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Learning Through Diversity About Diversity, Theresa Y. Austin Jan 2007

Learning Through Diversity About Diversity, Theresa Y. Austin

Theresa Y. Austin

This article will illustrate how teachers and a teacher educator design innovative programs for world language instruction using principles from sociocultural theory, postcolonial theory, and critical theory. During the course of their planning and reflections, they address issues of diversity in the U.S. and in the world as a significant factor in instructional practice. Their dialogue demonstrates that diversity cannot be framed by outmoded thinking that equates the term with realities faced by and an issue confined to “minorities.” Rather, in this chapter, our conversation introduces specific examples of how teachers can design curricula that prepare all learners to move …


Roots & Routes: A Re-Imagining Of Refugee Identity Constructions And The Implications For Schooling, Jacqueline Mosselson Dec 2006

Roots & Routes: A Re-Imagining Of Refugee Identity Constructions And The Implications For Schooling, Jacqueline Mosselson

Jacqueline Mosselson

The ways in which refugees are assumed to adapt to United States society have serious consequences on their enjoyment and fulfillment in their schooling experiences. This is further compounded by the incorporation of refugees under a more general umbrella of "immigrant" studies. Here, excerpts are shared from an experiential study of fifteen adolescent Bosnian female refugees in New York City schools to articulate an alternative identity paradigm, roots & routes, which captures the ways in which refugees consciously balance their ethnic and new national identities in understanding themselves, their lives, and how they represent themselves to others. This paradigm enables …


Teaching Sustainability: The Case Of The Incredible Shrinking Professor, Elisabeth M. Hamin Jan 2006

Teaching Sustainability: The Case Of The Incredible Shrinking Professor, Elisabeth M. Hamin

Elisabeth M. Hamin

No abstract provided.


High-Stakes Testing In The Warm Heart Of Africa: The Challenges And Successes Of The Malawi National Examinations Board, Elias Chakwera, Dafter Khembo, Steve G. Sireci Jun 2004

High-Stakes Testing In The Warm Heart Of Africa: The Challenges And Successes Of The Malawi National Examinations Board, Elias Chakwera, Dafter Khembo, Steve G. Sireci

Stephen G. Sireci

In the United States, tests are held to high standards of quality. In developing countries such as Malawi, psychometricians must deal with these same high standards as well as several additional pressures such as widespread cheating, test administration difficulties due to challenging landscapes and poor resources, difficulties in reliably scoring performance assessments, and extreme scrutiny from political parties and the popular press. The purposes of this paper are to (a) familiarize the measurement community in the US about Malawi’s assessment programs, (b) discuss some of the unique challenges inherent in such a program, (c) compare testing conditions and test administration …


Using The Work And Words Of Other Authors: A Guide To Apa Style For International Students - And Others, David R. Evans, Gretchen B. Rossman Jan 2002

Using The Work And Words Of Other Authors: A Guide To Apa Style For International Students - And Others, David R. Evans, Gretchen B. Rossman

David R. Evans

In the academic world of universities in the United States, the rules governing how and when you may use the ideas and words of others are taken very seriously. There are widely varying cultural assumptions about how knowledge is created and legitimated, and varying norms about the treatment of existing writings by subsequent authors. The Western academic world is highly individualistic and places emphasis on being able to judge and give credit for the work of each student or researcher. "World majority" students from collectivist societies come from nations where one's experiences, thoughts and ideas are interwoven with those of …


Critical Inquiry And Use As Action. The Expanding Scope Of Evaluation Use, Gretchen Rossman, S. F. Rallis Jan 2000

Critical Inquiry And Use As Action. The Expanding Scope Of Evaluation Use, Gretchen Rossman, S. F. Rallis

Gretchen Rossman

A conception of evaluation as learning focuses attention on the critical inquiry cycle that incorporates use throughout the evaluation process.


Dialogue For Learning: Evaluator As A Critical Friend, Gretchen Rossman, S. F. Rallis Jan 2000

Dialogue For Learning: Evaluator As A Critical Friend, Gretchen Rossman, S. F. Rallis

Gretchen Rossman

If the purpose of evaluation is learning, dialogue can be an effective means for achieving this purpose. This chapter focuses on the crucial role of language in establishing the heuristic stance that fosters dialogic inquiry and thereby enhances the effectiveness of evaluation. The role of the evaluator in facilitating dialogue is explicated through examples from practice.


