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Lustick, Hilary – Education and Urban Society, 2021
Drawing on data from a year-long multi-case ethnography of three secondary urban public schools implementing restorative practices, the current piece examines how principals negotiate restorative practices despite conflicting pressures to maintain order and compel obedience. I frame my inquiry through Sergiovanni's (2000) concept of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary Schools, Principals, Small Schools
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Robert J. Sternberg; Jenna Landy; Jennifer Long – Roeper Review, 2024
Procedures for identifying the gifted often make use of tests of general intelligence, among other assessments. Robert J. Sternberg recently suggested that identification of the gifted should further involve assessment of what he refers to as adaptive intelligence--the ability to adapt to real-world environments. Such a conception of intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Gifted, Identification
Watson, Nancy T., Ed.; Xie, Lei, Ed.; Etchells, Matthew J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018
"Cultural Impact on Conflict Management in Higher Education" shares information regarding conflict management and resolution in higher education from a global perspective. In this book, the authors introduce many conflict resolution methods from different regions in the world. The book shares a conflict resolution model which may direct…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Higher Education, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
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Geertz, Armin W. – American Indian Quarterly, 2011
One of the abiding problems in the study of American Indians is that it is plagued by stereotyping and romanticism. In the history of ideas in Europe and the United States, negative as well as positive stereotyping has been called "primitivism." Much of the author's work has been an attempt to get beyond primitivism in order to get to…
Descriptors: American Indians, World Views, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
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Lang, Matthew – Journal of Education for Business, 2009
Conflict management is a significant and unavoidable part of a manager's role in an organization. Employees need conflict management skills to manage themselves, make decisions, and work effectively in the ever-increasing team environment of today's organizations. In the present article, the author demonstrates the disconnect between the…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Administrator Role, Undergraduate Study
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Gibler, Douglas M. – Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2008
Reputations are supposed to matter. Decision makers consistently refer to reputations for resolve, and international relations theories confirm the value of being able to credibly signal intentions during times of crisis. However, empirical support for the effects of reputation has been lacking. Problems of strategic selection have hampered…
Descriptors: Reputation, International Relations, Values, Behavior Problems