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Sanders, Linda A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
As a lifelong theater artist and educator, as well as practitioner of a variety of meditative techniques, this author has been keenly interested in the potential impact of sitting meditation and other contemplative practices on acting, vocal, and movement training in college and university performing arts departments. For many years, she wondered…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Masters Programs, Fine Arts, Theater Arts
Joseph, Dawn – Intercultural Education, 2011
I use the metaphor "zebra crossing" in my reflective narrative to describe my plight and struggle as a non-white person growing up and working in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the apartheid era. This article considers and compares the notions of culture, diversity and identity as I now work in a tertiary institution in Melbourne,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Racial Differences, Identification (Psychology)
Benito, Ricard; Alegre, Miquel Angel – Educational Research, 2012
Background: This article engages with the tradition of educational transitions research, particularly with its attempt to evaluate the effect of exogenous variables on educational attainment. The study revisits a number of hypotheses that have attempted to explain the changing patterns of such effects throughout students' educational career,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Context Effect
Crossouard, Barbara M.; Aynsley, Sarah – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
The notion of lifelong learning has become a mantra within educational policies. However these have been strongly critiqued for reflecting an understanding of learning that privileges the economic benefits of participation in formal education. In UK contexts, the importance attached to widening participation in higher education is one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Career Choice, Life Style
Kreber, Carolin – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2010
Synthesising Martha Nussbaum's study of the emotions and the capabilities approach to human development with Charles Taylor's claim that authentic identities ought to be constructed dialogically against "horizons of significance," the author identifies critical features of authenticity that are then applied to the context of adult educators,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adjustment (to Environment), Philosophy, Educational Theories
Lynch, Richard; Leo, Soon; Downing, Kevin – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how a management development programme based on situated learning theory resulted in change for individuals, organisational culture and performance. The case study illustrates how new understandings about learning in the workplace and in higher education points towards the need to take account of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Focus Groups
Kasper, Gabriele; Rose, Kenneth R. – Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 2002
This book examines how nonnative speakers develop pragmatic ability in a nonprimary language, focusing on acquisitional processes, conditions, and sequential patterns. Nine chapters discuss the following: (1) "Introduction to Second Language Pragmatic Development"; (2) "Theories of Second Language Pragmatic Development" (e.g., the acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment
Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. – 1993
The roles of impersonal (or abstract) and relational (or connected) modes of knowing in the experiences of young adults were studied, and the ways the two converge are described in this report of the post-college phase of a 7-year longitudinal study of the epistemological development of college students, i.e., their assumptions about the limits,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, College Graduates, College Students

Elijah, Rosebud – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1996
Examines the central place of pedagogy in teacher educators' lives, discussing resulting contradictions and coherence as they struggle with current institutional contexts. A life- history narrative of a tenure track teacher educator emphasizes the importance of pedagogy. Implications for teacher educators, institutional contexts, and the…
Descriptors: Biographies, College Faculty, Context Effect, Educational Change
Butt, Richard L.; And Others – 1990
This paper reports on some speculations arising from a long-term research project which utilizes data from teachers' autobiographies in understanding the nature of teachers' knowledge and development. The work is part of an increasing body of research which uses biographical methods to aid in understanding teachers' lives, careers, cultures, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Bebeau, Muriel J.; Thoma, Stephen J. – 1998
This study describes the steps taken to measure the integrity of an intermediate concept measure and test the assessment strategy of a well-validated dental ethics curriculum. Because this curriculum, which had been in place for 15 years, had consistently been shown to influence moral judgment, it was posited that a cross-sectional comparison…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Construct Validity
Toppin, Reeda; Levine, Linda – 1992
This paper is based on open-ended group interviews with 11 graduate students of color who had tried and rejected other occupations (such as journalism, marketing, nutrition, social work, youth counseling, secretarial work, waitressing, fashion merchandising, theater, medical claims examiner, and public relations) for teaching. The study examined:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Career Change
Abrandt, Madeleine – 1997
This study investigated whether students of physiotherapy experienced the concepts "health,""movement,""function," and "interaction" differently during formal education and after some professional experience. Data were gathered by interviewing two groups of physiotherapy students at Linkoping University…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Health Personnel
Greene, Myrna L.; Campbell, Cathy – 1993
The study described in this report explored the development of the professional perspectives of 12 students through all phases of their teacher preparation program in southern Alberta (Canada). The purpose of the study was to examine the process of "becoming a teacher" from the point of view of students "in process" and to…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Change Agents, Context Effect