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Coleman, Kathy; Peters, Pamela; Murray, Linda; Pawlicki, Lorraine; Wemple, Rosalie; Johnson, Sheila – 1997
This action research project evaluated a program for decreasing the gap in achievement levels among primary and secondary level students in the targeted schools. The subjects, from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds ranging from lower to upper-middle class, were students in Chicago city and suburban public and Catholic schools. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning
Smith, William A. – 1976
Techniques for applying Brazilian adult educator and political organizer Paulo Freire's theory of "conscientizacao" are discussed. Freire's pedagogy is designed to liberate both oppressor and oppressed from the victimization of the oppressive system through "conscientizacao" or consciousness raising. The term refers to the developmental processes…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Innovation, Educational Principles