One For The Crows, One For The Crackers: The Strange Career Of Public Higher Education In Houston, Texas, Amilcar Shabazz Jan 1998

One For The Crows, One For The Crackers: The Strange Career Of Public Higher Education In Houston, Texas, Amilcar Shabazz

Amilcar Shabazz

The dynamics of how the dual system of higher education in Jim Crow America emerged and operated is explored in this article in the context of the largest city in the 20th century U.S. South: Houston, Texas. The history herein moves from a pragmatic response to a deep need for postsecondary educational opportunity in the 1920s to a major expansion in the 1940s in the face of the lawsuit of Heman Sweatt to the 1960s after state-mandated segregation is officially ended.


Overview And Analysis Of The Case Studies-Lessons For Education Policy Formation, David R. Evans Dr., R. Sack, C.P. Shaw Jan 1995

Overview And Analysis Of The Case Studies-Lessons For Education Policy Formation, David R. Evans Dr., R. Sack, C.P. Shaw

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Education Policy Formation In Africa: A Comparative Study Of Five Countries. Technical Paper No. 12, David R. Evans Jan 1994

Education Policy Formation In Africa: A Comparative Study Of Five Countries. Technical Paper No. 12, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

This publication contains a set of five case studies and two analytical overview chapters that lay the foundation for a deeper understanding of the process of educational policy formation in Africa. Reflecting developments until late 1992, the cases include Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Mali, and Senegal. The articles describe and analyze current approaches to educational policy formation. Specifically, the case studies examine the policy-making process, the policy product, and the policy environment. Each of the cases contains a summary table of key policy events and a detailed bibliography of the major educational policy documents. Most cases provide a more detailed description …


Education Policy Formation In Uganda: Continuity Amidst Change, David R. Evans, W Senteza Kajubi Jan 1994

Education Policy Formation In Uganda: Continuity Amidst Change, David R. Evans, W Senteza Kajubi

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Global Coalition For Africa In Human Resource Development And Capacity Building, David R. Evans Jan 1991

The Role Of The Global Coalition For Africa In Human Resource Development And Capacity Building, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

This report analyses the education component of the Human Resource Development sector in order to recommend specific activities which take advantage of the capabilities of the Global Coalition for Africa (GCA). The paper looks at four sector-wide options and two sub-sector options, chosen because of the potential benefits from GCA involvement in them. The four sector-wide options are: 1) Increasing government support for Human Resource Development. 2) Diversifying the Supply of Educational Services. 3) Formulation of National Education Policy, and 4) Rationalization of High-Level Meetings. Of the four the best option for GCA is the first, which enables GCA to …


Human Resources Development: Literacy, Schooling, Nonformal Education, Women's Education, David R. Evans Jun 1990

Human Resources Development: Literacy, Schooling, Nonformal Education, Women's Education, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

Education in Namibia under the illegal colonial regime (was) characterized by inequality, segregation and other apartheid conditions...Schools for various population groups are segregated along racial and ethnic lines. Ethnicity is promoted at the cost of national unity by the provision of segregated schools, linguistic segregation, and curricula that attempt to promote the special status of whites. While education is compulsory for whites, there are not enough schools for Africans. The schools for Africans are staffed with unqualified or inadequately qualified teachers... Pupil to teacher ratios in the African schools are much higher than those in the white schools. Funds allocated …


Recruiting The Next Generationof Teachers: Conversations With High School Sophomores, Barnett Berry, Christine Mccormick, Tom Buxton Jan 1989

Recruiting The Next Generationof Teachers: Conversations With High School Sophomores, Barnett Berry, Christine Mccormick, Tom Buxton

Christine McCormick

A report is given of a survey of 170 sophomores enrolled in advanced English classes and 205 sophomores enrolled in regular English classes. The students were questioned about their career expectations, their perceptions of teaching as a career, and current incentives for entry into the teaching profession. Findings indicated that only a small percentage of the students were interested in becoming teachers. Most students reported being discouraged from teaching by their own teachers and by parents who are teachers. Even for those students who possess altruistic career orientations, teaching was an unattractive career choice given the occupation's poor working conditions. …


Opportunities And Options For Human Resource Development In Swaziland For 1989 And Beyond, David R. Evans Jan 1988

