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Rouse, Linda P. – 1982
The usefulness of equity theory for understanding the social/motivational dynamics of the classroom was studied. Attention was directed to how faculty (and students) calculate equity and what the consequences may be. A first set of questionnaires was completed by 238 graduate students and 41 faculty members in 56 classes at a large southern state…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Faculty, Expectation, Graduate Students
Download full textMalen, Betty – 1985
Policymaking has been studied from a variety of conceptual perspectives. The political bargaining model, used in conjunction with the broader systems framework, constitutes a familiar approach to research regarding education policymaking at the state level. This paper focuses on the conceptual implications of a study which applied that approach to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Lobbying
Lassey, William R.; And Others – 1981
Offering a contribution to additional clarity in the debate about the viability of "rural development" as an explanatory concept and program of action, the paper presents details of a causal model which underlies the approach to rural development taken by a W. K. Kellogg Foundation supported program in eastern Washington called "The…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Development
Marks, Helen M. – 1999
This paper focuses on investigating the purposive design of learning environments to counter the erosion of social capital in communities and schools in contemporary society. Can schools intentionally replenish stocks of social capital by creating normative systems conducive to the optimal academic and social development of students, and by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, High Schools, Norms
Schuller, Tom – 1999
The arguments for deschooling expressed by Ivan Illich a quarter of a century ago have relevance today. We are in danger of losing their most salient insights; perhaps because the critique was phrased in this oversimplified binary form, excessive institutionalization should be countered by deinstitutionalization, professionalism by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology
O'Toole, Tom – 1978
Using case studies of French-speaking West Africa and Southern Appalachia, this paper examines the role of traditional culture in developing regions by challenging current theories on that subject. The capitalistic and Marxist approaches that dominated well into the 1960s maintained that elimination of traditional social relations and values was…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
