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John G. Bullock – Online Submission, 2021
Although scholars have studied education's effects on many different outcomes, little attention has been paid to its effects on adults' economic views. This article examines those effects. It presents results based on longitudinal data which suggest that secondary education has a little-appreciated consequence: it makes Americans more opposed to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Secondary Education, Adults, Social Attitudes
Farajimakin, Ibikunle O. – Online Submission, 2010
This study aims to find out the reasons why boys perform better in senior secondary school mathematics examination in Nigeria than girls. It will show the fundamental issues affecting the available facilities for girls in mathematics. The Nigerian society view of girls studying mathematical subjects and taking up careers in mathematics disciplines…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Butcher, Jennifer; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2008
The belief that there is one right way or method of inquiry to pursue truth as it is constructed has been rejected by postmodernism. Postmodernism challenges and opens up the central idea that only one set of limits are possible in supporting professional practice. Postmodernism designs a way to look at concepts through the context of meaning. The…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Models, Academic Achievement, Public Education
Webb, Patrick; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this article is to analyze and explore the various uses of zero-tolerance among youth in the United States. The authors illustrate the origin, goals, problems, and perceptions associated with this "crime-control measure" among youth within educational settings.
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, Discipline, Student Behavior, School Safety
Scott, Chaunda L. – Online Submission, 2007
The problem highlighted in this qualitative inquiry is that literature in HRD exploring racism in the United States in the forms of individual, institutional, and cultural racism is scant. This inquiry serves to encourage research and dialogue in HRD for the purpose of getting HRD more involved in developing strategies that can be used to…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Qualitative Research, Labor Force Development, Social Attitudes