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Guest, Andrew M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
This article offers interpretive perspectives on play as a cultural activity during middle childhood by contrasting two communities targeted for aid by external sport and play programs: a Chicago public housing community and a community of Angolan refugee camps. Ethnographic anecdotes, along with some survey results, demonstrate that aside from…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Influences, Athletics, Refugees
Bensimon, Estela Mara; Neumann, Anna – 1992
This report examines the usefulness of leadership teams in higher education based on study results involving 15 institutions of higher education located throughout the United States. In chapters 1 and 2 the concept of the "leadership team" is introduced by means of: (1) a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of teamwork; and (2) a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Riley, Judith – 1984
A review of current guides for and advice on preparing distance education materials suggests that such aids are inadequate to help solve the problems faced by course developers because of several underlying assumptions: (1) there is no need for advice on the preparation process--establishing an ideal of the desired product is enough; (2) good…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Case Studies, Correspondence Study, Courses