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Rule, Sarah; Kahonde, Callista; Lorenzo, Theresa – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
The effectiveness of community based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes depends on the calibre of staff recruited and employed. Therefore, this study aimed to understand how the life experiences of community disability workers (CDWs) in Malawi, Botswana and South Africa influenced their choice of career. A life history approach was used to gather…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Disabilities, Rehabilitation
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Christensen, Mette Krogh – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
Qualified and skilled sport coaches are vital to the development of sport in general and of elite sport in particular. Research suggests that the development of coaching expertise in elite sport is a complex matter involving mediated, unmediated and internal learning situations. However, it is less clear to what extent and in which ways these…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Qualitative Research, Expertise
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Samuels, Wendy; Beach, Andrea L.; Palmer, Louann Bierlein – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the social and academic experiences of non-traditional students pursuing a bachelor's degree at a traditionally-oriented residential university and how these experiences promote or impede their persistence to graduation. The study explored components of Donaldson and Graham's Model of College Outcomes for…
Descriptors: Role Models, Persistence, Adult Students, Biographies
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Brockenbrough, Ed – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Over the past decade, a growing chorus of educational stakeholders has called for the recruitment of more Black men into the American teaching profession, casting these men as ideal surrogate father figures for Black youth who may lack adult male role models in their families or communities. Although a small body of scholarly…
Descriptors: Females, Stakeholders, Youth, African American Children
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Robinson, Dan – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2005
Robinson interviews Juliet Popper Shaffer, a scientist, who graduated from Swarthmore College in 1953 and Stanford in 1957 with degrees in psychology and concentrations in math, philosophy, and statistics. In 2004 she received the second Florence Nightingale David award given biannually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a…
Descriptors: Interviews, Biographies, Career Development, Scientists
Pono, Filomena P., Comp. – 1976
Eight biographical sketches of some Jicarilla Apache and Spanish American people who live and work in Dulce, New Mexico are given. These sketches contain brief descriptions of the lives of Jose Gabriel Abeyta, Cevero Caramillo, Chon LaBrier, Espeedie Garcia Ruiz, Raleigh Tafoya, Norman Tecube, Hubert Velarde, and Henry "Buster" L.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art Activities, Biographies, Community Leaders