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Gittens, Cheryl Bailey – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
The quality of doctoral students' academic and social experiences is a key element of their success in graduate school programs. These experiences support the completion of doctoral programs, especially for first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds. Framed by Weidman's (1989) undergraduate socialization model, the author…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Interviews, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study
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Kim, Jin-Hee – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
The aim of this paper is to examine how Korean society is being changed under the impact of migration and the kinds of learning domains that are evolving through participation in social interaction between migrant workers and local citizens in South Korea. Employing a qualitative case study, participants' changed learning areas were investigated.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Korean Culture, Lifelong Learning, Cultural Pluralism
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Herne, Steve; Burgess-Macey, Celia; Rogers, Maggie – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2008
This article focuses on a carnival in the curriculum project designed to revitalise the arts in the experience of students in Higher Education preparing to become primary school teachers. It argues the relevance of a combined arts or trans-disciplinary artform in the remit of a visual arts education journal and explores carnival as a complex,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Curriculum
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Withers, Andrea C. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2004
The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether the Hmong language and culture were shifting or were being maintained within a generational cross-section of 12 Hmong participants in Merced, California. Data was collected in the form of interviews, questionnaires, Internet research, and library research. The results of the study showed that…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Hmong People, Immigrants, Cultural Maintenance
Forret, Michael; Eames, Chris; Coll, Richard – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2007
This research aims to build upon current research in the area of teaching and learning at tertiary level and explore the nature of learning communities in tertiary science and engineering. This study uses a sociocultural approach to address the following question: "What are teachers' and learners' perceptions of the nature of the learning…
Descriptors: Class Size, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Brown, M. Mae; And Others – 1993
The OSAP High Risk Youth Demonstration Program of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is directed toward the prevention of substance abuse through experiences offered in an after-school program. This is the second year that the program has been implemented in the six elementary schools and one middle school of the Mississippi Choctaw…
Descriptors: After School Programs, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Data Collection