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Haynes, Norris M., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed.; Ensign, Jacque, Ed. – 2003
This book is for math and science teachers who are eager to find creative and stimulating ways to engage student interest and boost their academic performance. A group of contributors including both psychologists and teachers outline the principles of social emotional learning (SEL) that educators can follow to help all students achieve in the…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Download full textBerry, Gordon LaVern, Ed.; Asamen, Joy Keiko, Ed. – 1989
This collection examines the history and current status of the economic, political, social, and psychological factors that influence the academic achievement of low-income African Americans. The introduction, "Afro-American Students and Academic Achievement" (J. K. Asamen), outlines the historical development of black education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, Cultural Influences
Phinney, Jean S., Ed.; Rotheram, Mary Jane, Ed. – 1986
This book presents an integrated review of research on the issues related to children and ethnicity in pluralistic societies. It addresses such questions as: How do children respond to and deal with the differences among groups in both the observable characteristics and the less obvious values and norms? How do children come to understand the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Briere, Eugene J., Ed.; And Others – 1979
The publication brings together the latest thinking in five areas important to bilingual education. Part one, legal aspects, deals with limitations and capabilities of the judicial process, interpretations of major court decisions, and implications of these decisions in terms of community members, educators, and school boards. Philosophies,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Assessment
Lettieri, Dan J., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This volume presents various theoretical orientations and perspectives of the drug abuse research field, derived from the social and biomedical sciences. The first section contains a separate theoretical overview for each of the 43 theories or perspectives. The second section contains five chapters which correspond to the five components of a drug…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Mebrahtu, Teame, Ed.; Crossley, Michael, Ed.; Johnson, David, Ed. – 2000
This book originates from an international conference convened in 1998 by the Centre for International Studies in Education and Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. The theme for this conference was "Education at Reconstruction and Transformation." The papers have since been completely rewritten and are joined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors
Direct linkDeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
Levinson, Bradley A., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Around the world, schools are central to the social and cultural shaping of the young. They inculcate the skills, subjectivities, and disciplines that undergird the modern nation-state. The case studies in this volume demonstrate a new direction for critical educational research as they demonstrate social reproduction and cultural production and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Cultural Relevance, Culture
Butler, Charlene – 1992
This monograph presents four reports on the care of children with disabilities, resulting from a study/travel project in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Seychelles, India, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia. The first report focuses on the medical, educational, and social care of children with disabilities. It first summarizes…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Community Services
Fredman, Alice, Ed. – 1990
This book presents reports on selected "local action" projects that were developed as part of the Equity in Technology Project, which was inaugurated in 1985 by the Educational Computer Consortium of Ohio (ECCO). The book is organized into three sections, one for each of the populations targeted by the project. An introduction by Alice Fredman…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
Gaylord-Ross, Robert, Ed.; And Others – 1990
Forty-one readings are presented on the social ecology variables and interventions that characterize the life of persons with disabilities. The readings are grouped into six categories dealing respectively with background, assessment of student-centered variables, interventions relating to student-centered variables, program-centered variables,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Marfo, Kofi, Ed. – 1988
Examined are the interactions of parents and their children with developmental disabilities, focusing on the following aspects: social, emotional, language, communication, clinical, educational, and methodological. A partial listing of contents follows: "Determinants of Parent and Child Interactive Behavior" (Carl Dunst and Carol…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response
English, Lyn D., Ed. – 2002
This handbook brings together important mathematics education research that makes a difference in both theory and practice, research that anticipates problems and necessary knowledge before they become impediments to progress, interprets future-oriented problems into researchable issues, presents the implications of research and theory development…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Postiglione, Gerard A., Ed.; Lee, Wing On, Ed. – 1997
Contributions to this volume present background material about the characteristics of education in Hong Kong as well as social and organizational perspectives that explore key educational issues facing Hong Kong educators. The first part of the book introduces the Hong Kong education system, while the second part deals with the organizational and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Cummings, William K., Ed.; Altbach, Philip G., Ed. – 1997
Contributions to this book were prepared by specialists on Asian education. They explore curricular and classroom processes for basic education, new developments in secondary education, innovations in private education, linkages of education and society, and systemic issues in Asian education, considered for their implications for education in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations
