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Wilner, Arlene – Composition Forum, 2005
In this author's research, the question of whether it makes sense to think of writing primarily as a generic skill acquired increasing urgency as she gathered qualitative data for a study of the relationship between instructors' expectations in the design of writing assignments and the students' thinking as evidenced both in their essay responses…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills
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Cowan, Reva; McCloskey, Erin – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2004
This article presents views of course-embedded fieldwork as a structure to facilitate connections between research and practice for teacher candidates in a graduate literacy program. Four major categories emerged from the group interview with the graduate students. Teacher candidates related that course-embedded fieldwork was valuable because it…
Descriptors: Literacy, Graduate Students, Field Experience Programs, Student Teachers
National Capital Language Resource Center, Washington, DC. – 2000
Researchers worked with French, Japanese, and Spanish immersion teachers in metropolitan Washington, DC elementary schools (grades 1-6) to implement language learning strategies in their classrooms. Workshops, materials, and observations were provided for professional support. Teachers were debriefed on the effectiveness of the teacher training…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
Holmes, Sharon L.; Roedder, Barclay S.; Flowers, Lamont A. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2004
This qualitative study sought to explore college students' spiritual beliefs in order to examine those beliefs and subsequent college experiences using student development theory. Data analysis revealed that peer and mentoring relationships were instrumental to students and shaped how students made meaning cf their academic and social experiences…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Data Analysis, Religious Factors
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Case, Jennifer; Jawitz, Jeff – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
It has been proposed that situated cognition theory, in which learning is conceptualized as induction into a community of practice through the activity of legitimate peripheral participation, offers an appropriate theoretical perspective for examining issues of gender in science education. This study critically engages with this proposal by means…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Focus Groups, Chemical Engineering, Gender Issues
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Goos, Merrilyn – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2004
This article considers the question of what specific actions a teacher might take to create a culture of inquiry in a secondary school mathematics classroom. Sociocultural theories of learning provide the framework for examining teaching and learning practices in a single classroom over a two-year period. The notion of the zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Observation, Learning Theories, Mathematics Instruction
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King, John T. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2004
Frequently cited among the benefits of service-learning is the potential enhancement of students' ability to critically reflect upon their experiences. It is often questioned as to how critical this reflection process is in practice, noting that service-learning often leaves students' assumptions regarding privilege and equity unexamined.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Critical Theory, College Students, School Community Relationship
Sanders, Mavis G.; Epstein, Joyce L. – 1998
To better understand how some secondary schools are working to encourage continued family and community involvement as children progress from elementary to middle and high school, 22 educators, parents, and students at 2 middle schools and 2 high schools were interviewed. The four schools are members of the National Network of Partnership Schools,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Family Involvement, High School Students
Day, Christopher; And Others – 1993
This 2-year study of the effectiveness and quality of continuing professional education (CPE) in the United Kingdom identified policy implementation issues resulting from recent government policies and economic imperatives which have given rise to a "new managerialism" which is changing the organizational culture of higher education…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Adult Students, Change Strategies, College Administration
Wilson, Kathleen; Tally, William – 1991
This report discusses "multimedia" instruction as it applies to successful learning environments at Bank Street College of Education (New York), ranging from pre-electronic to electronic. In four of the interviews detailed, a Bank Street College professor, researcher, and two Bank Street School for Children teachers offer different perspectives…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Educational Environment
Menon, Sarath; Carspecken, Phil – 1990
The findings of a qualitative study of migrant graduate students from India who now reside in the United State is presented. Through a series of interviews with students attending three U.S. universities, a model of the migratory process was developed. Much recent work on migratory theory has focused on the lack of opportunities in the students'…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Comparative Education, Decision Making, Developing Nations
Hackney, Sheldon – Humanities, 1997
History professor Lawrence W. Levine defends multicultural education and the concept of extending fields of study beyond the western canon. He notes that the very idea of western civilization is barely 50 years old. Includes a number of salient points concerning immigration, language, and culture. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History
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Bernheimer, Lucinda P. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This commentary on a previous article that demonstrates three ways of analyzing qualitative interview data (content, cultural models, and narrative analyses), discusses the importance of focusing on cultural models of quality of life in assessing early intervention programs, forging partnerships between families and researchers, and linking…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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Starcher, Richard L. – Christian Higher Education, 2004
While students from many non-Western contexts continue to stream to Europe and North America to pursue theological doctoral degrees, new theological doctoral programs are springing up around the world. Many of these new programs appear to be adopting (more or less uncritically) one or another of the Western models of doctoral program design.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Philosophy, Program Design, Doctoral Programs
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Tilley, C. M.; Bruce, C. S.; Hallam, G.; Hills, A. P. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: This paper reports results of an investigation into the needs of persons with disabilities wanting to participate in the use of virtual communities. The aim was to investigate "how virtual communities for persons with long-term, severe physical disabilities can best be facilitated"? Method: A Grounded Theory approach was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Grounded Theory, Investigations
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