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Shibuya, Kazuro – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2022
Nobody denies that trust in schools is key to success in generating any educational outcomes. However, trust is often eroded, resulting in conflicts, alienation, and differentiation among school-level stakeholders. This book analyses school-based management (SBM) of education through the lens of relational trust in the context of Ghana, revealing…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Conflict
1989
This book presents more than 200 photographs along with a chronological record from the "Ming Pao News," covering the events in People's Republic of China from the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, which precipitated the Chinese student democratic movement, to the crushing of the movement at Tiananmen Square by the Chinese army on…
Descriptors: Activism, Armed Forces, Civil Disobedience, Civil Liberties
Kelly, Deirdre, Ed.; Gaskell, Jane, Ed. – 1996
A new, prevailing wisdom is guiding the thinking of policy makers and policy shapers throughout North America; its watchwords are "global competitiveness" and "economic restructuring." The preoccupation with viewing schooling and its role in society through the single lens of global economic competitiveness closes off other…
Descriptors: Alienation, Critical Theory, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
Calder, Judith, Ed. – 1993
This book identifies the major new developments in the provision of education and training for adults and examines the ideas, developments, and strategies currently being used in the light of the particular needs of disaffected adult learners. (Disaffection refers to feelings of estrangement, lack of trust, feelings of inadequacy, anger, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Raaheim, Kjell; Wankowski, Janek – 1981
Perspectives on university-level studies and factors that affect student performance are considered, based on experiences and research conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Birmingham, England. Topics include the following: student goals; the use of lectures for larger groups; the importance of early feedback;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Articulation (Education)
Britton, Liz; Chatrik, Balbir; Coles, Bob; Craig, Gary; Hylton, Carl; Mumtaz, Saira – 2002
An evaluation addressed how existing services in England, especially the ConneXions career guidance service, reach or overlook groups of young people at the margins--those from minority ethnic groups who experience social exclusion and disaffection. Material from 2 sets of indepth interviews with 64 young people (most 16 and 17 years old) in 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alienation, At Risk Persons, Blacks