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Perilloux, Carin; Lewis, David M. G.; Goetz, Cari D.; Fleischman, Diana S.; Easton, Judith A.; Confer, Jaime C.; Buss, David M. – American Psychologist, 2010
Replies to comments on Evolutionary psychology: Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations by Confer et al. The purpose of which was to clarify the logic of evolutionary psychology and clear up some of the more common misunderstandings about it. In this response, we address the key points raised by the commentators.
Descriptors: Evolution, Psychology, Individual Differences, Bias
Hamilton, Stephen F.; Hamilton, Mary Agnes – New Directions for Youth Development, 2010
This article is the first of three brief commentaries on this volume. The authors are highly influential pioneers in the study of youth mentoring relationships, and their contributions helped shape the focus of the conceptual framework featured in the opening article by Karcher and Nakkula. Their commentary sheds light on the history of key issues…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Goal Orientation, Youth Programs
Schuller, Tom – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
In this response to the commentaries, the author makes some general observations on the nature of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (IFLL) and "Learning Through Life" ("LTL"): their design and purpose. He then turns to the comments from the "International Journal of Lifelong Education"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religious Factors, Adult Development
Holbrook, Jack – Science Education International, 2010
Historically, science was introduced into the school curriculum to enable students, who were entering university to study science related subjects, to gain some background knowledge before beginning studies at the university level (Fensham, 2008, p 14). Unfortunately this view is still very prevalent among policy-makers and teachers today. And…
Descriptors: Science Education, Role, Scientific Literacy, Academic Standards
Croteau, James M. – Counseling Psychologist, 2008
This Major Contribution of "The Counseling Psychologist" has the potential to be a keystone for those counseling psychologists who will place emphasis in their research, scholarship, practice, or advocacy work on heterosexism as well as for the wider profession in recognizing the destructive power of heterosexism. Brief critical ideas that add to,…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Counseling Psychology, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality
Bishop, Holly N.; Caraway, Chadwick; Stader, David L. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2010
Discrimination based on sexual orientation in K-12 education is not prohibited in many school districts across the United States. Teachers who are of the sexual minority (gay, lesbian, or bisexual) must remain closeted or risk losing their jobs. A history of past court decisions and laws deeming sexual minorities to be degenerates from which…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Minority Group Teachers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Nagayama Hall, Gordon C. – Journal of College Counseling, 2011
The author presents a commentary on a special issue of the "Journal of College Counseling". The articles included in the issue describe the mental health needs and counseling center utilization patterns of the diverse population of college students. The establishment of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health has created the opportunity to study…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, College Students, Health Needs, Mental Health
Baillie, Pat; Gedro, Julie – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
As early as 1983, a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenders (LGBTs) in the San Francisco Bay Area met with the United Way to discuss the needs of the community in the workplace. In 1986, the United Way authorized a board-level task force on LGBT issues, which looked at health and human care concerns. In 1990, Building Bridges was formed…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Sensitivity Training
Szymanski, Dawn M.; Kashubeck-West, Susan – Counseling Psychologist, 2008
Three themes found across the reactions to the Major Contribution are discussed: agreement on the destructive nature of internalized heterosexism; the importance of focusing on resilience and other strengths shown by lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals that enable them to be healthy in the face of oppression; and the need for further research…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Counseling Psychology
Gourlay, Lesley – Studies in Continuing Education, 2011
How novice lecturers learn to be successful in their role is relatively under-researched, although the assumption may be made that the newcomer has learned the fundamentals how to engage in academic practice--at least in terms of research and scholarship--via the PhD process. However, although many lecturers now enter from a professional or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Communities of Practice, Beginning Teachers, Interviews
Smith, Peter P. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2010
Over half of today's college graduates transfer to another school at least once during their academic careers. With each transfer, students pay a "transfer tax," losing some of the academic credit they have earned due to school policies that make it difficult for students to transfer credits from one institution to another. The net drain…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy, Credits, Paying for College
Onoufriou, Andreas – Gender and Education, 2010
The present article attempts to pay attention to the ways in which a group of young Cypriot students engage in the construction of conventional notions of masculinities through the negation and the fear of homosexual desire. Drawing on interviews with 12 male and female university students, I argue that many young men go through complicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Fear, Anxiety
Iovannone, J. James – Studies in American Indian Literatures, 2009
Louise Erdrich's early poem "The Strange People" portrays a dynamic understanding of gender echoed in many of her later fictive works. Narrated by a speaker who is half antelope, half woman, the poem details the relationship between a masculine hunter and his feminine prey. The poem suggests that gender is experienced as a wound, a site of…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Sex Role, Sexual Identity, Novels
Garcia, Juliet V.; McCauley, Angela K. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
In the May/June issue of "Change", US Undersecretary of Education Martha J. Kanter described President Barack Obama's plan for recapturing the position of the best-educated country in the world by 2020. She spelled out the formula for meeting the President's ambitious goal: increasing postsecondary access, improving the quality of a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Presidents, Goal Orientation, Articulation (Education)
Medina, Jacquie – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
Three research abstracts dealt with program outcomes and the factors that affect them. Morgan (2008) dealt with the potential influence of sensation-seeking personality traits on perceived risk and perceived competence in adventure experiences. Two abstracts by Bobilya, Akey, and Mitchell, Jr. (2008) and Austin, Martin, Mittelstaedt, Schanning,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Research, Personality Traits, Risk