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The Role of Preferred Beliefs in Skepticism about Psychology
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Newman, Leonard S.; Bakina, Daria A.; Tang, Ying – American Psychologist, 2012
Not being taken seriously can be an occupational hazard for psychologists, but Lilienfeld's (February-March 2012) thought-provoking article (see record 2011-12007-001) provides a useful framework for thinking about (a) the forms that skepticism about psychological science can take, (b) the roots of such skepticism, and (c) how one might address or…
Descriptors: Psychology, Psychologists, Beliefs, Role Perception
Counseling Battered Women from Fundamentalist Christian Backgrounds.
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Whipple, Vicky – Counseling and Values, 1988
Examines biblical issues (spouse roles, separation and divorce, forgiveness, faith) that are of concern to battered women from fundamentalist Christian backgrounds. Offers counselors suggestions on how to address them. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Beliefs, Christianity, Counseling Techniques
How Gifted Students Cope with Mixed Messages.
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Cross, Tracy L. – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1999
Suggests that gifted students often face mixed messages based on others' beliefs about giftedness. Identifies patterns of coping behaviors against the backdrop of such messages along a continuum which ranges from not identifying with other gifted students, blending in with the general student population, or embracing the stereotypical gifted…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Myths and Realities of Academic Administration.
Plante, Patricia R.; Caret, Robert L. – 1990
An attempt is made to demythologize certain aspects of academic administration that even knowledgeable and experienced academic administrators often ignore at the peril of effective leadership. Eight essays are presented which question these myths associated with upper level administration in universities. These myths tell us that administrators…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beliefs, College Administration, College Presidents
Images of Mathematics outside the Community of Mathematicians: Evidence and Explanations.
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Furinghetti, Fulvia – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1993
Discusses the images and stereotypes of mathematics and mathematicians among mathematicians, mathematics teachers, and nonmathematicians. Provides examples from literature and the arts, and explains how and why a certain image of mathematics is formed at school. (Contains 27 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematicians, Mathematics
Classroom Management for Student Teachers.
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Snyder, David W. – Music Educators Journal, 1998
Conveys the importance of student teaching for developing and further exploring preconceived beliefs about classroom management. Recognizes role identity and the cooperating teacher as having the most impact on student teachers. Stresses that when placing the student teacher with a cooperating teacher, the university should attempt to match their…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards, Beliefs, Classroom Techniques
Meaning and Spirituality in the Lives of College Faculty: A Study of Values, Authenticity, and Stress.
Astin, Alexander W.; Astin, Helen S. – 1999
During the past three years more than 80 scholars, students, and educational leaders have participated with the Higher Education Research Institute in an extended series of dialogues about issues of spirituality, authenticity, meaning, wholeness, and self-renewal in higher education. These dialogues explored issues related to: achieving a greater…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Collegiality, Higher Education