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Harper, Helen; And Others – Gender and Education, 1996
Examines the connection between an English-in-the-workplace (EWP) class and the linguistic behavior of immigrant women garment factory employees. Results suggest that newly acquired English skills may be reinforcing linguistic behavior that reconstitutes traditional relations between workers and management. However, EWP does not appear to empower…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Criticism, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes

Fisher, Steve – Appalachian Journal, 2002
An Appalachian college professor describes his efforts to merge political activism, scholarship, and teaching, and offers some thoughts on transformative education that prepares students for their role in a democratic society. An important approach to transformative education is service learning programs that incorporate local issues and politics…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Citizenship Education, Critical Pedagogy, Democratic Values
Nguyen, Tuyen D. – Qualitative Report, 2004
This grounded theory qualitative study investigated the major influencing factors in the United States that empowered six Vietnamese women who had been in abusive relationships to take actions, to make changes in their intimate relationships, unlike many of their abused counterparts in their homeland. Interviews of two focus group sessions,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research, Influences, Empowerment
Walker, Allan; Dimmock, Clive – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2004
This article addresses the international positioning and role of the National College for School Leadership (NCSL). The article argues that the college stands as an initiator, exporter, importer and disseminator of leadership research and practice and that the role it adopts in regard to these will determine its international influence. The first…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Role Perception, College Role
Brookman-Frazee, Lauren; Koegel, R. L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Recently, many treatments for children with disabilities have shifted from a purely clinician-implemented model to one that focuses on a parent education component. In the current study, a repeated reversal design was employed to compare the effects of a parent education intervention that incorporates the principles outlined in the parent…
Descriptors: Autism, Parent Education, Partnerships in Education, Special Needs Students
Kedro, M. James – Principal Leadership, 2004
A poorly performing school is like a complex puzzle with its pieces haphazardly scattered. To achieve coherence and improve performance, a principal must have a vision of how the completed puzzle should look. Schools that have effectively implemented instructional models have principals that are puzzle solvers. To fit diverse needs into place and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Principals, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Rao, Nageswararao A. V. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
Many researchers and practitioners contend that all institutions respond to changing market need and can create competitive advantage through innovation and creativity. Each year, institutions expend significant resources developing new products and processes and yet research shows that more than half these initiatives fail. Successful…
Descriptors: Systems Development, Innovation, Database Management Systems, Program Administration
Nelson, Geoffrey; Ochocka, Joanna; Janzen, Rich; Trainor, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
To evaluate the impacts of participation in mental health Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs), we used a nonequivalent control group design to compare new, active participants in CSIs ( n = 61) with nonactive participants ( n = 57) at baseline, 9-month, and 18-month follow-up intervals. The two groups were comparable at baseline on a wide range…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Community Organizations, Self Help Programs
Ngware, Moses Waithanji; Wamukuru, David Kuria; Odebero, Stephen Onyango – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: To investigate the extent to which secondary schools practiced aspects of total quality management (TQM). Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. A sample of 300 teachers in a residential session during a school holiday provided their perceptions on the practice of TQM in their schools. Data…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Participative Decision Making, Secondary Schools, Total Quality Management
Keedy, John L. – 1992
The process of school-empowerment ultimately may be intellectual: an awareness and understanding by schools as unique collective learning communities that new school structures, roles, and relationships are necessary in the first place. First, preliminary results from field studies of schools undergoing restructuring are used to show that school…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Critical Theory, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Ollhoff, Laurie – 1993
School-age child care is a relatively new phenomenon, created as a result of the loss of the geographically close extended family and the influx of women into the workforce. This manual examines the nature of school-age child care and those who provide it. The first section examines: the purpose of school-age child care; the role of the child care…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2002
This handbook is compiled as a resource for senate presidents. In this handbook, they will find information intended to supplement the wealth of data contained on the Website for the Academic Senate of California. Contained on the pages of this handbook, a senate president will find information about the legislation and regulations that affect…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Parliamentary Procedures, Faculty Organizations, College Governing Councils
Giancola, Joseph M.; Hutchison, Janice – Corwin Press, 2005
How do successful schools create meaningful change? How can stakeholders improve and impact final decisions in the change process? Lasting organizational improvement and effective leadership blossom in climates of compassion, trust, and productive relationships. The authors describe the key to true organizational transformation in the one-on-one…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Leadership Effectiveness
Heidemann, Winfried – 2001
Two alternative paradigms can be identified in the concepts and programs of training and employment policy in Europe. One approach focuses on developing a secure status for young people beginning their working life. An alternative approach concentrates more on strengthening individual responsibility to empower individuals to find their own way in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Empowerment
Aksornkool, Namtip – 1995
Begun in the early 1990s, The Skills-Based Literacy Programme for Women aims to improve the lives of rural Chinese women by linking literacy education with skills training in agriculture and other forms of income generation. Xuan Wei County, Yunnan Province, was chosen as the seat of the project because of high female illiteracy rates and the need…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Education, Economic Development, Empowerment