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Schuckman, Hugh Erik – ProQuest LLC, 2012
From President Kennedy's first announcement of a non-military US volunteer corps in 1961, the Peace Corps has been one of the preeminent government grassroots volunteer development agency. This study explores the history of the ambiguities inherent in this contention, pressure primarily stemming from the organization's role as both a governmental…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Voluntary Agencies, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Motter, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Exploring the theory the personal is political, this critical emancipatory case study seeks to empower women and disrupt virtual world discourses via women's intervention of voice and visibility in informal learning sites. Using critical emancipatory methodology, I worked with five women to develop strategic online social network…
Descriptors: Art Education, Feminism, Activism, Case Studies
Blackburn, Carolyn; Carpenter, Barry; Egerton, Jo – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
The range of learning difficulties associated with children and young people who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) has been highlighted as an emerging but little understood area of Special Educational Needs. This engaging, timely and highly practical book will raise awareness about FASD and its associated difficulties across the entire…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Autism, Learning Strategies
Atkinson, Kristen N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This paper presents a participatory research approach to the study of youth activism within a community development and movement-building program. It employs participatory ethnography theory and methods to explore an innovative model of social change for social justice. Building on community youth development and transformative social work…
Descriptors: Youth, Activism, Social Justice, Participatory Research
Bulus, Vincent Hassan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The impetus for conducting this research is near and dear to my heart along with desiring to make a change for the better. In conducting interviews of Nigerian women's experiences, struggles and accessibility to secondary education, the research shows significant barriers to secondary education in their narrative experiences that their male…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Females, Qualitative Research
Wilson, Judy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
College student persistence has been a concern of researchers and practitioners since the early 1960s. Traditional models have addressed the need for students to be integrated into the academic and social domains of the college campus. Recently, critical theorists and researchers have been questioning the relevance of the traditional models for…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
Blackwell, Edith Lavonne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The identity of the teacher has been determined to influence classroom practices. Positional identity is defined as one's perception of self relative to others. This qualitative research study investigates the positional identity of five high school science teachers of different ethnicities and how their positional identities influence their…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Science Teachers, Professional Identity
Luft, Kathleen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigated the relationship between two elementary building administrators and their teaching faculty with regard to leadership styles of the principal. Leadership analysis determined that one principal had a transformational leadership and one principal who had a transactional leadership style. A survey assessed the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Principals
Calleroz White, James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to answer the question, "What are the experiences of students who have completed the Achievement Academy program?" In collecting data to answer this question, a series of clarifying questions also emerged: "What are the cultural, academic, and personal costs and benefits associated with being a part of…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Focus Groups, Interviews, Critical Theory
Hyland, N.; Kranzow, J. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2012
This mixed-method study focuses on the impact of using electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) in a graduate capstone course as a tool for increasing students' critical thinking and self-directed learning. The primary results indicate that the e-portfolio, as both a tool and a process, shows great potential. This study also reveals the capacity of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Graduate Study, Education Courses
E. N., Ekesionye; A. N., Okolo – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
The objective of the study was to examine women empowerment and participation in economic activities as tools for self-reliance and development of the Nigerian society. Research questions and hypothesis were used to guide the study. Structured questionnaire was used as the major instrument for data collection. Copies of questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Females, Measures (Individuals), Womens Studies, Empowerment
Ferris, Kristen – School Administrator, 2012
Finding, keeping and supporting great educators presents the single biggest challenge to successful school turnarounds. Without teachers and administrators who bring the needed combination of skills and passion, nothing else will achieve the desired effect. The turnaround model supported by the U.S. Department of Education School Improvement Grant…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Change, Human Capital, Sustainability
Park, Gloria – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2012
With an increase in the number of learners and speakers of English as an additional language entering the English language teaching field, especially in Outer and Expanding Circle countries and some migrating into the Inner Circle countries (e.g., Jenkins, 2009), there is an urgent need to prepare, and understand the experiences of, English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Asians
Le, Quynh – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: E-Portfolio is a powerful tool for demonstrating evidence of learning and achievements in graduate research. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept, structure and functions of e-Portfolio in graduate research and discuss the significance of the role of e-Portfolio in enhancing the quality of graduate research students and…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Educational Technology, Postdoctoral Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Georgiadis, Fokion; Zisimos, Apostolos – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
This paper first outlines briefly the present status and position of the Roma/Gypsies in the Greek context while it gives a review of education policy and provision. Secondly, it indicates that Greek primary teachers lack adequate preparedness for the challenges accompanying contemporary educational multiculturalism and social justice issues. The…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries