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"Que Luchen por sus Intereses" (To Fight for Your Interests): Unearthing Critical Counter-Narratives of Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Parents
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Roxas, Kevin; Gabriel, Maria L. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
This article reports on findings from a year-long research project conducted during the 2012-2013 school year in a PK-12 school district, located in the Mountain West region of the United States, utilizing the Photovoice method. The findings in the project point to the important critical counter-narratives Spanish-speaking immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Spanish Speaking, Immigrants
Spirituality Matters: Spirituality and the Community College Leader
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Walker, Monica Windley; McPhail, Christine Johnson – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore community college president and chancellor perceptions of the phenomenon of spirituality and the role of spirituality in their leadership style. A hermeneutic phenomenological research design guided this study. A total of 14 community college presidents and chancellors were purposely selected and…
Descriptors: School Culture, Community Colleges, Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness
Supervisees' Perspectives of Power Use in Supervision
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Murphy, Megan J.; Wright, David W. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2005
In this study, we examined the use of power in the supervisory relationship from supervisees' perspectives. Semistructured interviews of 11 supervisees in a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education training program were conducted. From analysis of interview transcripts, themes about the ways in which supervisors and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Confidentiality, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Family Counseling
Their Work, Identity, and Entry to the Profession
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Washington, Youlanda C.; Miller, Stephen K.; Fiene, Jeanne R. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2007
This qualitative multi-site case study examines Kentucky's female superintendents: their professional work, identity, and entry to the role. Data sources were extensive interviews from twelve districts--superintendents, central office administrators, and school board members, plus questionnaires and district documents. Results revealed a web-like…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Identification (Psychology), Boards of Education, Women Administrators
Nursing Students' Empowerment in Distance Education: Testing Kanter's Theory
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Ledwell, Elizabeth; Andrusyszyn, Mary-Anne; Iwasiw, Carroll – Journal of Distance Education, 2006
This qualitative, explanatory study examined Post-RN baccalaureate nursing students' experiences of empowerment with distance education and computer conferencing (CC) for fit with the constructs of Kanter's (1977, 1993) Theory of Structural Power in Organizations. Seven post-RNs from Canadian distance education nursing programs were interviewed.…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Distance Education, Interviews
Out on a Limb.
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Gladden, Karen; Rivera, Karen; Russell, Sherry – 2000
This book uses poetry and essays to share how welfare reform has affected the lives of a group of female adult literacy students from western Massachusetts. After a brief explanation of the book's purpose, the women who presented their views in the book's poems and essays are profiled. Presented next are six poems that several of the women wrote…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students