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Teaching Students With Adverse Childhood Experiences, Kelsey Bundrick
Teaching Students With Adverse Childhood Experiences, Kelsey Bundrick
Senior Honors Theses
Students in every school and at every grade level have had, or continue to have, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which may be considered traumatic. These experiences inevitably interfere with students’ brain development and learning processes. First, it is important that teachers are informed of the effects that these experiences may have on the lives of their students. Awareness of the problem is the first step toward solving any issue. Second, with knowledge of these findings, teachers must find methods to reach these students. All students deserve an equal chance at a quality education. The purpose of this study is to …
Recommendations To Solve The Problem Of High Teacher Attrition At Pence Elementary School, Antoinette S. Scott
Recommendations To Solve The Problem Of High Teacher Attrition At Pence Elementary School, Antoinette S. Scott
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this study was to provide recommendations to solve the problem of high teacher attrition at Pence Elementary School. The problem was Pence Elementary School is experiencing difficulty in retaining certified teaching staff (L. Noll, personal communication, March 13, 2022). The rationale for this study was that it is critical for Pence Elementary School to implement strategies to retain certified teachers to fill needed certified positions as failure to do so could adversely impact student achievement, contribute to larger class sizes, and thereby exacerbate teacher working conditions. In alignment with the purpose and problem of the study, the …
A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experiences That Motivate Young People To Volunteer As 4 H Camp Teen Leaders, Ruth E. Wallace
A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experiences That Motivate Young People To Volunteer As 4 H Camp Teen Leaders, Ruth E. Wallace
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences that motivate teenagers to volunteer as 4 H Camp teen leaders in Virginia. The theories guiding this study were Lerner and Overton’s relational developmental systems theory (RDST) and Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theory (SDT). They relate to the developmental connection between an individual and the surrounding context and internal and external influences as motivating factors, respectively. The two theories together informed this study which sought to answer the central research question “What lived experiences do teens identify that motivate them to volunteer as 4 H Camp teen leaders?” …