NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
String Theory and Knots: A 50 Year Journey through Organizational Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Seashore Louis, Karen – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: This paper explores the emergence and shift in critical theories and problems-of-practice over the last 50 years. Design/methodology/approach: Quipu is an Incan record-keeping system used across the Andes. Using multiple strings of different colors, hundreds of different knots were used to count, record historical events. The underlying…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, School Organization, Generational Differences, Educational Environment
"Why Are All the Black Kids Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race in the Twenty-First Century
Direct linkDirect link
Tatum, Beverly Daniel – Liberal Education, 2017
The author, winner of the 2017 Boyer Award, discusses her twentieth-anniversary edition of her book, "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations about Race." When she told people that she was working on a new edition of her 1997 book, they typically responded with two questions: (1) "Is…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, African American Students, Student Diversity, Racial Composition
The State of Public Education for Latino Students: A Qualitative Research Project
Direct linkDirect link
Foxen, Patricia – UnidosUS, 2019
The overarching goal of this project is to tell a genuine story of Latino students across the U.S. public school system in order to counter negative narratives about these students, their families, and communities, and to point to systemic solutions that must be considered by school administrators and teachers, school districts and states, federal…
Descriptors: Public Education, Hispanic American Students, Public Schools, Academic Achievement
Maternal Recollections of Schooling and Children's School Preparation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Miller, Kyle; Dilworth-Bart, Janean; Hane, Amanda – School Community Journal, 2011
Parents are the primary managers of children's development during their early years and greatly influence how children are primed for school. Therefore, understanding children's school preparation should involve appreciation for the unique developmental histories and perspectives that parents bring to the relationship with the child, with the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Preschool Children, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
Effective Training for Millennial Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Werth, Eric P.; Werth, Loredana – Adult Learning, 2011
A generational shift is occurring in training environments worldwide, a shift that promises to bring with it a dramatic and long-lasting impact. Just as years ago, those of the Baby Boomer generation passed the torch to Generation X, today the process is starting anew with Generation X and those who have come to be known as the Millennials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Generational Differences, Training
Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators
Direct linkDirect link
OECD Publishing, 2015
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the output of educational institutions; the impact of learning across countries; the financial and human resources invested in education; access, participation and progression in…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Adults