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Direct linkGray, Tara M.; Rubel, Deborah – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2018
The purpose of this study was to develop a grounded theory of how adolescents experience the cohesion process in rural school counseling groups. A total of 20 individual interviews with 7 participants were conducted. Data analysis generated the central category of the cohesion process as "sticking together," which describes a "tight…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Counseling, Adolescent Development, Grounded Theory
Paechter, Carrie; Clark, Sheryl – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
In this paper we consider discourses of friendship and belonging mobilised by girls who are not part of the dominant "cool" group in one English primary school. We explore how, by investing in alternative and, at times, resistant, discourses of "being nice" and "being normal" these "non-cool" girls were able…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Females, Friendship
Chang, Jen-Wei; Wei, Hung-Yu – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have developed rapidly and become tremendously popular because of their plentiful gamification designs, such as reputation points, rewards, and goal setting. Although previous studies have mentioned a broad range of gamification designs that might influence MOOC learner engagement, most gamified MOOCs fail to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Games, Learner Engagement
Young, Tabitha L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2013
This article presents developmentally appropriate applications of Motivational Interviewing (MI; Miller & Rollnick, 2002) for use in preparing group members for the working stages of group. Practical strategies are offered for using MI to facilitate an atmosphere of trust, recognize member readiness for change, identify and resolve members'…
Descriptors: Interviews, Group Counseling, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Group Dynamics
Szeto, Elson; Cheng, Annie Y. N. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
A synchronous blend of online learning and "face-to-face" teaching is becoming a feasible instructional approach in higher education with the advent of technology. Although this learning mode is not new in higher education, little research has been done to contextualise social presence experiences in which effects of interactions were…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning
Download full textMéndez, Tatiana; García, Andrea – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
This article derives from a critical discourse analysis study that reports the characteristics of elementary school students' power and solidarity relations in English as a foreign language classroom in Bogotá, Colombia, while we were doing our teaching English as a foreign language practicum. The study was based on theories of power and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Empowerment, English (Second Language)
Chang, Lilian Ya-Hui – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2010
This study explores how group processes, such as group cohesiveness and group norms, influence an individual EFL learner's motivation. The uniqueness of this research lies in shifting the focus from an analysis of the individual's experience being seen as apart from the group to considering the individual's experience in relation to the social…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation, Group Unity, Group Dynamics
Chang, Lilian Ya-Hui – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
This study explores how group processes, such as group cohesiveness and group norms, influence an individual EFL learner's autonomy--their autonomous beliefs and actual autonomous behaviors. Questionnaires were administered to 152 Taiwanese university students from the English Department of a National Science and Technology University in southern…
Descriptors: Group Unity, Group Dynamics, English Departments, Foreign Countries
Jensen, Bryant – Online Submission, 2008
Educational opportunity in the United States and Mexico is an important factor in the process of expanding social and economic opportunities, as well as political and civil rights in both countries. Yet, by national and international indicators, many Mexican American and Mexican children are underserved by public schools in both countries; and…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Mexicans
Lawson, Kevin E. – Religious Education, 2006
This article reports on a case study of a women's prayer and Bible study group that has met for over forty years. The report focuses on factors contributing to the group's longevity and vitality over time, how it changed over the years, and its impact on the lives of the women who participated in it. It also addresses how this long-term group…
Descriptors: Females, Religious Education, Case Studies, Religious Cultural Groups
Tan, Joanna K. L.; Goh, Jonathan W. P. – International Education Journal, 2006
Many universities today are promoting cultural diversity to prepare students to be competent in intercultural communication and function effectively in an increasingly global world. The purpose of this study is to explore how and why students from different cultural backgrounds are motivated to communicate and interact with each other. It is based…
Descriptors: Individualism, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Linden, Julie – 1998
This paper presents a case study focusing on community among students in a distance learning program, the Syracuse University (New York) Master of Library Science-Independent Study Degree Program (MLS-ISDP). During July 1998, the researcher conducted interviews with Syracuse University faculty and staff involved in developing and administering the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education
