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Critical Bifocality and Circuits of Privilege: Expanding Critical Ethnographic Theory and Design
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Weis, Lois; Fine, Michelle – Harvard Educational Review, 2012
In this article, Lois Weis and Michelle Fine introduce critical bifocality as a way to render visible the relations between groups to structures of power, to social policies, to history, and to large sociopolitical formations. In this collaboration, the authors draw upon ethnographic examples highlighting the macro-level structural dynamics…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Global Approach, Teacher Attitudes, Ethnography
Determinants of Budget Allocations to Academic Departments: A Case Study. ASHE 1987 Annual Meeting Paper.
Winans, Glen T. – 1987
General fund budgetary determinants in 27 academic departments at the University of California Santa Barbara were studied for the period from 1977/78 through 1983/84. The focus was resource allocation and utilization within departments of the College of Letters and Science. The research design included a pooled multivariate regression analysis of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Decision Making, Departments
From Cultivation to Education: A Study of the Development of the Swedish Universities from a Traditional Cultural Institution to a Rational Educational Institution. R&D for Higher Education, 1980:9.
Svensson, Lennart – 1980
The history of the Swedish universities and their roots in various traditions are traced. Attention is directed to the historico-sociological theory concerning the development and transformation of the Swedish universities from a traditional cultural institution to a rational educational institution. Six themes are covered: a general historical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, College Role, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Organizational Change: Implications for Institutional Research.
Hopkins, Charles E.; Sullivan, Margaret M. – 1981
An approach to assess organizational change within the university is considered. The research approach was designed to use the strength of the university to examine and document an organizational change that evolved over time and resulted in unplanned outcomes is described. Important decisions that influenced the design of the survey instrument…
Descriptors: College Role, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods
The Small Town in America: A Guide for Study and Community Development.
Swanson, Bert E.; Cohen, Richard A. – 1977
Small town community improvement planning is often subjected to urban type analysis. When concepts applicable to the largest cities are grafted onto small towns, a misunderstanding of small town problems and prospects is often the result. Social ecology offers a framework for understanding what a small town is, how it functions, and what is…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Planning
Social Studies: Semester Electives for Grade 12. Advanced Economics--Advanced Government.
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1978
Major concepts and generalizations related to economics and American government are presented. The syllabus is intended for 12th grade social studies teachers. Using the guide, teachers develop and implement strategies which will help students understand more advanced economic and political concepts. Introductory sections provide an overview of…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Advanced Students, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching