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Henderson, Charles; Finkelstein, Noah; Beach, Andrea – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
Within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education community there are repeated calls for the reform of undergraduate teaching. Resulting change efforts often focus on developing and disseminating specific instructional ideas and practices to individual faculty. However, in this paper, the authors argue that these efforts…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Science Education, Technology Education
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Miller, Alistair – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2008
This paper argues that the new science of positive psychology is founded on a whole series of fallacious arguments; these involve circular reasoning, tautology, failure to clearly define or properly apply terms, the identification of causal relations where none exist, and unjustified generalisation. Instead of demonstrating that positive attitudes…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychology, Identification (Psychology), Criticism
Morrison, Geanie; Merrill, Denise – Trusteeship, 2009
The economic meltdown has hit U.S. college campuses, and higher education is on the chopping block in state budgets, with cuts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars already approved and hundreds of millions in more cuts on the way. As veteran legislators, the authors have seen this story play out before in previous recessions. The mindset on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Economic Climate, Educational Needs
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Berry, Amanda – Studying Teacher Education, 2009
The issue of how to produce high quality teachers is an ongoing concern for teacher educators worldwide. Research studies consistently conclude that despite the best efforts of teacher educators to provide programs that equip new teachers well for their work in schools, many new teachers find it difficult to enact what they have learned in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Reflection
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Wiseman, Angela – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
Collaborations and partnerships among schools and community members have been described as a way to provide better educational opportunities for students. Such school-community partnerships have been described as relationships that involve exchange and engagement with mutually defined goals benefiting all participants. However, the process of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Parent School Relationship, Grade 8
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Triffleman, Elisa G.; Pole, Nnamdi – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: Studies examining psychological trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ethnoracial or sexual minority groups are relatively few. The "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology" recently published 4 articles (Balsam, Lehavot, Beadnall, & Circo, 2010; Harrington, Crowther, & Shipherd, 2010; Lester, Resick, Young-Xu, & Artz,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Eating Disorders, Minority Group Children
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Berger, James – Academe, 2008
Like many other colleges and universities, Hofstra University now requires each department to create a "mission statement." Then, on the basis of this statement, a set of more specific curricular goals and objectives have to be created and, finally, a set of quantitative, behavioral criteria by which to assess the department's efforts. This new…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Evaluation Methods, Goal Orientation, College Curriculum
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Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2008
From the pragmatists to the neo-Piagetians, development has been understood to involve cycles of perception and action--the internalization of interactions with the world and the construction of skills for acting in the world. From a neurobiological standpoint, new evidence suggests that neural activities related to action and perception converge…
Descriptors: Models, Goal Orientation, Brain, Sociocultural Patterns
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McKenzie-Bassant, Claudette – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2007
In this article it is argued that the effects of an education system that normalises and perpetuates heterosexuality as natural, by positioning lesbian and gay teachers as the "natural others", reduces attempts at equitable visibility through inclusive practice to marginalised silence. Manifestations of the pressure on lesbian and gay teachers to…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Social Attitudes
Hagert, Celia – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2008
For more than 20 years, the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) has been a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans. CPPP believes the upcoming reauthorization of the child nutrition…
Descriptors: Children, Eating Habits, Breakfast Programs, Hunger
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Deane-Drummond, Celia – London Review of Education, 2007
In considering issues of public and global importance, social scientists are coming to an increasing recognition of the importance of religious belief in motivating particular attitudes and actions. If one of the tasks of academe is to articulate those values that are important in the public sphere, it must necessarily include careful discussion…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Motivation, Objectives, Goal Orientation
Myres, John – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes the characteristics and benefits of a policy adopted by the school board of the Placer Union High School District in Auburn, California, requiring all teachers to provide written orientation materials covering class procedures to all students each year. (PGD)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Orientation Materials, School Orientation, Secondary Education
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Roysircar, Gargi – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
The literature is extensive about explanatory behavioral and social effects with an individual or micro focus. A somewhat less programmatic literature exits in social justice that considers systemic or macro factors: for example, mental health service and its structures that perpetuate inequity and disparity in service delivery. Social privilege…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Health Services, Cultural Pluralism, Sexuality
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Kama, Amit – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
Identity formation and self construction are inherently cultural phenomena. Although it may seem that human psychology--e.g., basic traits, tendencies, "characteristics," or even the definition of self--are universal and ahistorical, this essentialist view is quite erroneous and needs to be recognized and avoided. The task of studying one's…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Researchers
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Null, Wesley – Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
In this essay, the author argues for a reconsideration of the teachers college tradition within teacher ed curriculum. The author draws upon history and moral philosophy to make the case that the teaching profession has declined because teacher educators have neglected the philosophical tradition that the author maintains is the key to our future.…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Educational Philosophy, Teacher Educators, Schools of Education
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