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Jennie Winter; Oliver Webb; Rebecca Turner – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
Decolonisation is a socio-political movement which challenges Eurocentrism and post-colonial notions of power. This has numerous implications for higher education institutions (HEIs), where the content and delivery of curricula may be seen as products of colonial legacy. The decolonisation agenda has increasing support from students, the academy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decolonization, Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation
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Desiree Forsythe – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
There is a mountain of evidence demonstrating that students with marginalized, i.e. purposefully socially excluded, identities experience significantly worse academic and social outcomes in STEM disciplines. However, there has been less attention on how white women, who experience sexism due to their gender but are privileged due to their race,…
Descriptors: Whites, Females, STEM Education, Social Justice
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Hughes, Micah S.; Popoola, Victor O. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
This study explored the racial bias perceptions of study abroad alumni following international learning experiences in East Africa. Ninety-seven participants, who completed a semester-long study abroad between Fall 2016-Spring 2019, were recruited into the study. Open-ended survey questions evaluated perceptions of racial bias, racial prejudice,…
Descriptors: Racism, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Racial Identification
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Miller, Shari; Herman-Stahl, Mindy; Fishbein, Diana; Lavery, Bud; Johnson, Michelle; Markovits, Lara – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2014
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the use of formative research to adapt, develop, and pretest a mindful yoga curriculum for high-risk youth attending a nontraditional high school. The formative work was conducted in the first year of a larger project to test the efficacy of a mindful yoga program through a randomized controlled trial. The…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Gender Differences, At Risk Persons, Program Implementation
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Hogan, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Education for Business, 1993
In a study of North Carolina business students, African Americans (n=28) tended to be slightly less assertive and less concerned about high-quality output than whites (n=195). Findings indicate that intensity levels of entrepreneurs toward business success may vary among racial groups. (JOW)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Blacks, Curriculum Development, Entrepreneurship
Walker, Kimberly LaRaine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research study was designed to determine leadership and instructional behaviors of administrators and teachers who are participants in the Alabama AP Initiative, as well as evaluate the perceptions of the AAPI with regard to student performance. The importance of this research was three-fold. First, this study provided principals, as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Community Leaders, Curriculum Development, Rural Schools
Stanback, Alice Marie – 1992
This research project was designed to develop and test empirically a new integrative model of cognition and to determine whether doing so would shed new light on why African American students continue to perform poorly in U.S. schools. The model is based on an integration of anthropology, psychology, and theology, with the understanding that human…
Descriptors: Adults, Black Students, Children, Cognitive Processes
Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Nelson, Catherine Awsumb; Hamilton, Laura S.; Yuan, Kun – RAND Corporation, 2009
In 2007, the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) requested that the RAND Corporation monitor implementation of year 2 (2007-2008) of the district's Excellence for All (EFA) initiative and provide feedback to district staff, the PPS board, and other stakeholders. In 2008, RAND expanded to a more comprehensive focus on effective implementation of EFA's…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Teacher Surveys
Osler, Audrey – 1997
The rates of exclusion among pupils in the 450 primary, secondary, and special schools in the Birmingham (England) local education agency were studied, and data were analyzed by sex, age, school sector, and ethnic group. The attitudes of teachers and administrators were studied through interviews with up to five school staff members in each of six…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Discipline
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1970
Extensive interviews of students were conducted by Commission staff from mid-1968 through early 1969 with the purpose of examining the attitudes and perceptions of students concerning the education they were receiving. Among the issues addressed by the students were the following: how the schools can respond constructively to the needs and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Field Interviews, High School Students, Metropolitan Areas
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Woolford-Singh, Anne – Community College Journal, 2000
Describes Tidewater Community College students' reactions to college-wide discussions on racial diversity. Students articulated the need for honest conversation that could lead to better understanding of diverse thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on race and their subsequent influences on behavior. Asserts that faculty, through their curricula,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Racial Attitudes, Racial Differences
Boyce, Elizabeth Robinson – 1972
This study was addressed to the question, "Can change be brought about in teachers' attitudes and their students' attitudes toward racial difference and economic deprivation after the teachers have been exposed to in-service training programs?" Twenty teachers representing grades kindergarten through high school participated. Two…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Inner City, Inservice Education
Benns-Suter, Ruth – 1993
It is critical that colleges and universities play a leading role in preparing students to function effectively in the more pluralistic society that is developing. This task can be accomplished by updating curriculum to be more responsive to diversity issues. One such effort to infuse multiculturalism into theory and practice in the counseling…
Descriptors: College Role, Counseling, Course Content, Cross Cultural Studies
Farrell-Racette, Sherry; Goulet, Linda; Pelletier, Joanne; Shmon, Karon – 1996
This document, the fifth in a series on diversity in the classroom, supports Canadian teachers of First Nations and Metis students. Section 1, "Introduction," provides a history of First Nations and Metis education and introduces the document. Section 2, "People of Many Nations," discusses environmental and linguistic…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education