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Dymock, Darryl – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Between 1965 and 1972, the Australian Government undertook a scheme of National Service, selecting 20-year-old men by ballot for 2-year terms in the Australian Army. Almost 64,000 men were called up, including some 300 school teachers who were posted to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) with the Royal Australian Army Educational Corps,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Military Service, Military Personnel
Bingham, Rosemary Jean – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2017
This article discusses how early curriculum resources available to all school children in New Zealand attempted to shape children's attitudes to the First World War. The study reviewed issues of the "New Zealand School Journal" between the years 1907 and 1925. It found evidence of overt and covert attempts to influence children's…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Masculinity, Foreign Countries, Periodicals
Eden, Devorah – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This article examines the participation of women in academic conferences in Israel, a country in which women are under-represented in academia vertically and horizontally. Data were retrieved from announcements of academic conferences in Israel, for one academic year, covering 56 conferences that attracted 997 participants. Participation was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Conferences (Gatherings), Women Faculty
Denov, Myriam – Children & Society, 2012
Over the past decade, child soldiers have inundated the popular media. Images of boys armed with AK47s appear ubiquitous, providing a cautionary tale of innocent childhood gone awry. While these representations turn commonly held assumptions of a protected and innocuous childhood on its head, what they conceal is as provocative as what they…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, News Media, Military Personnel
Jodai, Hojat; Mahda Vi Zafarghandi, Amir; Danaye Tous, Maryam – Online Submission, 2013
This study investigated the effect of motivational factors on English achievement in an intensive English course. The participants consisted of 164 Iranian male military staff, aged from 20 to 30. The participants filled a translated and adapted version of the mini-Attitude Motivation Test Battery (a=0.70). Factor analysis of the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Motivation, Anxiety, Military Schools, Military Personnel
Ohlson, Carl; Hammermeister, Jon – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2011
This study explored the hypothesis that the presence of anxiety symptoms is less related to simulated basic rifle marksmanship (S-BRM) performance than is cognitive disruption. The sample was comprised of 82 Stryker Brigade Soldiers at a large military post in the Pacific Northwest. Simulated rifle marksmanship was assessed using the Engagement…
Descriptors: Weapons, Military Training, Anxiety, Simulation
De LaGarza, Thomas R.; Manuel, Marcus A.; Wood, J. Luke; Harris, Frank, III – Community College Enterprise, 2016
Few quantitative studies exist on veteran success in postsecondary education, and existing qualitative research has also not accurately identified factors related to veteran achievement or pathways to success in postsecondary education. In this article, the Community College Survey of Men (CCSM) evaluates predictors of student success for…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges
Wang, Lin; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Spence, Naomi J. – Social Forces, 2012
The U.S. Armed Forces offer educational and training benefits as incentives for service. This study investigates the influence of status configurations on military enlistment and their link to greater educational opportunity. Three statuses (socioeconomic status of origin, cognitive ability and academic performance) have particular relevance for…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Service, Socioeconomic Status, Cognitive Ability
Heydari, Fatemeh; Ghanei, Mostafa – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
Sulfur mustard is an alkylating agent with highly cytotoxic properties even at low exposure. It was used widely against both military and civilian population by Iraqi forces in the Iraq-Iran war (1983-1988). Although various aspects of mustard gas effects on patients with chemical injury have been relatively well characterized, its effects on…
Descriptors: Injuries, Physiology, Patients, Foreign Countries
Mansfield, Alyssa J.; Bender, Randall H.; Hourani, Laurel L.; Larson, Gerald E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
Suicides have markedly increased among military personnel in recent years. We used path analysis to examine factors associated with suicidal/self-harming ideation among male Navy and Marine Corps personnel transitioning to civilian life. Roughly 7% of men (Sailors = 5.3%, Marines = 9.0%) reported ideation during the previous 30 days. Results…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Path Analysis
White, George, Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 2012
African Americans have served in the United States Armed Forces in nearly every conflict in the nation's history. However, the State--through official government policy, ad hoc decisions of military commanders, or statements by prominent civilians--was rarely comfortable with Black military service. Throughout most of American history, the various…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, School Effectiveness, Testing, Youth
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
In this article, the author describes how historians and history buffs work to close the knowledge gap about the Black Civil War experience. The war is being revisited in some college history courses and is being championed this year by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The nation's oldest and largest organization…
Descriptors: African Americans, War, African American History, Genealogy
Reddy, Madhavi K.; Meis, Laura A.; Erbes, Christopher R.; Polusny, Melissa A.; Compton, Jill S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of experiential avoidance (EA) in relationship adjustment, psychological aggression, and physical aggression among military couples. Method: The sample was composed of 49 male soldiers who recently returned from deployment to Iraq and their female partners. As part of a larger…
Descriptors: Females, Conflict, Measures (Individuals), Psychology
Jordan, Thomas E. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
An index of the quality of life for children in Ireland's four provinces containing thirty-two counties is generated from three domains of information in the (1841) census of Ireland. The average of three regression-weighted indexes derived from educational, demographic and housing data is labelled the Quality of Life for Irish Children-1841…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counties, Quality of Life, Males
Corley, Janie; Crang, Jeremy A.; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2009
The Scottish Mental Survey of 1932 (SMS1932) provides a record of intelligence test scores for almost a complete year-of-birth group of children born in 1921. By linking UK Army personnel records, the Scottish National War Memorial data, and the SMS1932 dataset it was possible to examine the effect of childhood intelligence scores on wartime…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Scores, Children