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Dahlstedt, Magnus; Vesterberg, Viktor – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
This article focuses on job and career coaching provided by a multinational company, as a means of learning how to become employable. On the basis of a critical discourse analysis informed by Fairclough, we interrogate tips and advice in blog posts written by job and career coaches on the company's website. The aim of the article is to examine the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Ideology, Job Performance, Employment Potential
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Jorgensen, J. Normann – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2012
Formulations of linguistic rights in European official documents reveal important ideological characteristics of the thinking about language in European societies. These ideologies have important consequences for the language policies and education policies pursued by authorities and for the norms of language use promoted by education systems and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Ideology, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Cross, Tracy L. – Gifted Child Today, 2008
It is believed by many that unsophisticated notions of elitism are the bane of the field of gifted education. Some claims of elitism are based on an interpretation of the founding of their country as inherently egalitarian. Educational opportunities that are tailored to student abilities are determined to be inherently elitist and therefore…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Academically Gifted, Ideology, Educational Opportunities
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Goastellec, Gaele – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
Most of today's societies are confronted with an increasing necessity to legitimate the organization of their access to higher education. Commonly used as a yardstick to compare societies, the level of access to higher education is often presented as an indicator of the level of development and the capacity to produce knowledge, as well as a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, College Admission
Ohman, Johan; Ostman, Leif – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
This article aims to contribute to the debate about the moral and ethical aspects of education for sustainable development by suggesting a clarification of ethics and morals through an investigation of how these aspects appear in educational practice. The ambition is both to point to the normative dangers of education for sustainable development…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Ethics
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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