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Peer reviewedEdwards, Wayne L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1979
Reports on an ethnographic study of five primary school principals that was conducted to show what principals actually do and to illuminate the ways in which they and their work are seen by themselves, some members of their staff, and some of their pupils. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ethnic Relations, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Download full textFitzgerald, Thomas K. – 1970
The paper is a report of research conducted on the question of acculturation and identity among Maori college graduates in New Zealand. Situational approach and role analysis were employed as the instruments with the sample of graduates from Maori University. The study concluded that the Maori is able to avoid assimilation into the dominant…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Research
Peer reviewedBoshier, Roger – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 1978
It appears that definitions of "adult" that invoke notions of social role as the central explanatory construct are well-founded. At present it appears that roles (and their associated experience) account for about 50 percent of the variance in attitude change; historical events might account for the other 50 percent. Available from:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Attitude Change, Educational Research
