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Minority Teachers as Change Agents in the People's Republic of China
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Lee, MaryJo Benton; Kayongo-Male, Diane – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2017
China is becoming an increasingly polarized society, in large part due to the inaccessibility of basic education for minority children. Schools can be vehicles for social change and community building, and teachers can be agents of transformation and hope. The PRC, however, is experiencing a critical shortage of trained teachers willing to serve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Change Agents, Minority Group Teachers, Social Change
Situating Race in College Students' Search for Purpose and Meaning: Who Am I?
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Watt, Sherry K. – Journal of College and Character, 2015
People in the U.S. live in a racialized society whereby life experiences, economic opportunities, social relationships, and psychological rewards hinge upon a racial hierarchy that benefits Whites and often disadvantages other races. Studs Terkel once referred to race as "An American Obsession." Therefore, it is near impossible to…
Descriptors: Race, College Students, Identification (Psychology), Racial Identification
Design in Practice: Scenarios for Improving Management Education
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Schlenker, Lee; Chantelot, Sébastien – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Despite the increasing attention given to design in business, Design Thinking has had little impact on the quality of business school education. Building upon the foundations of long-standing critiques of management education and the potential for student-centric learning, the authors propose that the use of Design in Practice can significantly…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Design, Business Administration Education, Business Administration
Community Service, Educational Performance and Social Responsibility in Northwest China
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Luo, Renfu; Shi, Yaojiang; Zhang, Linxiu; Liu, Chengfang; Li, Hongbin; Rozelle, Scott; Sharbono, Brian – Journal of Moral Education, 2011
The main goal of this paper is to analyse the effect of high school scholarships tied to community service on the development of secondary school students in Northwest China. Using data from three rounds of surveys of thousands of students in 298 classes in 75 high schools in Shaanxi province, the paper documents the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Scholarships, Service Learning
Principles of Development and Developmental Change Underlying Theories of Cognitive and Moral Development
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King, Patricia M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
Development defined as increasingly complex and adaptive forms of seeing, knowing, and caring sheds light on how to identify aims of educational programs designed to foster development. Educators who aspire to promote development as well as content mastery help students understand the basis for their decisions, explore alternative bases and…
Descriptors: Student Development, Moral Development, Cognitive Development, Reflection
Quality, Content, and Context in the Assessment of Student Learning and Development in College.
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Pace, C. Robert – 1986
This report focuses on assessing the quality of undergraduate education. A framework for thinking about the topic is provided, followed by a discussion of the ways in which the educational context is typically organized and student achievement is typically measured, with suggestions for new indicators and measures. The significance of contexts and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Content Analysis, Context Effect