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Francis, Leslie J.; Croft, Jennifer S.; Pyke, Alice; Robbins, Mandy – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2012
This essay discusses the design of the quantitative component of the "Young People's Attitudes to Religious Diversity" project, conceived by Professor Robert Jackson within the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, and presents some preliminary findings from the data. The quantitative component followed and built on the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Social Psychology
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Pilkington, Andrew – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2013
This article has its origins in the Macpherson report's contention that public organisations in British society are characterised by institutional racism. Drawing upon the Parekh report's identification of ten components of institutional racism, the article examines which, if any, of these components are manifest in a university in Central England…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Bias, College Environment, Blacks
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Stinson, Kandi M. – Teaching Sociology, 1987
Describes a student project that requires students to administer a questionnaire on sexual attitudes to family members and age-peers. Since students predict responses before administering the questionnaires, the results can illustrate the differences between actual and perceived generation gaps and other aspects of sexual socialization and value…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Generation Gap, Higher Education, Interviews
Grant, D. R. B. – 1984
The argument presented in this monograph stresses that, as concerns early childhood education, Jamaican parents must not only know and understand what is being done for and with their children but must also be active contributors to their educational development. It is further stressed that disadvantaged parents need special training and help if…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement