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Foreword [To Volume 6 Of Sie Student Journal], Monisha Bajaj
Foreword [To Volume 6 Of Sie Student Journal], Monisha Bajaj
School of Education Faculty Research
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Talent Abounds: Profiles Of Master Teachers And Peak Performers By Robert F. Arnove [Book Review], Monisha Bajaj
Talent Abounds: Profiles Of Master Teachers And Peak Performers By Robert F. Arnove [Book Review], Monisha Bajaj
School of Education Faculty Research
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Inter-Generational Perspectives On Education And Employment In The Zambian Copperbelt, Monisha Bajaj
Inter-Generational Perspectives On Education And Employment In The Zambian Copperbelt, Monisha Bajaj
School of Education Faculty Research
This paper explores inter-generational perspectives on the education-employment link as reported by parents, teachers, administrators, and students in and around government secondary schools in Ndola, Zambia. The data presented are drawn from a larger research project conducted in 2003-2004 that included surveys, observations, student diaries, focus groups, and interviews with participants. Data are presented against the backdrop of Zambia's implementation of neoliberal economic policies, beginning in the mid-1980s, which characterized a significant shift from previously subsidized social services to a more market oriented economy. A vertical case study approach (Bartlett & Vavrus 2009) is utilized to elucidate the missing link …
Alone And In Between Cultural And Academic Worlds: Voices Of Samoan Students, Noah E. Borrero, Christine J. Yeh, Patsy Tito, Meryllia Luavasa
Alone And In Between Cultural And Academic Worlds: Voices Of Samoan Students, Noah E. Borrero, Christine J. Yeh, Patsy Tito, Meryllia Luavasa
School of Education Faculty Research
In a collaborative research study with a Samoan community leader and a high school student, the authors explored the academic and cultural identities of 10 Samoan high school students. In-depth qualitative interviews revealed the students' struggles with negotiating cultural and academic identities in the ecological contexts of home, peer, teacher, school, and community. Using grounded theory, the authors described the reciprocal, contradicting, and alienating nature of Samoan and academic identities in the face of negative stereotypes, competing relational obligations, and low expectations. Findings and implications also focused on cultural strengths and values such as unity, giving back to the community, …