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Diversity Leadership in Higher Education. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 32, Number 3
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Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr., Ed.; Martinez, Ruben O., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2006
This monograph examines and discusses the context for diversity leadership roles and practices in higher education by using research and theoretical and applied literatures from a variety of fields, including the social sciences, business, and higher education. Framing the discussion on leadership in this monograph is the perspective that American…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Sciences, Leadership, Organizational Theories
The Natural Human Learning Process.
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Smilkstein, Rita Phipps – Journal of Developmental Education, 1993
Reviews research on the physiology of learning, suggesting the development of a new educational model consistent with natural brain development. Considers connected learning a physiological imperative. Discusses ways of using the Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) in the classroom and the development of an NHLP curriculum unit. (27 citations)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity
Principal as Patriot Saboteur.
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Garmston, Robert; Lambert, Linda – 1990
This paper explores the idea that two important elements are represented within the personality of the most effective principals: the heart of a patriot and the mind of a saboteur. Notions about these sources of principal power are explored from the perspective of the patriot saboteur, by which is meant a combination of a passionate commitment to…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Cognitive Processes
The Spiral and the Lattice: Changes in Cognitive Learning Theory with Implications for Art Education.
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Efland, Arthur D. – Studies in Art Education, 1995
Contrasts recent views of learning and cognition with cognitive learning theories of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Maintains that Jerome Bruner's spiral curriculum approach, still valuable, is not sufficient to explain cognitive development. Proposes a lattice-like cognitive development structure, inviting differing paths of exploration. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Curriculum and Planning: Visions and Metaphors.
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Macdonald, James B.; Purpel, David E. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1987
Examines alternatives to the technical orientation of the Ralph Tyler rationale of curriculum planning. Emphasizes the fact that the language and processes of curriculum planning are embedded in metaphysical, philosophical, and moral concerns. Advocates using religious metaphors in models of curriculum planning and discusses how planners' values…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Beliefs, Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development
Establishing an Epistemological Base for Science Teaching in the Light of Contemporary Notions of the Nature of Science and of How Children Learn Science.
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Cleminson, Andrew – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Examined are two aspects of science education--the nature of science and curriculum reform. Contemporary views on the tentative nature of science and a generative model of learning are synthesized. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Students' and Teachers' Conceptions of the Nature of Science: A Review of the Research.
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Lederman, Norman G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Reviews research from the past 40 years on students' and teachers' conceptions of the nature of science, clarifies the basic assumptions and logic which have guided earlier research efforts, contrasts the results from qualitative and quantitative research, makes recommendations about research methods, and suggests avenues for future research about…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Secondary Education