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Literature Education In Brazil: Reflections Upon A Theme, Cyana Leahy-Dios Dec 1997

Literature Education In Brazil: Reflections Upon A Theme, Cyana Leahy-Dios

Macalester International

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Job Mobility Of Entry-Level Workers: Black And Latina Women In Hospital Corridors, Maria Estella Carrión Sep 1997

Job Mobility Of Entry-Level Workers: Black And Latina Women In Hospital Corridors, Maria Estella Carrión

New England Journal of Public Policy

Based on data from interviews with fifteen black and fifteen Latina women in entry-level jobs, this article discusses job access strategies, patterns of job mobility, and barriers to upward job mobility for low-income minority women in the hospital industry. Concentrated in the lowest wage levels and job tiers, they are quite diverse in subgroup composition, in age, and in training requirements. The research confirms that deficiencies in schooling and skills remain the major obstacles minority women confront when they apply for hospital jobs and restrict their opportunities once they are within the hospital labor market. Efforts to provide training and …


Diversity In Education: Profiles Of Students At Fiu's School Of Hospitality Management, Elisa S. Moncarz, William G. O'Brien Jan 1997

Diversity In Education: Profiles Of Students At Fiu's School Of Hospitality Management, Elisa S. Moncarz, William G. O'Brien

Hospitality Review

The authors are conducting a study of career patterns for students enrolled in the Florida International University School of Hospitality Management. A preliminary ethnographic phase of the study was to profile a variety of student participants in order to identify potential factors which might affect career patterns. The result is a fascinating and diverse mosaic of ambitious young people and a wealth of insight for corporate recruiting.


Teaching Excellence Jan 1997

Teaching Excellence

Syracuse University Magazine

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Information Systems Education— A National Evaluation Of A Curriculum Model For End-User Computing Support, C Steven Hunt, Charles M. Ray, Scott Eckholdt Jan 1997

Information Systems Education— A National Evaluation Of A Curriculum Model For End-User Computing Support, C Steven Hunt, Charles M. Ray, Scott Eckholdt

Journal of International Information Management

This research represents an evaluation of a curriculum model by a national sample of information systems professionals. The Curriculum Model for Organizational and End-User Information Systems (OEIS) is a guide for educators planning programs that prepare four-year college students for entry-level positions that support end-user computing. It stresses end-user information technology and human factors, business process redesign, communication, and end-user training. A national sample of Association for Systems Management members evaluated the model's sixty objectives. All sixty objectives, as measured by the aggregate rating and the mean ratings of individual objectives, were considered important. More than two-thirds of them were …


Quality Education Results From State And Local Innovations, Governor Terry E. Branstad Jan 1997

Quality Education Results From State And Local Innovations, Governor Terry E. Branstad

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Education: Where The Stakes Are As High As Children Can Dream, Congressman Bob Clement Jan 1997

Education: Where The Stakes Are As High As Children Can Dream, Congressman Bob Clement

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Federal Government In Education – Supporting A National Desire For Support For State And Local Education, U.S. Secretary Of Education Richard W. Riley Jan 1997

The Role Of The Federal Government In Education – Supporting A National Desire For Support For State And Local Education, U.S. Secretary Of Education Richard W. Riley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


American Education Reform: What Is Needed Is “National” Not Federal, James W. Guthrie Jan 1997

American Education Reform: What Is Needed Is “National” Not Federal, James W. Guthrie

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


American Public Education And Change: Not An Oxymoron, Victoria J. Dodd Jan 1997

American Public Education And Change: Not An Oxymoron, Victoria J. Dodd

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Brown V. Board Of Education: More Than Forty Years Of Asking The Wrong Question & The Case For Privatization Of Education, Robert W. Mcgee Jan 1997

Brown V. Board Of Education: More Than Forty Years Of Asking The Wrong Question & The Case For Privatization Of Education, Robert W. Mcgee

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Teaching To Think, Felicity Haynes Jan 1997

Teaching To Think, Felicity Haynes

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Given that a devolved curriculum empowers a teacher to educate for change, and indeed encourages cross curricular critical and creative thinking, this article offers a broad review of three current strategies for helping anyone to think critically and creatively instruction in formal logic, training in focusing attention, and creating a community of inquiry. It concludes that the latter is the preferred mode of teaching thinking for understanding and responsibility, both in schools and in pre service teacher education, because it captures the best balance between student engagement, the presentation of external social standards and the need for ongoing reflection on …


Practice Teaching In Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Need For Adaptation To The Social And Cultural Context, Gary Partington Jan 1997

Practice Teaching In Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Need For Adaptation To The Social And Cultural Context, Gary Partington

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

As part of the teacher education program at Edith Cowan University, a small group of student teachers experience teaching practice in remote Aboriginal communities. In this paper, student teacher perceptions of their experiences on such a practice are presented to illustrate the influence of the practice on their views about teaching Aboriginal children. Through an investigation of journals written during the practice, it is apparent that students had considerable difficulty adapting their teaching to the context in which they were working, particularly in relation to the different cultural and social demands of the situation.


Student And Teacher Perceptions Of Teaching/Learning Processes In Classrooms: How Close Is The Partnership?, Robert G. Barker, Wally Moroz Jan 1997

Student And Teacher Perceptions Of Teaching/Learning Processes In Classrooms: How Close Is The Partnership?, Robert G. Barker, Wally Moroz

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

As Hornstein observed in the beginning of the 1990s, the "enduring pattern" of instruction in social studies lessons is that which revolves around traditional "teacher centred and text-centred" teaching strategies (Hornstein, 1990). However, other research programs which have investigated the status of social studies (Cuban, 1991; Good and Harmon, 1987; Haladyna, Shaughnessy and Redsun, 1982a) have indicated that the core subject rates well with students when teaching strategies are interactive, inductive, and student centred. As Hutchens (1993) found, students became "hooked" on social studies when it involved cooperative learning, and student research strategies. In 1995, Moroz, Baker and McDonald, reported …


Constructivism And Scientific Realism? Which Is The Better Framework For Educational Research, Peter G. Cole Jan 1997

Constructivism And Scientific Realism? Which Is The Better Framework For Educational Research, Peter G. Cole

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The doctrines of constructivism and scientific realism have had a profound impact on recent progress in educational research. These doctrines are often depicted as conflicting doctrines in theoretical papers and methodology texts dealing with educational research issues. This paper explores the differences between the major tenets of constructivism and scientific reason. Different values ascribed to the scientific method in the context of these two doctrines are also examined. The paper focuses on three problems that have dogged the education research agenda: the conflict between the constructivist and scientific realistic viewpoints on science, the validity of observation statements and the role …


Licensing Issues On The Internet, Steven Masur, Neil J. Friedman, Judith M. Saffer Jan 1997

Licensing Issues On The Internet, Steven Masur, Neil J. Friedman, Judith M. Saffer

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.