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Oswald, Daniel F. – Educational Technology, 2002
This first in a series of interviews with leaders in the field of educational technology focuses on Charles Reigeluth and his career choice; educational background; mentors; important topics to study; trends in the field of instructional technology and instructional theory; and performance and elementary and secondary education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Educational Background, Educational Technology
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Humane Innovations and Alternatives, 1993
Presents the transcript of a telephone conference between Patty Finch of the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education and Dr. Frank Ascione of Utah State University. (MDH)
Descriptors: Animals, Community Programs, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Crawford, T. Hugh; Smout, Kary D. – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1995
Presents a transcript of an extensive interview with composition theorist and textbook author Charles Bazerman. Considers aspects of Bazerman's work, including the rhetoric of science. (HB)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Trends, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Evans, Judy P.; Taylor, Jerome – Journal of Black Psychology, 1995
Reviews the theory of reasoned action to demonstrate how it can be applied to understanding gang violence, and illustrates its potential applicability to a pilot sample of 30 contemporary and 18 earlier gangs living in a large metropolitan community. Results indicate this theory has been helpful in explaining higher levels of violence in…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Theories, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
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Mertens, Donna M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
This study investigated the theories people hold concerning sexual abuse of deaf children, through document review, observation, interviews, and a staff survey at a residential school for the deaf. Theories that blame the victim or the culture are contrasted with those that recognize the power inequities inherent in sexual abuse. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse
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Alvestad, Marit – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2004
Norway recently adopted a National Framework Plan for Preschools. In this study, the central questions are: (1) What does a Framework Plan for one to five year olds mean to the preschool teachers and their educational work with children? (2) What are preschool teachers' understandings of the concept of learning in their educational planning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Planning, Preschool Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship
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Dagher, Zoubeida R.; Boujaoude, Saouma – Science Education, 2005
This study explored how some college students understand the nature of the theory of evolution and how they evaluate its scientific status. We conducted semistructured interviews with 15 college biology seniors in which we asked them to explain why they think evolution assumes the status of a scientific theory, how it compares to other scientific…
Descriptors: Theories, Evolution, Undergraduate Students, Student Reaction
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Meuwissen, Kevin W. – Social Studies, 2005
Teacher education and practice do not have to be at odds with each other, but they are. Teachers should not have to choose between fulfilling their curricular and classroom management responsibilities and purposeful, innovative teaching, but they do. Not only is there a perceived disconnect between teacher education and the realities of schooling,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Studies
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Kutnick, Peter; Blatchford, Peter; Clark, Helen; MacIntyre, Helen; Baines, Ed – Educational Research, 2005
As part of a project designed to provide information on the nature and uses of within-class pupil groupings for teaching and learning in secondary schools in England, this paper focuses on qualitative interviews with 20 teachers from three core curriculum areas in six schools. Interviews concerned the range and explanations for teachers' choices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Interviews, Homogeneous Grouping
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Orme, Denise M. – Qualitative Report, 2005
Research has shown that the inability of some mothers to resolve their emotions when confronted with the birth of a child with a disability of cerebral palsy or epilepsy can put the child at greater risk for disruptions of attachment. This qualitative study examined mothers' emotional state of resolution or non-resolution of their children's…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emotional Response, Autism, Down Syndrome
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Doos, Marianne; Wilhelmson, Lena; Backlund, Thomas; Dixon, Nancy – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: In the telecommunication industry, companies gain a competitive edge through the competence of their employees, making issues of learning critical. The study aims to identify specific learning processes necessary when working at the edge both of one's own knowledge and of that of the branch. Design/methodology/approach: This research…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Employees, Computer Software, Interaction
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Durrance, Joan C.; Souden, Maria; Walker, Dana; Fisher, Karen E. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: This article results from a qualitative study of 1) information behavior in community problem-solving framed as a distributed information use environment and 2) approaches used by a best-practice library to anticipate information needs associated with community problem solving. Method: Several approaches to data collection were…
Descriptors: Community, Problem Solving, Information Utilization, Information Needs
LaRocco, Diana J.; Bruns, Deborah A. – Online Submission, 2006
Academic institutions that prepare personnel to work in the field of special education face considerable challenges in finding and retaining qualified faculty. At the same time, a growing number of special education teachers and administrators choose academia as a second career. Few studies have sought to capture their lived experiences as shift…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Career Change
Barham, Janice Davis; Winston, Roger B., Jr. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2006
This qualitative study examined the supervision of new professionals from the perspectives of new professionals and their supervisors. Analysis of interviews with four new professionals and their supervisors suggested the following: (a) supervisors supervised the way they wanted to be supervised, (b) new professionals had difficulty identifying…
Descriptors: Supervision, Student Personnel Workers, Needs Assessment, Interviews
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Watson, Kevin; Steele, Fran – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2006
This paper reports the implementation of a collaborative pre-service science teacher education program between an Australian university and a collegiate of eight schools. The program was designed to facilitate the transition to teaching of pre-service teachers by reducing the gap between theory and practice while promoting the professional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, College School Cooperation, Secondary Schools
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