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Download full textO'Daniel, Richard M. – 1994
This paper explores a facet of the organizational implications of an Afrocentric perspective in American education, primarily in public schools. It also explores, through two focus groups, the perceptions of 10 African-American school administrators and 10 teachers in a graduate education supervision class. The focus groups made it clear that the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Afrocentrism, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedHendershott, Anne; Wright, Sheila – Teaching Sociology, 1993
Describes the use of student focus groups to review and evaluate an interdisciplinary undergraduate program. Asserts that this technique reveals more significant information than using machine scorable tests. Concludes that the instructors' role is the most important factor in student attitudes toward a course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Kezar, Adrianna J. – 1998
This study compared the ideas of researchers with those of practitioners in higher education regarding what is considered significant and useful literature in terms of content, methodology, and format. The findings were interpreted in terms of theories of action research and the quality movement. Data were compiled using focus groups of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Quality, Focus Groups, Futures (of Society)
Carlton, Shiela; Soulsby, Jim; Whitelegg, Di – 2002
This document discusses policy and practice addressing the need for financial literacy education for older people in the United Kingdom. The discussion is based largely on the findings of survey and focus groups that were conducted to identify the difficulties older people encounter in dealing with different financial services and managing their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Consumer Education
Askov, Eunice N. – 2002
A think tank on researching family literacy was held to brainstorm a national research agenda for family literacy. The think tank brought together 12 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners involved in family literacy. Key themes emerging during the think tank were as follows: (1) family literacy is difficult to research because it is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Brainstorming, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Gladden, Karen; Rivera, Karen; Russell, Sherry – 2000
This book uses poetry and essays to share how welfare reform has affected the lives of a group of female adult literacy students from western Massachusetts. After a brief explanation of the book's purpose, the women who presented their views in the book's poems and essays are profiled. Presented next are six poems that several of the women wrote…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
