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Reducing Underrepresentation: Promising Practices In Florida, Catherine A. Mullins
Reducing Underrepresentation: Promising Practices In Florida, Catherine A. Mullins
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this study, I examined representation rates of gifted students from diverse backgrounds in Florida county school districts. Florida state legislation governing gifted student education allows for alternative identification methods to be used for students from underrepresented groups if plans for such identification are approved by the Florida Department of Education; however, this option, informally referred to as “Plan B” after subsection B of the legislation governing gifted services, is not a requirement that districts must follow. Consequently, there are large differences in the ways districts identify underrepresented students for gifted services. State legislation identifies underrepresented populations as students with …
Weaved Journeys: Life Writings Of Leading And Engagement In Science Education, Tara M. Nkrumah
Weaved Journeys: Life Writings Of Leading And Engagement In Science Education, Tara M. Nkrumah
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study’s purpose was to explore science engagement and in/equity through science educators’ narratives of servant leadership at both the K-12 and higher education levels in the United States. The research question was: How have participants become and led others to become engaged in science? I took an arts-based approach using drawings and autobiographical data to initiate and create metissages focused on becoming engaged in science education. The findings were that: (1) Participants helped marginalized students understand the culture of science through pedagogical strategies that connected self and science; (2) Participants recognized and countered systemic forms of oppression for students …