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Kijinski, John L. – College Teaching, 1985
Graduate students in fields in which an advanced degree is gained traditionally as preparation for college teaching develop their self-images as scholars and teachers with faculty at selective research institutions as their only role models. A better approach would be to require graduate students to observe daily operations of a different…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Zelnio, Barbara – 1994
The Early Employee Selector Program (EESP) at Peirce College (Pennsylvania) combines some features of a traditional co-op experience with a strong mentoring component. Ninety percent of the students at this urban two-year college are first generation college students. Placement at the work site occurs after one academic semester, and, unlike…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Job Placement, Mentors
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Bowen, Judith L.; Carline, Jan – Academic Medicine, 1997
Recommends application of social learning theory to medical education in ambulatory care settings, including preceptor attention to orienting and creating legitimate and appropriate roles for learners; provision of competent role models; careful organization of the experience to include modeling, discussion, and both guided and independent…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinics, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Context
Chand, Krishan – 1993
The dropout problem in the United States is explored; and some suggestions for reducing the dropout rate are offered for parents, teachers, and principals. Several indicators have been recognized as placing a student at risk of dropping out of school. Dimensions of alienation have also been identified, as have social factors that contribute,…
Descriptors: Crime, Drinking, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
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LaPoint, Velma – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
The national issue of school choice and the reduction and prevention of violence among youth are two issues that are critical for African-American educators, parents, youth, and education supporters. In addressing these problems, African-American educators must become role models of empowerment and advocacy for youth. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Teachers, Black Youth, Community Responsibility
Agency for Instructional Television, Bloomington, IN. – 1982
A content analysis was conducted for all 60 programs of ThinkAbout, an instructional television series designed to strengthen the reasoning skills of fifth and sixth graders and to review and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and study skills. The study comprised separate analyses of three concerns: (1) demographic characteristics of…
Descriptors: Bias, Content Analysis, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Kim, James S. – 1993
Students need to see past heroes as real people who struggled with ordinary problems in order to see the relevancy of studying history and to act practically upon the lessons that each leader teaches them. This study attempts to answer two questions relating to Martin Luther King, Jr.: (1) What do we teach our children about King? and (2) Can we…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black History, Black Leadership, Computer Assisted Instruction
Rancifer, Jesse L.; Pinchback, Carolyn – 1990
The decline of blacks in mathematics is a disjuncture in education that is not easily understood. It is an issue that has been discussed and researched for decades. The purpose of this literature review was to review findings that contribute to the decline of blacks in mathematics and to explore some of the implications of this decline for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Mathematics, Elementary School Mathematics
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Twale, Darla J.; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
A study of seven diverse professional schools suggests that, although a variety of strategies (e.g., early identification, preprofessional contact, resocialization of faculty and matriculated students, and support services) can produce successful affirmative action for women and minority students, a concise, directed program geared to the school's…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Students