Attendance Rates Of Special Populations In One Rural County, 2012 Marshall University
Attendance Rates Of Special Populations In One Rural County, Julie Bright
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this current study is to determine if a difference exists in the attendance rates for special education students and low socioeconomic status students when compared to their peers who do not have these designations. The attendance data from one rural county school district for the years of 2007-2011 were examined to determine if a difference in the attendance rates did exist. Results from this research revealed that students receiving special education services were absent significantly more than their general education peers. However, students of low socioeconomic status were not absent any more than their peers who were …
Evaluating The Impact Of The Beginning Teacher Induction Program On The Retention Rate Of Beginning Teachers, 2012 Gardner-Webb University
Evaluating The Impact Of The Beginning Teacher Induction Program On The Retention Rate Of Beginning Teachers, Adriane Lenette Watkins Mingo
Education Dissertations and Projects
This dissertation examined the Beginning Teacher Induction Program of a rural school system in North Carolina. The effects of mentoring, induction sessions, administrative support, ongoing staff development, and other support offered at the system level to beginning teachers were carefully analyzed.
The researcher used eight themes based on the objectives of the school system's Beginning Teacher Support Program: improving beginning teachers' skills and performance; supporting teacher morale; communications; collegiality; building a sense of professionalism and positive attitude; facilitating a smooth transition into the first and second years of teaching; putting theory into practice; preventing teacher isolation; building self-reflection; and retaining …
The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 28, Winter 2012), 2012 Western Kentucky University
The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 28, Winter 2012), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor
Gifted Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Bully Versus Bullied: A Qualitative Study Of Students With Disabilities In Inclusive Settings, 2012 Arizona State University
Bully Versus Bullied: A Qualitative Study Of Students With Disabilities In Inclusive Settings, Ida M. Malian Ph.D.
Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education
This qualitative study observed bullying patterns and trends of students with and without disabilities in inclusive settings. The participants were fourth grade students eligible for receiving special education services in inclusive , resource and self-contained settings. Qualitative data were collected while students were in class and during specials and non-academic times. The data suggests that students with disabilities are bullied and are themselves bullies at times. There appeared to be a relationship between personal characteristics and the incidence of bullying. Further, adult intervention was reported to be lax during incidences f bullying. Educational implications for schools, teachers and teacher educators …
Contrasting Visions Of Inclusive Education: Comparisons From Rural And Urban Settings In Botswana And Zimbabwe, 2012 University of Botswana
Contrasting Visions Of Inclusive Education: Comparisons From Rural And Urban Settings In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Sourav Mukhopadhyay, Martin Musengi
Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education
This article explores similarities and differences in Botswana and Zimbabwe elementary school principals’ understanding of what inclusive education involves. Using a cross-site case study research design, fifteen principals in the two countries’ urban, semi-urban and rural areas were interviewed while naturalistic observations were also carried out at each school. Findings indicate no differences between the two countries as the principals were familiar with the concept of inclusive education and were favourable towards including learners with disabilities. However the increased visibility of students with disabilities in primary schools seems to overshadow other learners with various vulnerabilities. Inclusion seemed to present more …
A Review Of Inclusive Education In New Zealand, 2012 University of Canterbury, Christchurch
A Review Of Inclusive Education In New Zealand, Denise Powell Ed.D.
Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education
Inclusive education is a worldwide response to the belief that all children have the right to be educated at their local early childhood centre or school. New Zealand’s education system has undergone a series of transformations over the past 20 years, which has included modifications to how schools and their students are funded and managed, and the responsibilities various government departments have for ensuring all children receive the best possible education in a variety of environments. This article outlines those changes, suggests a way forward that will help ensure inclusive education practices in New Zealand match the current policies and …
Student-Teachers' Metaphorical Perceptions Of Dyslexia And Foreign Language Disabilities, 2012 The Kibbutzim College of Education
Student-Teachers' Metaphorical Perceptions Of Dyslexia And Foreign Language Disabilities, Tsafi Timor
Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education
There seems to be an ongoing controversy among researchers with regard to the existence of LD in foreign language (FLLD). It appears that most researchers favor the analogy of FLLD to obesity rather than to measles as both LD and obesity are conditions which reside on a continuum. The study examined EFL student-teachers' perceptions of FL learning problems with regard to the analogy to obesity and to measles from previous studies. The methodology was content analysis of an online forum as part of an academic course. Findings show that most student-teachers perceive FL learning problems as obesity because they find …
The More She Longs For Home, The Farther Away It Appears: A Paradox Of Nostalgia In A Fulani Immigrant Girl’S Life, 2012 Gettysburg College
The More She Longs For Home, The Farther Away It Appears: A Paradox Of Nostalgia In A Fulani Immigrant Girl’S Life, Kaoru Miyazawa
Education Faculty Publications
Nostalgia, which is derived from the Greek words nos (returning home) and algia (pain), refers to longing for the loss of the familiar (Kaplan, 1987). The loss of our connection to the familiar is a painful experience as such loss is connected to a fundamental loss, the loss of ourselves. By losing a connection to familiar people, objects, and places that continue to remain the same from the past to the future, we also lose the continuity within ourselves. And this discontinuity of our past, present, and future selves creates anxiety within us (Milligan, 2003). The painful experience that accompanies …
Lessons For Teachers: What Lower Secondary School Students Tell Us About Learning A Musical Instrument, 2012 Edith Cowan University
Lessons For Teachers: What Lower Secondary School Students Tell Us About Learning A Musical Instrument, Geoffrey Lowe
Research outputs 2012
In this study I set out to investigate why many students drop out from elective instrument programmes, particularly in lower secondary school. I examined the values and beliefs a sample of students in their first year in secondary school attach to learning an instrument, and the impact of the instrument lesson upon these values and beliefs. Forty-eight year 8 students (aged 12-13) from the Perth metropolitan area participated in eight focus groups. The study found that, while participants had strong cognitive and affective reasons for learning, their competence beliefs were fragile, due in part to the dislocation associated with the …
The Rainbow Connection: Theorizing The Efficacy Of Private Texts, 2012 University of Michigan-Dearborn
The Rainbow Connection: Theorizing The Efficacy Of Private Texts, Liz Rohan
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Texts written privately often find new contexts, new uses, if writers become mindful of Bakhtin’s notion of “great time.”
Writing Yogis: Breathing Our Way To Mindfulness And Balance In Embodied Writing Pedagogy, 2012 Shepherd University
Writing Yogis: Breathing Our Way To Mindfulness And Balance In Embodied Writing Pedagogy, Christy I. Wenger
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Breathing exercises constitute a method for helping students to attain a state of mindfulness in their writing—and their lives.
Reflections On Accidental Testimonies And Spectacular Witnesses, 2012 Indiana University
Reflections On Accidental Testimonies And Spectacular Witnesses, Lavinia Hirsu
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
When unplanned-for testimonies occur in class, how do instructors turn a disruptive moment into a teachable one?
Gatekept: Inviting Creative Community Literacy, 2012 University of Texas Arlington
Gatekept: Inviting Creative Community Literacy, Shelly Sanders, B. Cole Bennett
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Creative writing becomes a vehicle for community outreach in a Writing Center setting, bringing together town and gown.
Even Administrators Have Souls, 2012 Bloomfield College
Even Administrators Have Souls, Paul Puccio
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Faculty have a critical role to play if they want administrators to be more than unilateral decision-makers.
The Communally Focused Writing Center, 2012 Northwestern College
The Communally Focused Writing Center, Tom Truesdell
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Can writing center administrators prepare student tutors to help transform faculty-student relations? Should they?
Outside The Box And Onto A Dusty Trail, 2012 Texas Christian University
Outside The Box And Onto A Dusty Trail, Richard Leo Enos
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Archeological exploration has redefined research since this scholar became the Indiana Jones of rhetorical studies.
Book Reviews, 2012 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Lauren Dipaula, William Archibald, Noam Scheindlin, Martin Cockroft
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Book Reviews
Judy Halden-Sullivan - Paradigm Shifts
Lauren DiPaula - Price, Margaret. Mad At School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.
William Archibald - Thomas, Douglas and John Seely Brown. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2011.
Noam Scheindlin - Vandermeulen, Carl. Negotiating the Personal in Creative Writing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2011.
Martin Cockroft - Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. and Bruce Novak. Teaching Literacy for Love and Wisdom: Being the Book and Being the Change. NY: Teachers College Press, 2011.
Renovating My Academic Administration, 2012 Calvin College
Renovating My Academic Administration, Elizabeth Vander Lei
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
A department chair dons a hard hat and begins to see her position through the lens of spiritual rebirth and figured worlds—as a portrait of Calvin looks on.
Connecting, 2012 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Connecting, Helen Walker, Carl Vandermeulen, Louise Morgan, Jill Moyer Sunday, Tony Mayo
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Connecting
Helen Walker - Trust, and Gaps
Carl Vandermeulen - Proverbs for Poetry Class
Louise Morgan - TJ, Whom I Like Very Much
Jill Moyer Sunday - History Lesson 101
Tony Mayo - Shawn
Back Matter, 2012 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Back Matter
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
No abstract provided.