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Baum, Bruce J.; Davis, Clifford – Journal of Dental Education, 1998
An expert panel, convened by the National Institutes of Health to address concerns about the future of clinical research, describes a training program at the National Institutes of Health that also included dental students. Possible reasons for low application rates among dental students are ascribed to inadequate dissemination of information,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Debt (Financial), Dental Schools, Dental Students
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Lytle, Susan L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1992
Preservice and inservice teacher education must prompt teachers and educators to question issues of race, class, and ethnicity and develop appropriate courses of action. Teacher research is useful in that regard. Teachers can use research in work with other teachers and teacher educators to examine their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. (SM)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Anderson, Gary L.; And Others – Teaching and Change, 1996
Presents a variety of examples of work by practitioner researchers (students, coteachers, principals, and school leadership teams), touching on university-school collaborations, research across authority lines (for example, students and teachers), research as part of professional development, and research by experienced teachers who studied their…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College School Cooperation, Discussion Groups, Elementary School Teachers
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Smith, Linda Tuhiwai; Smith, Graham H.; Boler, Megan; Kempton, Margaret; Ormond, Adreanne; Chueh, Ho-Chia; Waetford, Rona – Journal of Rural Studies, 2002
Youth First conducted focus groups and participatory "youth tribunals" across New Zealand, examining experiences of growing up rural. Common themes included "not being listened to," exclusion from citizen participation, and anxiety about the future. Remarkable differences in experience and views were often found in the same…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Alienation, Childrens Rights, Cultural Differences
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Swisher, Karen Gayton – Journal of American Indian Education, 1997
Current critical research in American-Indian education, grounded in self-determination and cultural integrity, offers insights into the kinds of research directions and questions required to assess educational success from a local perspective. While research based on cultural strengths has yielded significant sustainable results for some Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education
Barron, John M.; Staten, Michael E. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2004
This article provides benchmark measures of college student credit card usage by utilizing a pooled sample of over 300,000 recently opened credit card accounts. The analysis compares behavior over 12 months of account history for three groups of accounts: those opened by young adults through college student marketing programs; those opened through…
Descriptors: Young Adults, College Students, Undergraduate Study, Student Behavior
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Wang, Greg G.; Wang, Jia – Human Resource Development Review, 2004
This article fills a theoretical gap by identifying an understudied subject area for human resource development (HRD) theory building, learning participation of HRD interventions in organizations. The topic has critical significance in current HRD practices, such as concerns on e-learning dropout rates and HRD measurement and evaluation. First, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Dropout Rate, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
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T.H.E. Journal, 2003
How to involve families in the formal education of their children is a question researchers and educators have been trying to answer since the first bricks were laid for the nation's public education system. A solution must be found, for family involvement has been proven to be associated with a myriad of stellar outcomes, including greater…
Descriptors: Poverty, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Standardized Tests
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Witte, James E.; Witte, Maria Martinez; Saltiel, Iris; Hackett, Paul T.; Hesler, Kathy; Johnson, Mike – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2005
A collaborative partnership provides school administrators and university researchers an opportunity to evaluate a school-based initiative. Richards Middle School (RMS) in Columbus, Georgia identified school improvement goals and involved university researchers in a collaborative evaluation with implications for strengthening leadership, training,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Grade 6, Partnerships in Education
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Bartels, Nat – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2003
This study looks at language teachers' and language researchers' expectations and evaluations of two kinds of journal articles, either researcher-oriented or teacher-oriented. The results show that teachers and academics use different ways of validating information in journal articles and use the information contained in them in distinctly…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Language Teachers, Researchers, Periodicals
Caldwell, Joyce Y.; Davis, Jamie D.; Du Bois, Barbara; Echo-Hawk, Holly; Erickson, Jill Shepard; Goins, R. Turner; Hill, Calvin; Hillabrant, Walter; Johnson, Sharon R.; Kendall, Elizabeth; Keemer, Kelly; Manson, Spero M.; Marshall, Catherine A.; Running Wolf, Paulette; Santiago, Rolando L.; Schacht, Robert; Stone, Joseph B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2005
This article describes the collective experience of a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and program evaluators who support appropriate research and evaluation methods in working with Native peoples. Our experience underlines the critical importance of culture in understanding and conducting research with the diverse…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Alaska Natives
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Subedi, Binaya – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2006
The topic of how reflexivity ought to be utilized in the global aspect of research is yet to be fully theorized in educational research. Through the use of rigorous reflexivity, this paper examines a "halfie" researcher's negotiation of insider and outsider identities within his transnational home/field site of Nepal. By examining how…
Descriptors: Researchers, Educational Research, Field Studies, Global Approach
Program-Based Research Special Interest Group, London (Ontario). – 1993
This publication contains nine articles about the process of doing research by literacy practitioners and volunteers in several areas of the Ontario (Canada) literacy field. "Implementing a Workplace Program: A Look Back" (Maria Ioannou-Makrakis) describes the process followed and the learning outcomes from planning, implementing, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Silberberg, Mark; And Others – 1996
The five essays included in this document focus on the First IMPACT II Teacher Policy Institute (50 New York City Public School teachers "committed to affecting real change in educational policy in this city"). "Teachers as Researchers" (Mark Silberberg) discusses the relationship between teaching and research, particularly…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 1997
This publication contains reports on six research projects proposed, developed, and conducted by teachers in their own classrooms. The projects were conducted during the 1995-96 school year. The projects are: (1) "M..M..M..Math (Making More Meaning out of Math)" (Naomi Rose); (2) "Effect of Student Achievement as a Result of Individualized Use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Research, Computer Uses in Education
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