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Coleman, Laurence J. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1992
This essay on a paper (EC 602 982) about a master teacher's cognitive processes involved in leading group discussions focuses on the place for qualitative inquiry on teaching in special education, the usefulness of professional practical knowledge and cognitive maps as heuristics for further research, and the relationship between researcher and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education
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Brody, Michael J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1991
Utilizing student interviews, this study assessed fourth, eighth, and eleventh graders (n=105) in 11 Maine schools concerning their understanding of 4 natural and social science concepts related to pollution. The results hold direct implications for teaching strategies and curriculum design within the environmental and science education domains.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Environmental Education
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Chiu, Chi-Yue – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Presents a naturalistic study involving 112 Hong Kong Chinese college psychology students who worked in small groups. Reveals the perceived fairness of all group members receiving the same grade related positively to group cohesiveness. Also shows students' endorsement of receiving same grade depends on low contributors' personality, previous…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
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Hughley, Kenneth F.; And Others – School Counselor, 1993
Interviewed 25 high school juniors, 4 counselors, and 4 English teachers to determine their perceptions concerning guidance-language arts career unit. Findings suggest that all groups felt positively about unit. Students also felt positively about cooperative effort and what they gained from their involvement. (NB)
Descriptors: Career Education, Counselor Attitudes, Course Evaluation, Grade 11
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Reagan, Timothy; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1992
An overview is provided of the nature of reflective practice as presented in pedagogical literature and of the necessary characteristics of the reflective practitioner in an educational context. Implications for the evaluation of classroom teachers are explored, and suggestions for further research are offered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mitchell Davis, Mimi; Wilson, Elizabeth K. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1999
Compares previous research findings that examine the consistency between a Title I teacher's beliefs about reading and her instructional practices at the third- and seventh-grade levels. Supports (1) the need for teacher improvement programs; (2) the need to coordinate Title I instruction with regular classroom instruction; and (3) the importance…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 7
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Gersten, Russell – Elementary School Journal, 1999
A qualitative study examined instruction provided by four monolingual English-speaking teachers to English-language learners in grades 4 through 6. Focused on unresolved tension between teachers' sense that they should provide opportunities for students to express ideas and their desire for fast-paced lessons and correct usage. Explored teachers'…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Salari, Sonia Miner; Rich, Melinda – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2001
Examines the social environments, staff behavior and social interaction of 72 elderly clients in adult day care centers, using qualitative research techniques. When the staff and environment were more infantilizing, provided less autonomy and fewer opportunities for privacy regulation, clients had lower social interaction with peers. In contrast,…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Programs, Caregiver Role, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Martin, Andrew; Leberman, Sarah – Scisco Conscientia, 2000
A study evaluated a Czech Outward Bound course for international participants that used dramaturgy to incorporate cultural, social, creative, and psychological activities and enrich the traditional range of outdoor physical activities. Observations of 55 participants and followup surveys indicated that the main outcomes involved personal and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Dramatics, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning
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Evensen, Dorothy H.; Salisbury-Glennon, Jill D.; Glenn, Jerry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2001
This study followed six medical students through first semester to understand how they self-regulated learning. The study, using a situated research strategy, resulted in a grounded theory built around the central phenomenon of stance. In short, learners illustrated different types of stances that influence their perceptions of themselves and the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
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Skrla, Linda; Reyes, Pedro; Scheurich, James Joseph – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2000
In a recent case study, three white, middle-aged women who were formerly public-school superintendents analyzed problematic work experiences. Results demonstrate the sexism that is part of the superintendency's culture, the educational administration profession's silence, and participants' proposed solutions for problems of sexism and silence.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Weisner, Thomas S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This article comments on a previous article that uses interviews from 250 Latino parents of children with mental retardation to demonstrate three ways of analyzing qualitative interview data (content, cultural models, and narrative analyses). It discusses the implementation of interventions that fit the cultural models of parents as a component of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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Anderson, Debra K.; Harris, Barbara M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2005
The use of experiential approaches to teach social welfare policy suggests that such methods may increase undergraduate social work students' knowledge of and skill in working on social and economic justice issues. This article compares 2 such methods using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The first teaches social welfare policy as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Work, Service Learning, Practicums
Grube, Sean A.; Cedarholm, Katie; Jones, Camilla; Dunn, Merrily – College Student Affairs Journal, 2005
This manuscript explores the concept of balance for master's students enrolled in student affairs preparation programs in the Southeast and Midwest. It provides research on the ways balance is restricted for master's students who are employed in a student affairs setting while also enrolled in preparation programs, and it investigates themes which…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Role Conflict, Student Personnel Services, Interviews
Urrieta, Luis, Jr. – Educational Foundations, 2005
In this article, the author attempts to enter the charter school dialogue by looking at the new charter school movement through an anti-essentialist social movement and new social movement lens. In the anti-Western new social movement conception there are no set patterns to how movements manifest themselves, or how they were intended to manifest…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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