Six gerontology graduate students developed a model based on life-course concepts (time, human agency, context, and timing of lives) to explain relationships between Japanese immigrant mothers and their daughters. The process sharpened their knowledge of the concepts, provided real-life examples of them, and demonstrated connections among them.…

Presents the results of a survey of 458 mental health training programs regarding the availability of coursework, research opportunities, and clinical training experiences to prepare their students for work with older adults. There were significant differences among counseling psychology, clinical psychology, MSW, and MA programs concerning the…

Describes the demands on the student of education and anthropology posed by the U. S. graduate education system. Points out that the best and most insightful fieldwork comes from the contrast between what was observed and described in the past and what the student currently encounters. (SLD)

A survey of 179 graduate students found that both men and women worked primarily with male faculty advisors. Advisors' instrumental help and networking help contributed to students' scholarly productivity. Psychosocial help influenced their satisfaction with mentoring and the graduate school experience. (Contains 61 references.) (SK)

In a national survey of entry-level school counselor preparation programs, counselor educators were asked about the extent to which they addressed concepts defined by The Education Trust literature and the extent to which these concepts were important in preparing school counselors. Discusses the relationship between existing programs and The…

Describes the processes and circumstances in which the school of education faculty at a research university grappled with questions about the proper preparation in research methodologies of doctoral students in education (e.g., how research methodologies should be taught and what proportion of doctoral study they should occupy). Explains how, in…

Describes a study that analyzed a graduate education course taught entirely at a distance via the Internet to explore the dynamics of sense of classroom community. Findings indicated that the sense of community grew significantly during the course, and that females manifested a stronger sense of community than males. (Author/LRW)

Purpose: Because of the significant aging of the global population, world regions are experiencing an increase in the number of generations within families. However, to date most practice methods in the health and human services are explicitly organized by age. This article discusses a multigenerational practice approach and the impact of an…

This paper explores a collaborative approach to counsellor supervision using a reflecting process. The first author, who acted as "supervisor" to the other contributors in a graduate-level family therapy practicum, describes the theoretical context of the work, and details his experience of the supervisory role. The remaining authors, who acted as…

This study examined the perceptions of school social workers' (SSWers') graduate education training on contemporary issues facing students in schools as well as issues related to this host practice setting. SSWers who completed a specific school social work program were compared with those who did not on perceived graduate education preparation…

In this research, the authors examine whether M.B.A. students at a regional, comprehensive university who take only online courses learn as much as students taking identical courses in the traditional, face-to-face format. A simple comparison of test scores indicates that the amount of learning is similar in the two formats. However, when other…

This paper investigates relationships between candidate and examiner characteristics, the texts of examiner reports on Ph.D. theses and examiner recommendations made on theses. The data were related to 804 examiner reports on 301 theses submitted at three Australian universities. Thesis topics ranged across ten Broad Fields of Study or discipline…

An educator tells the story of her experience as a beginning teacher, and describes how and why she left the classroom after two years to follow different directions within the field. Her story of professional growth, personal reflection, and self-assessment suggests that, at least in her case, statistics about attrition rates for beginning…

The Graduate Record Examination General Test (GRE) is a measure of academic reasoning abilities that is intended to be a power test in which speed of responding plays at most a minor role. To test this assumption, we experimentally administered both the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE with standard time limits and with 1.5 times the…

This case study from the University of Maine relates challenges, experiences and opportunities in broadcasting existing geographic information science graduate courses across the web using video streaming of class sessions in combination with web hosting of assignments, lecture outlines and reading materials. Technical, financial, logistical and…