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Williams, Bronwyn T. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
The power of culture to shape gender identities becomes particularly crucial for adolescents as they make the transition from child to adult. Yet as adults we offer little coherent, direct instruction in such matters. The author advocates supporting girls as they explore complex and empowering literacy practices, particularly online.
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Literacy, Gender Issues, Adolescents
Fereshteh, M. Hussein – 1994
This paper examines the development of higher education in Iran in the 19th and 20th centuries. It examines the role of Christian missionaries in the creation of Darolfunun, the first Western-style Iranian college, founded in 1851. The University of Teheran, based on French models, was founded in 1934. While Western influence on education in Iran…
Descriptors: Christianity, College Administration, Educational History, Educational Trends
Gregory, Leonard L.; Freeman, Lucille M. – 1995
This paper argues that the "old paradigm" in education is a collection of assumptions, beliefs, and values that underlie the workings of present-day schools. The old paradigm is based on the notion of education as a meritocratic enterprise, institutional rationality, the positivist approach to truth, commitment to efficiency, and…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Allman-Snyder, Alicia; And Others – Urban Education, 1975
In order to determine if -- assuming that the teacher's role as an authority figure is different in the open classroom than in the traditional classroom -- classroom arrangement affects students' attitudes toward governmental authority figures, a questionnaire was administered to public elementary school children from a suburban school in a large…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Elementary School Students, Government Role
McTeer, J. Hugh; Beavers, Sharon Seago – 1980
The purpose of this study was to discover if there were differences in student attitude and achievement toward and in the subject matter between students taught in an open space and in a closed space. Two classes in U.S. history taught in 11th grade were compared. The same instructor taught both classes using identical methods, procedures, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11
Otto, Wayne – 1968
Although refinement and development are to continue, the Wisconsin Prototypic System is now at the point where it can serve as a basis for a reading program, particularly where there is to be strong emphasis on individually guided instruction. This report discusses the rationale and assumptions underlying the system and lists its component parts:…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Materials, Reading Programs
Myers, Henry S., Jr. – 1977
The author, one of the most outspoken proponents of fundamentalist education, describes what he sees as the invasion of illiteracy, the departure from discipline, and the paucity of patriotism rampant in today's schools. The responsibility for these problems, he believes, lies with boards of education, teachers' unions, the tenure system,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Citizenship
Marsh, Helen Unger – 1975
Investigation of the effect of a task-oriented learning group approach to writing on attitude and skill improvement, as compared to a traditional one-teacher, whole-class design, was the purpose of this study. Fifty high school English students were administered baseline tests of writing skill. An IQ score was also obtained, and the subjects were…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Instruction
Dornseif, Allan W.; And Others – 1974
This study is part of a continuing program of evaluation of open vs. traditional education at the junior high school level. Incoming seventh graders were assigned to open and control groups to evaluate relative effects on academic underachievement, socialization, and general academic "success" as a function of various means of student selection.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Individual Differences, Junior High School Students, Open Education
Hellweg, Adele Helene – 1973
A study conducted in the winter of 1973 attempted to investigate how elementary school principals in innovative schools perceive their roles compared to the role perceptions of principals in more traditional school settings. Thirty-two schools were designated as innovative by a panel of four elementary school principals. It was assumed that the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Grapko, Michael F. – 1972
The project attempted to discern the possible resulting effects on children and teachers from major structural changes in the design of classroom space. Three assumptions were tested: (1) children will assume greater initiative in resource use, (2) teachers get to know the children better, and (3) team teaching in open space classrooms contributes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Schools
York County Board of Education, Aurora (Ontario). – 1973
Two open plan elementary schools were chosen together with the two traditional schools that most matched in size, location, and socioeconomic backgrounds of pupils; and standardized tests of curiosity and creativity were administered to students in grades 2 and 5. The results of the analyses show that some differences exist on a few of the tests…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Curiosity, Educational Facilities Design
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1971
Traditional-classical programs, individualized instruction, differentiated staffing, flexible-modular scheduling are all programs and ideas much discussed in the field of education today. However, science instruction is still in the logarithmic phase of change. Curricular and instructional styles alter so rapidly that often reference points are…
Descriptors: Design, Design Requirements, Facility Guidelines, Facility Planning
Stephens, Charles E. – 1973
The primary focus of this study was on differences in satisfaction with school between seventh grade students enrolled in the two junior high schools. One junior high school had made major modifications in its environment, the other maintained a more standard approach to education. A second focus was to investigate the relationship between these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Painter, Lorene H. – 1974
Academic anxiety, person/group relations, and subject satisfaction were investigated in three secondary schools in various stages of curriculum reform: a traditional school, a school in which a short-course elective program was being implemented, and a school in which such a program was fully implemented. Attitude measures were completed by 482…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Educational Research, Elective Courses, Emotional Response
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