanya Jones Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
While research has emphasized the importance of a diverse faculty, higher education has done little to bring this goal to fruition. The hidden politics at play during the traditional tenure and promotion process represent a significant obstacle to the advancement of Black faculty. While research productivity is the cornerstone of a successful…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Higher Education, African American Teachers, College Faculty
Bruce, Susan M.; Pine, Gerald J. – Teachers College Press, 2010
This is the first book about action research devoted to the complex issues faced by children with disabilities and their teachers. The authors begin by providing the historical and philosophical underpinnings of action research and then present a framework for conducting action research in special education. In addition, they feature four examples…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Action Research
Mizzi, Robert C., Ed.; Rocco, Tonette S., Ed.; Shore, Sue, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2016
This groundbreaking book critiques the boundaries of where adult education takes place through a candid examination of teaching, learning, and working practices in the social periphery. Lives in this context are diverse and made through complex practices that take place in the shadows of formal systems: on streetscapes and farms, in vehicles and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Sexuality, Occupations
Jones, Phyllis, Ed.; Whitehurst, Teresa, Ed.; Egerton, Jo, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
In recent years, the concept of teachers as researchers in both special and mainstream school settings has become part of our everyday language. Whilst many educational practitioners will see the need for research within their setting, many may not be familiar with the technical elements they believe are required. "Creating Meaningful Inquiry in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Alternative Assessment, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Researchers
Tate, Robyn L. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
This "Compendium" is a comprehensive reference manual containing an extensive selection of instruments developed to measure signs and symptoms commonly encountered in neurological conditions, both progressive and non-progressive. It provides a repository of established instruments, as well as newly-developed scales, and covers all aspects of the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Dementia, Health Conditions, Community Involvement
Switzky, Harvey N., Ed.; Greenspan, Stephen, Ed. – American Association on Mental Retardation, 2006
This book is a rare peek into the divergent--and at times contentious--points of view among world's leading researchers on what the condition of mental retardation is and how it should be defined, measured, and implemented in the 21st century. It is a candid and insightful collection of essays from experts on issues ranging from whether mental…
Descriptors: Researchers, Cognitive Development, Mental Retardation, Definitions
Ashcroft, Kate; Bigger, Stephen; Coates, David – 1996
This book examines issues in studying equal opportunity in colleges and universities, especially those in the United Kingdom, and methods for conducting research into equal opportunity issues. It is intended to provide a framework of ideas and starting points for research. Most of the techniques suggested are forms of participant research on a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Affirmative Action, College Admission
Farrell, Ann – Open University Press, 2005
Research with children is occurring within a climate of mounting international interest in listening to and consulting with children in ways that are respectful of them as competent informants of their own experience. This interest has occurred within "new times" of heightened accountability, regulation and surveillance of research. This climate…
Descriptors: Researchers, Disabilities, Young Children, Research Problems
Mertens, Donna M.; McLaughlin, John A. – 2003
This text is designed to enable educators to design, conduct, and report research and evaluation in a way that transforms special education by addressing the needs of persons with disabilities as heterogeneous, cultural groups. The book explores ways to adapt those research methods to the special education context by providing a framework for…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Burnaford, Gail, Ed.; Fischer, Joseph, Ed.; Hobson, David, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers describes the processes of doing teacher action research. There are nine chapters in three parts. Part 1, "Ways of Doing Teacher Action Research," includes (1) "Action and Reflection: Narrative and Journaling in Teacher Research" (David Hobson); (2) "Action Research Rationale and Planning:…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Computer Uses in Education
