Descriptor
Author
| Canaan, Joyce E. | 1 |
| Denny, Verna Haskins | 1 |
| Faddis, Bonnie J. | 1 |
| Genova, William J. | 1 |
| Hutchison, Barbara | 1 |
| Keulen, Jean E. van | 1 |
| Montgomery, Laura M. | 1 |
| Walker, Emilie V. Siddle | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - General | 6 |
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| California | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkMontgomery, Laura M.; Canaan, Joyce E. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2004
This introductory essay describes an analytical framework that locates students, staff, and institutions within both local and extra-local patterns of stratification and clarifies our theoretical understanding of ethnographic data concerning student perceptions and practices in higher education. The essay introduces four articles based on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnography, Student Attitudes, College Students
Keulen, Jean E. van – College of Education Review, 1995
Discusses how cultural differences contribute to overrepresentation of African Americans in special education, examining European American cultural expectations that clash with those of African Americans. Factors contributing to overrepresentation include cultural discontinuity and prejudicial practices among African American students and European…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedWalker, Emilie V. Siddle – Theory into Practice, 1992
Article investigates why process teaching fails to provide African-American students with access to literacy, delineating assumptions in process theory to explain some African-American students' failure to respond to process methods. Process discussions need to include the affective domain of teaching, particularly as it impedes African-American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Access to Education, Black Students
Peer reviewedDenny, Verna Haskins – Theory into Practice, 1992
African Americans are underrepresented in adult literacy programs. African-American adult literacy students were interviewed on their reasons for program attendance and nonattendance. Timing was the most important factor determining attendance. Subjects believed the educational system made learning difficult for them, and increased literacy would…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Download full textGenova, William J.; And Others – 1981
This report summarizes results of ethnographic research and a survey on how home climate, school climate, and interaction between the two might affect learning and school behavior among students of different racial/ethnic groups, sex, and socioeconomic background; and provides guidelines for measuring and improving equity in multicultural schools.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
Faddis, Bonnie J.; Hutchison, Barbara – 1980
This report describes a needs assessment study conducted prior to the design of a plan for a national demonstration of educational sex equity in the Lincoln County, Oregon, public schools. Two of the study's major purposes were to identify district wide attitudes and experiences pertaining to sex equity, and to provide a context for identifying…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Demonstration Programs
