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Direct linkChoi, Seonjoo – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
This article analyzes the crystallized learning disposition formed in secondary schools and its persistent influence on the transition between educational sectors and the workplace. Using interview data from eight adults who graduated from a prestigious university in Korea, this study reveals that "exam-inclined self-direction," a manner…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, College Graduates, Student Characteristics
Christodoulou, Michael; Spyridakis, Manos – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
Habitus dislocation is a much debatable term. By presenting life-histories of working-class adolescents, this article argues (i) that not all upwardly mobile working-class adolescents experience habitus dislocation and, (ii) that habitus dislocation has its roots in the self-initiated ruptures that face some of those who want to be upwardly mobile…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Social Mobility, Working Class
Peer reviewedDishnow, Ruth E. – ALAN Review, 1994
Presents data from a study of middle school library circulation of biography titles in two school years. Analyzes circulation counts, periods when biographies were checked out, favored subjects, and popular titles. (HB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Biographies, English Instruction, Library Circulation
Download full textBeyer, Barry K., Ed. – 1968
Information to help educators develop a program of study about Africa south of the Sahara is presented in this guide for use with secondary school students. Appropriate objectives for a study of this region and its people are stated: the acquisition of sufficient information to make contemporary Africa intelligible, the formulation of concepts…
Descriptors: African Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Biographies
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2002
These exemplar units of work for National Strategy Key Stage 3 English show how medium and short-term planning can be based on the Key Stage 3 Framework objectives and support the implementation of Curriculum 2000. The Key Stage 3 English strand introduces pupils to more specialist study of language and literature and supports the study of…
Descriptors: Biographies, British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Curriculum Development
Allen, Rodney F. – 1975
This activity is one of a series of 17 teacher-developed instructional activities for geography at the secondary-grade level described in SO 009 140. The activity investigates the role of story telling as illustrative of human values and as an appropriate medium for environmental education. The author identifies a need for individuals to know who…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Autobiographies, Biographies, Environmental Education
