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Okawa, Gail Y. – 1988
The writing center is a logical setting for assisting the culturally dissonant student. Although the education of ethnic minority youth is one of the major tasks confronting American society and public higher education, teaching methods remain oriented to the values of a predominantly white middle class population. As a result, non-traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Towns, Kathryn; And Others – 1987
The Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education (PROBE) counseling and referral system is intended to help single parents and displaced homemakers gain greater control over their own lives, careers, and futures. PROBE began in 1975 as a campus-based program at Pennsylvania State University and became community based in 1977. PROBE,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers

Raywid, Mary Anne – Metropolitan Education, 1987
Schools of choice, which enable families to select among deliberately diversified schools and programs, benefit teachers. They facilitate empowerment, professionalization of practice, collaborative activity, and collegiality. The choice debate in Minnesota is reviewed, and issues confronting stakeholders are discussed. Educators should be…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Hamilton, Stuart, Ed.; Sturges, Paul, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2004
The IFLA/FAIFE (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions/Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) Theme Report 2004 presents visions of how libraries can promote literacy and lifelong learning. The literacy process has to be recognised as inclusive of all ranges of communication, and it occurs at…
Descriptors: Literacy, Access to Information, Lifelong Learning, Empowerment
Sargent, John; Farley, Ashley – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to discover ways in which a music educator can incorporate students with special needs in a music classroom. Music educators seek ways to manage and incorporate these students in the classroom environment. The research question guiding this action research study was: how are students with special needs incorporated in…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Classroom Environment, Music Teachers, Action Research
Baird, Irene C. – 2001
The role of incarcerated women's writings as change agents for their communities was explored in a project during which 15 Anglo-American, African-American, and Latina women between the ages of 19 and 40 years voluntarily participates in three 10-week poetry reading and discussion sessions. The program was designed as a Freirian/humanities adult…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Blacks
Delgado-Gaitan, Concha – 2001
This book presents an ethnography of community efforts in Carpinteria, California, to bridge ethnic differences, empower parents, and improve education for the town's diverse student population. Located on the central California coast south of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria has been home to generations of Mexican immigrants and their children. Over…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Community Action, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller-Whitehead, Marie; Abbott, Gypsy – 2001
The efficacy and outcomes of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition Education Training (NET) project designed to increase awareness of health risk and wellness factors for grade 9 students were studied. This paper comments on results from a survey of 125 ninth graders about the NET curriculum and results from a study of program impact on…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Curriculum
Daniels, Doria – 2002
South African women in informal settlements lack access to education and employment opportunities, making them vulnerable to exploitation and poverty. A collaborative narrative inquiry was undertaken to compile the life histories of 16 women, identifying their participation in community building. The process combined popular education and feminist…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Biographies, Blacks
Tierney, William G. – 1992
American Indian students are among the most underrepresented groups in academe, and few of those who enter college finish. This book attempts to provide greater understanding of Native American experiences in higher education through analysis based on critical theory, focusing particularly on the recruitment and retention of Native Americans by…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indian Education, College Students, Colleges
Rich, Dorothy – 1997
This handbook provides advice to help parents, caregivers, and teachers arrive at personal answers to basic questions that affect children's achievement. The handbook is intended as a personal notebook in which are recorded reader responses to the home/school problems raised in the book "What Do We Say? What Do We Do?" The sections are:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Children
Crowther, David T.; Cannon, John R. – 1998
Science education and the preparation of science teachers have been of great concern over the past two decades. This research investigated the influence of an extended elementary science teaching practicum upon preservice elementary teachers' (N=19) science self-efficacy. It explored both quantitatively and qualitatively the progression of teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Lambert, Jane L. – 1997
This paper examines the potential contributions of a feminist critical perspective to an understanding of assessment in higher education. It uses as a foundation the nine principles of feminist assessment (published in 1992 as an outgrowth of a project on women's studies programs) and an American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) list of…
Descriptors: Activism, College Environment, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Practices
Hill, Amie; Herman, Richard – 1998
Based on structured interviews with Interlocken students, staff, parents, and alumni, this book presents a historical account of the international coeducational camp, Interlocken, founded in 1961, and its practice and philosophy of experiential education. Section 1 explains the innovative summer-camp/youth-travel mission of Interlocken and its…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Cultural Exchange, Experiential Learning
Roberts, Richard N.; Rule, Sarah; Innocenti, Mark S. – 1998
This book gives practical advice to students and professionals for developing truly collaborative relationships with families. Long-term goals and proposed support models are outlined to help practitioners learn to address families' unique needs. Chapters of case examples highlight service integration problems. Section 1, "A Model for Practice,"…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Children, Delivery Systems