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Jane Gingrich; Anja Giudici; Daniel McArthur – Comparative Education Review, 2024
The effects on social mobility of stratifying pupils into different educational pathways have been debated for decades. We intervene in this debate by showing that stratification in secondary schooling is multidimensional. The extent of "differentiation" into separate tracks is distinct from "hierarchy" between tracks. To…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Educational History, European History
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Lauren Schnell-Peskin; Gina Riley; Kristen Hodnett; Virginia Gryta; April Kisamore – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2024
Purpose: It is now considered commonplace to teach in a multigenerational higher education classroom that is made up of Baby Boomers, Generation X, Y and Z students. To ensure that all students, regardless of their generational identity, are successful in the classroom, educators must teach purposefully, with an understanding of the variables that…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Higher Education, Intergenerational Programs, Adult Students
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Marianne Markowski; Erika Kalocsányiová; Ryan Essex – Written Communication, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a renewed interest in intergenerational letter and email writing. Evidence shows that expressive writing, including letter writing, has a number of benefits including improved literacy and perceived well-being, and it can also facilitate a deep connection with another person. This scoping review provides an…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Electronic Mail, Writing (Composition), Generational Differences
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Zingisa Nkosinkulu – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2024
This article embarks on an exploration of the transformative influence of infographics within the educational landscape, tracing their impact from the Gen-Alpha era onwards. Infographics emerge as dynamic visual tools, transcending generational boundaries and establishing a universal language of comprehension. From catering to the digital fluency…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Recreational Activities, Leisure Time
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Tlili, Ahmed; Huang, Ronghuai; Shehata, Boulus; Liu, Dejian; Zhao, Jialu; Metwally, Ahmed Hosny Saleh; Wang, Huanhuan; Denden, Mouna; Bozkurt, Aras; Lee, Lik-Hang; Beyoglu, Dogus; Altinay, Fahriye; Sharma, Ramesh C.; Altinay, Zehra; Li, Zhisheng; Liu, Jiahao; Ahmad, Faizan; Hu, Ying; Salha, Soheil; Abed, Mourad; Burgos, Daniel – Smart Learning Environments, 2022
The Metaverse has been the centre of attraction for educationists for quite some time. This field got renewed interest with the announcement of social media giant Facebook as it rebranding and positioning it as Meta. While several studies conducted literature reviews to summarize the findings related to the Metaverse in general, no study to the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Benefits
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Perin, Dolores; De La Paz, Susan; Piantedosi, Kelly Worland; Peercy, Megan Madigan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
We reviewed literature on the school-related writing of students in English-dominant settings whose native languages were other than English to identify 2 kinds of difference: (a) among language minority (LM) students differing in oral English proficiency and (b) between LM and native English-speaking students. Sixteen studies met selection…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Language Minorities, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
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Gallardo-Echenique, Eliana Esther; Marqués-Molías, Luis; Bullen, Mark; Strijbos, Jan-Willem – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
This paper reports on a literature review of the concept of "Digital Natives" and related terms. More specifically, it reports on the idea of a homogeneous generation of prolific and skilled users of digital technology born between 1980 and 1994. In all, 127 articles published between 1991 and 2014 were reviewed. On the basis of the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Literature Reviews
Wilson, Franklin D. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2016
This paper analyzes age and cohort changes in the occupational attainment of Blacks and Whites born in successive decades from 1910 to 1979. Occupational attainment is operationalized as "occupational returns to education" and "earnings returns to occupation." The primary objective is to determine whether the relative…
Descriptors: African Americans, Whites, Racial Differences, Generational Differences
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Eifert, Elise K.; Adams, Rebecca; Morrison, Sharon; Strack, Robert – American Journal of Health Education, 2016
Background: As life expectancy and morbidity related to chronic disease increase, the baby boomers will be called upon to provide care to aging members of their family or to be care recipients themselves. Purpose: Through the theoretical lens of the life course perspective, this review of the literature provides insight into what characteristics…
Descriptors: Family Role, Caregivers, Aging (Individuals), Baby Boomers
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Edge, Karen – School Leadership & Management, 2014
Most schools currently employ three generations of teachers and leaders: Baby Boomers (1946-65), Generation X (1966-80) and Generation Y (1981-2003). However, the implications for school leaders of multi-generational schools remain relatively unexplored. This paper examines the empirical multi-disciplinary generations at work evidence to identify…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Family Work Relationship, Power Structure, Cooperation
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Schullery, Nancy M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
This article summarizes literature on workplace engagement, an issue that affects organizations' financial results and individuals' personal lives. The newest of the four generations in the workplace, Millennials, were recently shown to have different values than the other two prevalent generations. Surveys taken by 16,000 high school seniors of…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Work Attitudes, Values, Age Differences
Phillips, Abigail L. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
Leadership is an often-misunderstood word, especially in the context of libraries. With multiple definitions for the word "leadership" and vast numbers of leadership styles, it can be difficult to identity what exactly is meant when discussing library leadership. This literature review brings together 10 years of scholarly research on…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Leadership, Literature Reviews, Educational Research
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2013
The Advisory Committee's 2010 report, "The Rising Price of Inequality," found that need-based grant aid from all sources was inadequate by examining the enrollment and completion rates of low-income high school graduates who seek to earn a bachelor's degree and are qualified to gain admission to a 4-year college. The major finding was…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, High School Graduates, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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Franklin, Somer L.; Slate, John R.; Joyner, Sheila A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2014
In this article, we analyzed research studies in the field of graduate education. In particular, we explored the issue of inequity in graduate education through three key lenses of social science analyses. Furthermore, we analyzed selected quantitative research studies that undertook a comparative examination of aggregate trends in enrollment and…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnicity, Statistical Analysis