Opportunities And Options For Human Resource Development In Swaziland For 1989 And Beyond, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


The Thrill Of High Technology; The Agony Of Educational Reality In The Classroom, David R. Evans Apr 1985

The Thrill Of High Technology; The Agony Of Educational Reality In The Classroom, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Participation In Nonformal Education At The Local Level: Ghana And Indonesia, David R. Evans Jan 1983

Participation In Nonformal Education At The Local Level: Ghana And Indonesia, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


The Educational Policy Dilemma For Rural Areas, David R. Evans Jun 1981

The Educational Policy Dilemma For Rural Areas, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Ghana E Indonesia: Las Reformas De La Educación No Formal En El Plano Local, David R. Evans Jan 1981

Ghana E Indonesia: Las Reformas De La Educación No Formal En El Plano Local, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Ghana And Indonesia: Reforms In Non-Formal Education At The Community Level, David R. Evans Jan 1981

Ghana And Indonesia: Reforms In Non-Formal Education At The Community Level, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


The Planning Of Nonformal Education, David R. Evans Jan 1981

The Planning Of Nonformal Education, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


The Keyword Method In The Classroom: How To Remember The States And Their Capitals, Joel R. Levin, Linda K. Shriberg, Gloria E. Miller, Christine Mccormick, Barbara B. Levin Mar 1980

The Keyword Method In The Classroom: How To Remember The States And Their Capitals, Joel R. Levin, Linda K. Shriberg, Gloria E. Miller, Christine Mccormick, Barbara B. Levin

Christine McCormick

No abstract provided.


Educational Reform In The Context Of Community-Based Nonformal Education Programs, David R. Evans Jan 1979

Educational Reform In The Context Of Community-Based Nonformal Education Programs, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

During the past decade, nonformal education has become an accepted part of the educational scene in developing and developed countries alike. A good part of its popularity can be attributed to the belief that nonformal education could achieve some substantial reforms in the provision of education. Nonformal education appeared to h old out the possibility of dealing with problems of equity of access to education, of decreasing the distance between education and the world of work and life, of promoting development of rural areas, and of accelerating political participation and social development. Nonformal education was quickly seen to be a …


Games And Simulations In Literacy Training, David R. Evans Jan 1979

Games And Simulations In Literacy Training, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

A monograph on “instructional technology” which presents innovative teaching-learning possibilities through games and simulations. Geared toward literacy workers and learners, it describes a variety of games and simulations from planning and design to implementation. Discussions of participatory learning and learner-control of these instructional technologies are interwoven in the text.


Responsive Educational Planning: Myth Or Reality?, David R. Evans Jan 1977

Responsive Educational Planning: Myth Or Reality?, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

Published version is located at http://publications.iiep.unesco.org/Responsive-educational-planning-myth-or-reality


Technology In Nonformal Education: A Critical Appraisal, David R. Evans Oct 1976

Technology In Nonformal Education: A Critical Appraisal, David R. Evans

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Learning Needs For Rural Development: Some Basic Issues, David R. Evans Dr. Jan 1976

Analysis Of Learning Needs For Rural Development: Some Basic Issues, David R. Evans Dr.

David R. Evans

One of the major problems being faced by developing countries throughout the world is concerned with the eradication of poverty, disease and backwardness from their rural areas. The task of transforming and modernizing rural societies is no doubt very difficult and complex, but at the same time a very urgent one, and should be given high priority in the overall plans and programmes of national development. This is because a much larger percentage of population in developing countries lives in rural areas compared to that in the developed countries. In some developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia, the rural …


Proyecto De Educación Extraescolar En Ecuador, David R. Evans Dr., James Hoxeng Jan 1974

Proyecto De Educación Extraescolar En Ecuador, David R. Evans Dr., James Hoxeng

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Don't Look Now, Chairman Mao: We're Preparing Facilitators To Be Nonformal Educators, David R. Evans Dr., Arlen Etling Jan 1974

Don't Look Now, Chairman Mao: We're Preparing Facilitators To Be Nonformal Educators, David R. Evans Dr., Arlen Etling

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.


Nonformal Education: A New Approach In Ecuador, David R. Evans Dr., James Hoxeng Jan 1973

Nonformal Education: A New Approach In Ecuador, David R. Evans Dr., James Hoxeng

David R. Evans

No abstract provided.