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Fagen, Stanley A., Ed.; Long, Nicholas J., Ed. – Pointer, 1981
The special issue contains 17 articles on life-space interviewing with emotional disturbed and normal children and adolescents, a technique developed by Fritz Redl which is based on psychodynamic theory and uses a problem-solving method of learning within the pupil's natural environment. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Interviews
Download full textBrodigan, David L. – Association for Institutional Research, 1992
This paper introduces focus group interview research. It presents a description of the principal characteristics of such research, consideration of some applications by colleges and universities, a description of the planning and implementation involved, and examples from a study using this approach at Carleton College, Minnesota. To begin, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Interviews, Qualitative Research
Smith, Carl R., Ed. – Iowa Perspective, 1979
The issue presents two articles on emotional disturbances and delinquency. The first, "The Many Faces of Delinquency--An Interview with Dr. Richard L. Jenkins," presents the text of an interview with a psychiatrist who is an author and distinguished expert regarding the therapeutic needs of juvenile delinquents. Aspects covered include…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedArnow, Pat, Ed. – Now and Then, 1989
This journal issue contains interviews, essays, short stories, and poetry focusing on sense of place in Appalachia. In interviews, author Wilma Dykeman discussed past and recent novels set in Appalachia with interviewer Sandra L. Ballard; and novelist Lee Smith spoke with interviewer Pat Arnow about how Appalachia has shaped her writing. Essays…
Descriptors: Essays, Interviews, Novels, Photographs
Arnow, Pat, Ed. – Now and Then, 1988
This journal issue focuses on a variety of Appalachian occupations, particularly but not exclusively, coal mining. The lead article is an interview with John Sayles about his movie, "Matewan." Sayles sees the Matewan massacre as a great movie theme, "like a classic American Western...but with a difference--the violence was…
Descriptors: Coal, Employment, Essays, Geographic Regions
Whiteside, Karen, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1986
Patchwork quilting is an original folk art in the United States. Pilgrims first used worn out scraps of cloth to make bed covers in an age of scarcity. Featured here are stories on East Texas Quilts, their origins, the love and hard work which goes into the making of a quilt (Ira Barr and others). The techniques needed to construct a quilt are…
Descriptors: Design Crafts, Ethnography, Folk Culture, Handicrafts
Taylor, Caroline, Ed. – Humanities, 1988
Published bimonthly by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this edition of "Humanities" focuses on issues in American literature. Articles and their authors consist of: (1) "Conversations about Literature" (an interview with Cleanth Brooks and Willie Morris about writing and writers in America); (2) "The Spine of…
Descriptors: Interviews, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Novels
D'Agostino, Micheline – Children in the Tropics, 1991
This document examines the use of measurement tools to evaluate children's psychological development. The first part of the document discusses the identification and quantification of developmental landmarks and the reasons for evaluation. The second part reviews several evaluation instruments. The Ruth Griffiths mental development scales are used…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests
Arnow, Pat, Ed.; Cheek, Pauline, Ed. – Now and Then, 1987
This magazine offers interviews, short stories and articles with a general focus on childhood in Appalachia. Two interviews include: "Creative Response to Life-Pauline Cheek," by Jane Harris Woodside, and "Insights and Experience: A Talk with Eliot Wigginton," by Pauline Binkley Cheek. Short stories include: "Thief in the…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Cultural Background, Cultural Education
Degelman, Charles, Ed. – Service-Learning Network, 1999
This theme issue of "Service-Learning Network" explores the fundraising process as it applies to students and educators who want to secure financial aid for a school or community program. The article, "Seeking Funding for School and Community Programs" (Charles Degelman; Debra Ballinger; Vickie J. Burt), surveys the search for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Fund Raising, Interviews
Woodfin, Samantha, Ed. – Loblolly, 1996
This issue of "Loblolly Magazine" is dedicated to Sybil Scott, born in 1910 and still going at the age of 85. She shares some interesting tales of what it was like growing up in the '10's and '20's in Texas, including her school years. She remembers, very vividly, her childhood and teenage years in East Texas. Among the many interesting…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Baseball
Armstrong, James, Ed.; And Others – Portals, 1994
This first volume of "Portals: A Journal of the Idaho Council International Reading Association" presents those interested in literacy development with a new forum for discussion of ideas, trends, and issues related to literacy teaching and learning. Articles in the first issue are: "Caleb's Journal" (Ann Desaulniers);…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interviews, Journal Writing
Arnow, Pat, Ed. – Now and Then, 1988
This journal theme issue focuses on Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty in Appalachia, launched in 1964. Articles discuss the War on Poverty, the people involved, how it succeeded, and how it ultimately failed. One article examines the role of the Council of the Southern Mountains, established in 1913. Federal officials used the council's reputation…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Community Action, Community Programs, Federal Programs
Chiong, Jane Ayers – 1998
The racial categorization of children has become increasingly important as a measure to ascertain diverse needs among students as well as the appropriate manner by which teachers and other school personnel might respond to such needs through increased awareness and understanding. Multiracial children, the offspring of multiple racial unions, have…
Descriptors: Classification, Compensatory Education, Cultural Awareness, Definitions
Kennedy, Rod; Kennedy, Judy – 1990
This series of articles, focusing on the Western Torres Strait Islander people, presents the following: "A Brief Introduction to Torres Strait Culture" (Rod Kennedy); "Some Guidelines for Relating to Torres Strait Islanders" (Rod Kennedy); "One Mouth Two Hands" (Rod Kennedy); "My Trading Friend in the Village of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Research, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries
