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Beck, Brianna – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2020
This article presents the author's experiences of practicing as an art therapist with a visible disability working alongside disabled art therapy participants in two settings--one that operates from the social model of disability and the other from the medical model of disability. Based on autoethnographic research, the author describes community…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Disabilities, Experience
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Chaffee, Rachel; Gupta, Preeti – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
This review explores Jackson and Seiler's "I am smart enough to study postsecondary science: A critical discourse analysis of latecomers' identity construction in an online forum" by considering the analytic framework for figured worlds guiding this study. We consider the specific affordances of cultural production theory for examining…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Informal Education, Museums, Cultural Influences
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Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
The seven papers in this issue address a variety of challenges that parents in several different cultural places encounter as they do their best to ensure their children's safe, happy, and successful development from infancy through middle childhood: infant sleep, developmental agendas, temperament, preschools, academic success, and learning to be…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Barriers, Cultural Differences, Child Development
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Alonso, Roxana Aguilar – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Using auto-ethnography, I write my story as Mexican international student in the role of pre-service teacher in Australia. I focus on exploring my socio-political status and its relationship to assuming a position to respond to education policies about working with students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and teaching…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Preservice Teachers, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups
Roy, Lorienne – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
Robbins Carter's portrait of the librarian workforce is still true. According to the latest American Library Association (ALA) demographics, the profile of today's librarian is that of a white (87.1 percent) woman (80.7 percent) of middle age (57.1 percent, age 45 or older) (ALA, 2013). Despite these data, support for increased diversity is…
Descriptors: Library Education, Graduate Students, Minority Group Students, Enrollment Influences
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Martin, Lee; Gordon, Shaun – Gifted and Talented International, 2012
Persson's (2012a) article offers a timely contribution to the science of giftedness through questioning the validity of research emerging from within this paradigm. Using evidence from a number of disciplines he demonstrates that what is regarded as gifted behaviour in one culture could be regarded as quite ordinary within another. He therefore…
Descriptors: Evidence, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Validity
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McAvoy, Paula – Educational Theory, 2012
In this essay, Paula McAvoy addresses the problem caused by the liberal state's necessary tolerance of insular fundamentalist groups and the concern that children raised in such groups do not have a fair opportunity to evaluate their inherited beliefs. This tension comes to the fore around disagreements over schooling and requests for religious…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Childrens Rights, Personal Autonomy, Religious Cultural Groups
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Chase, Melissa, Comp.; Vollum, Matt; Toebbe, Jennifer; Clark, Gary E.; Magnotta, John; Culp, Brian; Schmidlein, Robert; Ladda, Shawn – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2011
This article presents suggestions from various physical education teachers regarding how they can better prepare physical educators for teaching in an urban setting. An educator suggests that understanding that each student is an individual and taking the time and effort to talk with (instead of at) each student will allow a teacher the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Physical Education, Self Efficacy, Physical Education Teachers
Jutting, Johannes: Morrisson, Christian – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
One of the long-standing priorities of the international community is to reduce gender disparity in developing countries. Yet, the overall picture is still gloomy: women continue to be excluded from access to resources and employment and are denied basic human rights. This Policy Brief explains why progress has been so minimal and what should be…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Freedom, Females, Foreign Countries