Discusses hybrid libraries in higher education based on the influence of eLib (Electronic Libraries Programme) in the United Kingdom and on interviews with staff involved in hybrid libraries. Topics include cultural shift; considerations about libraries of the future, including use of electronic resources and costs; and a proposed model of a…

Provides suggestions, information, and resources for advisors to use in assisting students to obtain tenure-track counselor-education positions. Recommendations for research are also presented. (Author)

Investigates the effect teachers trained with American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages oral proficiency interview-type training has on student performance, instructional methods, and classroom materials in the secondary foreign-language classroom. Results of teacher interviews and questionnaires supported the hypothesis that trained…

Compares two Web-based systems. The Japanese writing computer-assisted language-learning system, the T system, enables learners to key-in sentences freely, detects learners' errors and displays appropriate feedback messages to guide learners to correct errors themselves. The M system enables learners to input their answer from a multiple selection…

Uses excerpts from an interview of two faculty members at Georgia Perimeter College to underline the importance of a liberal arts foundation for workforce preparation in a world of technological advances. Addresses the significance of thinking skills and understanding cultural values and ideas. (AMA)

Students with a history of behavioral problems helped produce a videotape program on best practices for teaching this challenging population. In a series of interviews, these students from an alternative junior high school provided range of viewpoints on issues related to inclusion, time-out, and prevailing discipline practices. Results show…

Interviewed mothers of preschoolers with special needs about beliefs regarding social-skills development. Found that mothers viewed their children as below average in social competence and perceived social skills as difficult to teach or change. Belief in internal causation was more frequent than external, with internal attribution negatively…

Used regular telephone interviews over six months to examine processes through which recurrent episodes of otitis media influence children's attachment security. Found that recurrent otitis media negatively affected attachment security by increasing mothers' perceptions of their children as behaving more negatively. Parenting stress was not…

Studied four high-poverty school districts as they changed to a literature-based literacy curriculum in line with state manifestos. Data from classroom observations, teacher and administrator interviews, and documents from schools, the media, and the State Department of Education revealed obstacles to change and highlighted substantial differences…

Interviews children and adults living in rural areas in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India regarding education, revealing individuals' hopes and dreams against a backdrop of severe class, caste, and gender stratification. Examines the promise of schooling and literacy in India, the relationship of schooling and literacy to work, and of…

Reports on the use of qualitative methods to investigate instructor attitudes towards project-based computing in second-language study. Analysis of transcripts of semistructured interviews resulted in a six-part framework that aims to characterize attitudes in the tertiary setting. (Author/VWL)

Examined the sixth year of a Japanese foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) program. Provides results from attitude surveys of children, teachers, and administrators; data on parental support for their children's learning of Japanese; proficiency ratings on an end-of-year prochievement interview; comparison of ratings of the cohort of…

Explores the role of language awareness in the teaching and learning of languages within the framework of educational reform in Spain. Three different types of discourse are compared: the official curriculum, teachers' views obtained in interviews, and teachers' classroom practices. (Author/VWL)

Describes a study of Japanese homestay students enrolled in a U.S. university that sought insight into the students language experience. Students were interviewed regarding the amount of conversation they had with their host families, the character and quality of the conversation, and how students and host family members negotiate…

David Whisnant describes his contribution to Appalachian studies as a synthesis of cultural knowledge from folklorists and political economy from left-wing scholars to create the concept of cultural intervention. He discusses the formative years of Appalachian studies, its strengths, the split between organizers and academics, and progress made in…