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Metaphorical Roots of Beliefs about Teaching and Learning Science and Their Modifications in the Standard-Based Science Teacher Preparation Programme
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Buaraphan, Khajornsak – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Beliefs are psychological constructs potentially driving a teacher to make pedagogical decisions and act. In this study, the metaphor construction task (MCT) was utilised to uncover beliefs about teaching and learning science held by 110 pre-service science teachers participating in the standard-based teacher preparation programme. Overall, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Figurative Language, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes
Wives of College and University Presidents: Identity, Privacy, and Relationships
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Reid, Pamela Trotman; Cole, Ellen; Kern, Margaret L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
How does a modern woman react to being defined by the role of wife? In our study, the authors examined the experiences, benefits, and challenges encountered by wives of college and university presidents. In a relationship where the husband has a prestigious and well-defined role, the female partner may still be expected to play a traditional role…
Descriptors: Spouses, Females, Focus Groups, Figurative Language
Gendered Games in Academic Leadership
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Acker, Sandra – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2010
This article looks at women's efforts to construct an academic leadership career. It is not a study of women's leadership in general but one that takes place in what Bourdieu calls the academic field. Drawing from an in-depth interview study of 31 women from faculties of education who occupy managerial positions in universities in Canada,…
Descriptors: Females, Figurative Language, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries
Gender and the Pipeline Metaphor in Computing
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Varma, R.; Hahn, H. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2008
Using the pipeline metaphor as the conceptual framework, the current paper presents gender differences in computer science (CS) and computer engineering (CE) students' study aspirations in elementary and high schools, the extent to which they hold a study-related job while in college and their career aspirations after graduating from college. It…
Descriptors: American Indians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans
Teacher as Public Art
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Wright, Sheila – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2006
In this article "teacher as public art" is used as a metaphor to describe and explain the all-too-common perceptions and experiences of professors of color, especially women, within the academy. Highlighted throughout this discussion are: (1) the relevance of locating self within the context of people and place; and (2) the importance of bringing…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Females, Teacher Attitudes, History
Proceedings of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference Held Jointly with the 25th PME-NA Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii, July 13-18, 2003). Volume 3
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Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) The Affective Views of Primary School Children (Peter Grootenboer); (2) Theoretical Model of Analysis of Rate Problems in Algebra (Jose Guzman, Nadine Bednarz and Fernando Hitt); (3) Locating Fractions on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Validity