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Barker, Dean; Quennerstedt, Mikael – European Physical Education Review, 2017
Group work is used in physical education (PE) to encourage student-directed, collaborative learning. Aligned with this aim, group work is expected to shift some power from teacher to students and enable students to make decisions and co-construct meaning on their own. There are, however, very few investigations focusing on power in group work…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Cooperative Learning, Power Structure, Group Dynamics
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ünüvar, Perihan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
Objective of this study is to examine the correlation the quality of paternity, gender roles and communication skills of fathers. The scores in the scale of supporting developmental tasks were used in order to determine the quality of paternity. The other data collection tools were the BEM sex role inventory and the communication skills inventory.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Fathers, Gender Role, Communication Skills
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Estrada, Fernando; Mejia, Araceli; Hufana, Alyssa Mae – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2017
An understudied topic is the social experiences of college Latinos. In this study, six men shared their experience of brotherhood or "hermandad". Individual interviews yielded qualitative data that were subjected to inductive coding resulting in seven descriptive themes conveying the essence of brotherhood. The findings and implications…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research
Ogbonnaya, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The transition from a usually autocratic to generally participative style of leadership has been a process full of frustration, anxiety, and concerns for Nigerian immigrant pastors in The Apostolic Church (TAC) North America. These pastors have brought the values, concepts, practices, and behavior which they learned in Nigeria to lead the American…
Descriptors: Churches, Leadership Styles, Clergy, Foreign Countries
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Estrada, Fernando; Jimenez, Paul – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2018
Latino men, part of the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group, stand to benefit from new knowledge related to factors that positively influence college persistence. In this study, the investigators examined whether "machismo"--a multidimensional and gendered social construct--was directly and indirectly associated with…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Minority Group Students, Males
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Yilmaz, Kursad; Altinkurt, Yahya; Ozciftci, Elif – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Known as basic elements directing individuals' lives, cultural values are hidden cultural elements that influence all evaluations and perceptions. Values, in that sense, are elements individuals are aware of and provide the answer to the "what should I do?" feeling (Schein, 1992). Critical pedagogy is a project based…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries
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Creighton, Genevieve; Oliffe, John; Matthews, Jennifer; Saewyc, Elizabeth – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Background: The death of a male friend can be challenging for men because expressions of grief can be governed and restrained by dominant ideals of masculinity. It is common for young men to engage in health risk practices, such as alcohol overuse, to deal with feelings of sadness. Objective: This qualitative study investigated the ways that young…
Descriptors: Grief, Death, Males, Grounded Theory
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McDonald, Sarah – English in Australia, 2016
Historically, the position of girls as marginalised users of the education system has been acknowledged, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. However, reflection upon the current "list of prescribed texts", which makes up part of the South Australian Certificate of Education Board's English Studies outline, as well as the author's…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Reading Materials, English Instruction, English Literature
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Taber, Nancy – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2015
This article explores the ways in which military constructions of gender intersect with academic ones. Its focus is to connect military discourses of duty, honour and service before self with academic ones of commitment and productivity. As such, it engages in an institutional analysis of the gendered organizations of the military and academia and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Gender Issues
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Walker, Patricia – Journal of Research in International Education, 2015
The increasingly diverse nature of the higher education academic community in the United Kingdom is under-researched and under-theorised. This article presents an exploratory study of the lived experiences of newly appointed international academic staff as expressed in their written reflections on their professional practice and interpreted by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, College Faculty
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Gerek, Zinnur – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
We investigated whether doing sports has any effect on the androgynous characteristics of women. In 15 universities from different regions of Turkey, a questionnare was administered to 341 students (170 elite sportlers from nine sport categories and 171 sedantary controls) during the 2012-2013 study period. The Bem sex role inventory was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Athletics, Gender Differences
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Fulcher, Karyn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
It is generally accepted that hearing homophobic language can be detrimental to the well-being of same-sex attracted young people. "Writing Themselves In 3," a survey of Australian same-sex attracted young people, found that almost half of the respondents reported hearing such language on a regular basis, and considered it offensive.…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Well Being, Sexuality, Student Surveys
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Kelly, William E.; Lutz, Daniel – College Student Journal, 2014
The concurrent criterion validity of the Ausburg Multidimensional Personality Instrument (AMPI) clinical scales was examined. The AMPI and several scales purportedly measuring the same or similar constructs as those of the AMPI clinical scales were administered to two samples of college students (N = 134 and N = 118). The correlations between the…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Psychometrics, Construct Validity, Correlation
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Joshi, Suchi P.; Peter, Jochen; Valkenburg, Patti M. – Youth & Society, 2014
Using Hofstede's cultural dimension of masculinity/femininity, this quantitative content analysis investigated the coverage of virginity loss (i.e., occurrence, tone, and association with negative consequences) and pregnancy (i.e., occurrence, tone, and negative consequence of sex) in 2,496 feature stories from all issues of three U.S. and three…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Pregnancy, Content Analysis
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Kawabata, Tomoko; Nagahori, Noriko – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2018
The objective of this research is to discuss how Sociology contributes to identify "the experience of the unconscious gender bias" against female scientists and to assess its impact on their career development. This research is at the first stage of three-year research project. The final aim of this research is to identify the social…
Descriptors: Sociology, Social Science Research, Gender Bias, Women Scientists
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