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Sells, Scott P.; And Others – Journal of Social Work Education, 1997
Describes a social work course incorporating ethnographic research methods, including seven course modules that cover sampling, data collection, data analysis, theory development, presentation of findings, and practical application within a clinical setting. Also presents student evaluations of course relevance and usefulness, and educational and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Organization
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Whitaker, Nancy L. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Describes a year-long project where the specialist teachers (music, art, drama, and creative movement) attempted to integrate their instruction into the rest of an elementary school's curriculum. Discusses the initial planning, procedures, and information collected for research purposes. Includes verbatim responses from teachers, students, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Tanner, Daniel – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Too many researchers have built careers on the quantitative/qualitative research debate. Social scientists have largely abandoned their responsibility for popular education, focusing primarily on schooling's limitations, rather than its potential for furthering social progress. Standard-setting is highly politicized; research is becoming too…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Weissberg, Robert – Perspectives on Political Science, 1995
Argues that radical left-wing academics faced little opposition in their attempts to dominate intellectual theory in political science. Maintains that this occurred because quantitative research so displaced intellectual theory as to render it irrelevant. Describes the predominant emphasis on statistical methodology and paints a bleak picture of…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Trends
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Furney, Katharine S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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Jester, Timothy E. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2002
A qualitative study examined a rural Alaskan school district's standards-based reform in the sociohistorical context of Alaska Native education. Observations and interviews with 32 district staff members indicate that the district had recast the historical "civilization-savagism" paradigm as an "unhealthy Native" construct to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education
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Romanowski, Michael H. – Rural Educator, 2003
A study examined the role played by cultural capital in the education of migrant students. Observations and interviews with administrators, faculty, and students during a summer migrant program in a rural Ohio school district indicate that the cultural capital of migrant students, particularly family loyalty, often conflicted with the cultural…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cultural Background, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged Youth
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Knotek, Steve – Journal of Special Education, 2003
A study investigated how the social process and context of multidisciplinary teams in two rural, southern elementary schools inhibited the unbiased discussion of African American students' psychoeducational functioning. Although ethnic bias was not documented, four themes related to the teams social context and bias in the problem-solving process…
Descriptors: Black Students, Conferences, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
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Padilla, Raymond V.; Pavel, D. Michael – Review of Higher Education, 1994
A study of 24 Hispanic and American Indian college students attempted to refine the concept of academic integration in Tinto's model of education withdrawal. Findings suggest that measurement of academic integration could be strengthened by including indicators of the substance and process of academic advising, as students experience it.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, American Indians, Attitude Measures, College Students
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Mather, Nancy; Roberts, Rhia – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This article considers current educational trends that may undermine the service delivery system for individuals with severe learning disabilities, including influence of terminology, teacher-training models, full inclusion, curriculum-based assessment, reliance on quantitative decision making, adherence to singular teaching methodologies, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification, Educational Change
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Trumbull, Deborah J.; Kerr, Patricia – Science Education, 1993
Discusses results obtained through interviews with university science teachers with regard to their philosophies and practices in college science classrooms. Data revealed that teachers are not satisfied with all aspects of their teaching; however, they are not sure how to make changes that would maximize student learning. (ZWH)
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Research, Field Interviews, Higher Education
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Turner, Sandra V.; Dipinto, Vito M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
In this study, seventh-grade students used hypermedia software, a graphics scanner, and a videodisc player to create multimedia research reports for science. Topics addressed include skill development, student and teacher opinions on time spent learning the software, student interactions, how students organized information, content-specific…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware, Grade 7
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Robinson, Kerry H. – Gender and Education, 1992
Examines how teachers' perceptions of gender affect classroom discipline in Australia using case studies at 4 high schools and 2 secondary institutions; interviews with 86 students, 40 teachers, and 10 support staff; and questionnaires from 720 students and 110 teachers. Stereotyped masculinity and femininity attitudes exist in classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Environment
Huenecke, Dorothy – Educational Technology, 1992
This critique of "Writing to Read," a computer-based reading and writing program, uses aesthetic criteria and artistic criticism. Observations of kindergarten and first grade classes are described; education as art is considered; the issues of time and control are examined; and the aesthetic criteria of balance and coherence are…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Gillette, Howard, Jr. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Analyzes the literature of two groups of urban historians. Contends the focus has changed from pre-1960 when the quantitative group, rooted in Marxist theory, studied nonelites in working places. Observes many historians use a variety of approaches to their analysis of cities' social and cultural problems. (NL)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Historians, Institutional Research
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