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Balko, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student registered nurses face barriers to successful completion of a bachelor's of science degree program when faced with memories of incivility within their basic nursing program and their current experiences of incivility and ageism in the classroom, as well as in the workplace. This incivility, along with generational differences, adds to the…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Age Discrimination, Antisocial Behavior
Lewis, Jamita Renae – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to describe and explore, through interviews, how African American female principals sustain and maintain authority. This study investigated what it takes to become the authority, and how to reinforce authority and ensure that authority is understood, in administrative level school leadership positions where…
Descriptors: Principals, African American Leadership, Females, Leadership Styles
Figgis, Jane – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Encouraging older workers to stay in the workforce has become a policy priority, not least because the life expectancy of Australians has increased dramatically over the past several decades, effectively inserting a new stage in life, often called the "third age." This report explores the possibility of using that third age to embark on…
Descriptors: Older Workers, Careers, Adult Vocational Education, Public Policy
Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2015
For nearly five decades, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has stood as a guardian of civil rights in educational institutions nationwide. This office takes very seriously the charge to remove barriers to students' full participation in every facet of educational life. As the contents of this report illustrate, OCR…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Discrimination
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Jean-Marie, Gaetane – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
While all educational leaders face challenges in achieving success, African American female principals often face a unique set of challenges associated with the complexity of their gender, race, and, as examined in this study, age. This case study investigates the experiences of two highly visible, early career African American female principals…
Descriptors: African Americans, Beginning Principals, Barriers, Gender Differences
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Huang, Chin-Shan – Educational Gerontology, 2011
With the advent of an aging society, the older population is gradually increasing and people are living longer than ever before. However, older people are often portrayed in school textbooks as insignificant, unhealthy, sad, passive, and dependent. That is, ageism emerges in school textbooks in subtle ways. Under this circumstance, children may…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbooks, Age Discrimination, Aging Education
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Greer, Tomika W. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Women returners are women who leave the paid workforce for a period of time following the birth of their child(ren) and subsequently seek to return to paid employment. As women returners attempt to re-enter the workforce, many of them are in need of updating their skills or re-training in a new set of skills. In this study, the training and…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Females, Birth, Labor Force
Villalobos, Anna Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine students with disabilities self-perceptions of their academic and social supports in the general and special education classroom and the impact of the students' counterstories to inform the design of classroom supports. This study was anchored in organizational theory, critical race theory, and the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Social Support Groups
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Lazazzara, Alessandra; Bombelli, Maria Cristina – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore ageing trends and age stereotypes about older workers, focusing primarily on the Italian employment context. Design/methodology/approach: Beginning from a review of the literature on ageing, the paper: outlines ageing trends and discriminatory behaviours against older workers in Italy; identifies…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Human Resources
Callahan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This good practice guide is based on the report "Industry Restructuring and Job Loss: Helping Older Workers Get Back into Employment" by Victor J. Callan and Kaye Bowman. The aim of the research was to identify evidence-based practices that led to successful skills transfer, re-skilling, training and the attainment of new jobs for older…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Industrial Structure, Dislocated Workers
Callahan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
Globalisation and increased competition bring with them many benefits for business, consumers and the economy. But they can also result in the restructuring of industries not able to compete with changing economic markets. In the past, Australia has witnessed restructuring in many high-profile businesses, especially those in its manufacturing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Industrial Structure, Dislocated Workers
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Laditka, Sarah B.; Laditka, James N.; Houck, Margaret M.; Olatosi, Bankole A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
Attitudes toward older people can influence how they are treated and their cognitive and physical health. The populations of the United States and many other countries have become more ethnically diverse, and are aging. Yet little research examines how ethnic diversity affects attitudes toward older people. Our study addresses this research gap.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Semantic Differential, Stereotypes
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Fulton, Amy E.; Walsh, Christine A.; Azulai, Anna; Gulbrandsen, Cari; Tong, Hongmei – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2015
Social work students and faculty are increasingly embracing online education and collaborative teaching. Yet models to support these activities have not been adequately developed. This paper describes how a team of instructors developed, delivered, and evaluated an undergraduate gerontological social work course using a collaborative online…
Descriptors: Social Work, Educational Gerontology, Electronic Learning, Teacher Collaboration
Dobbin, Carrie B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Given the growing population of older adults with more reported mental health needs, there are not sufficient psychologists interested in working with this population. This study looked at why interest is so low, looking particularly at the correlations between interest in working with older adults and knowledge about aging, ageism, aging anxiety…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Psychology, Majors (Students)
Peterson, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Multifactorial reasons have produced a growing nursing shortage. One possible group that could reverse this shortage is inactive nurses. Many stakeholders wonder about allocating scarce resources to identify, locate, educate, and redeploy this group into active practice. The purpose of this one-phase embedded validating quantitative mixed…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Nursing Education, Nurses, Nursing
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