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Download full textEvans, Martha – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2019
This case study discusses the transformative impact of implementing the tenets of Invitational Education (IE) theory and practice upon a rural elementary school and subsequent preparation of teacher candidates. Through the lens of hermeneutic phenomenology the researcher examined the transformative change as IE theory and practice was exhibited…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Direct linkCulp, Marguerite McGann, Ed.; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
More than a third of all undergraduate students are 25 or older, and their presence on college and university campuses is growing. However, institutions of higher learning are struggling to meet the needs of, and improve persistence and completion rates for, this significant student population. "Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Marshall, Catherine; And Others – 1989
A research project that developed methods for describing, organizing, analyzing, and predicting state education policy activity had as its major focus the way that values affect that policy. Data were drawn from six states: Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Arizona, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. They were chosen to represent ranges of political…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Culture
