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Christianakis, Mary – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
In this article, the author interprets the phenomenon of teacher research using feminist theories as a heuristic for analysis. She begins with definitions of teacher research. Following, she employs feminist theories to explain teacher research as an emancipatory act. Based on an inductive analysis of the literature, she discusses three arguments:…
Descriptors: Feminism, Teacher Researchers, Researchers, Social Theories
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Moores, Donald F. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
The study of Deaf epistemologies is in a nascent stage relative to, e.g., the study of feminist or African American epistemologies. It has only recently begun attracting the widespread attention it deserves. The present article addresses Deaf epistemologies as they relate to the sometimes conflicting trends in American society and education. In a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Deafness, Academic Achievement, Disabilities
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Yamamura, Erica K.; Martinez, Melissa A.; Saenz, Victor B. – High School Journal, 2010
In an effort to improve college readiness for Latina/o students, this article examines the meaning and significance of college readiness among multiple stakeholders (teachers, counselors, parents, students, and superintendents) in the South Texas border region. Using focus group data, this article explores the assets embedded within college…
Descriptors: Feminism, College Preparation, Focus Groups, Academic Achievement
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Semel, Susan F. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2009
This article presents a review of three chapters in "Part III, Section F: Inquiring into Curriculum" of "The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction" (F. M. Connelly, M. F. He, J. I. Phillion, Eds.; Sage Publications, 2008). These chapters ["Reenvisioning the Progressive Tradition in Curriculum" (David T. Hansen,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Social History, Educational Change, Autobiographies
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Denzin, Norman K. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2006
Reading forward from the recently released secret Downing Street Memos, to the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, in this performance text I critique the Bush Administration and its reliance on science, or evidence-based models of inquiry (SBR). SBR raises issues concerning the politics of truth and evidence. These issues intersect with the ways in…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Evidence, Federal Programs, Educational Legislation
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Meyer, Peter – Education Next, 2008
While there are no reliable counts of single-gender schools in the first half of the 20th century, best estimates are that most were schools for white boys. Many of the girls' schools that did exist early on served as "finishing" schools rather than preparation for college. In the 1960s and 1970s, the civil rights and feminist movements…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Single Sex Schools, Civil Rights