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Direct linkMeier, Gabriela; Daniels, Harry – Research Papers in Education, 2013
There is a wide consensus that during their year abroad higher education (HE) language students should improve their language skills in contact with native speakers in the host community. Research shows, however, that many students find it difficult, if not impossible, to make meaningful contact to locals, and some consider the lack of it as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interaction, Friendship, Second Language Learning
Woodhouse, Janice Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation examines the phenomenon of how communities can effect change in policy and practice to support greater ecological and cultural sustainability. The general purpose of this research is to examine selected local initiatives for ecological and cultural sustainability to better understand the role of adult education in those efforts.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Local Issues
Hopkins, John L.; Monaghan, Catherine H.; Hansman, Catherine A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2009
This qualitative case study investigated the impact of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funding on the providers and planners of programs for incumbent workers in one Midwest WIA region. It examines the collaboration and power conflicts that are part of planning and implementing this legislation for the stakeholders. The study applied Matland's…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Context Effect, Federal Legislation
Pacheco, Denise L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In an era of reductionist approaches to teaching and assessment, this dissertation returns to the fundamental question: "What is the value of writing, particularly poetry writing, in our society today?" The poet's central task, to abstract reality through symbols, requires profound cognitive and emotional work (Vendler, 2004; Steele,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Environment, Recognition (Achievement), Student Participation
Download full textNovotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
