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You Can't Be a Nice White Lady and Do Anti-Racism Work: A Self-Study on Teaching against Racism
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Kenyon, Elizabeth – Studying Teacher Education, 2022
As a social studies teacher educator in the United States, it is crucial that I work to better understand myself and my teaching in regard to anti-racism. As a community, we need to study ourselves both as individuals and as programs to better ourselves as teacher educators who care deeply about racial justice, both for our own students and for…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Racial Bias, Social Justice, Methods Courses
In Search of How Principals Change: A Qualitative Study of Events That Help and Hinder Administrator Support for School-Wide PBIS
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McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
In Search of How Principals Change: A Qualitative Study of Events That Help and Hinder Administrator Support for School-Wide PBIS
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McIntosh, Kent; Kelm, Joanna L.; Canizal Delabra, Alondra – Grantee Submission, 2016
Research has shown principal support to be a critical variable for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. However, there remains little understanding of the factors that may influence a principal's personal decision to support a practice. The purpose of the current study was to examine events that influenced principals' support for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Practices, Administrator Attitudes
Uncovering Innovations Strategy: Positive Deviance that Are Invisible in Plain Sight
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Singhal, Arvind – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Every community has individuals or groups who manage to find better solutions to problems than their peers, although everyone has access to the same resources and challenges. Those are the positive deviants.
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Nutrition, Graduation Rate, Academic Persistence
Predicting Educational Risks among Court-Involved Black Males: Family, Peers, and Mental Health Issues
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Gavazzi, Stephen M.; Russell, Christiana M.; Khurana, Atika – Negro Educational Review, 2009
Disproportionately large numbers of Black youth experience repeated encounters with the juvenile justice system, and often these same youth present with a variety of school-related difficulties. Data from a sample of 842 Black males, assessed in five Ohio juvenile courts using the Global Risk Assessment Device (GRAD), are used to describe the…
Descriptors: African American Children, Learning Problems, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
Response Rates for Mixed-Mode Surveys Using Mail and E-Mail/Web
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Converse, Patrick D.; Wolfe, Edward W.; Huang, Xiaoting; Oswald, Frederick L. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
This study examines response rates for mixed-mode survey implementation involving mail and e-mail/Web components. Using Dillman's Tailored Design Method, 1,500 participants were sent a survey either (a) via mail with a follow-up contact via e-mail that directed them to a Web-based questionnaire or (b) via e-mail that directed them to a Web-based…
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Response Rates (Questionnaires), Research Methodology
Teaching Strategies for the Disadvantaged Student and Their Use by Teachers in Business Education in Selected Ohio Inner City High Schools.
Matejisik, Elfriede – 1978
The negative reaction to the disadvantaged in the United States is discussed in the light of the protestant ethic in this paper based on the author's dissertation. The question "Who are the disadvantaged and what sets them apart from the rest of American society?" is addressed. The extent to which business education teachers employ…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Critical Incidents Method, Disadvantaged