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Connection Before Correction: The Impact Of Restorative Practices On Students With Disabilities, Katrina Shirley
Connection Before Correction: The Impact Of Restorative Practices On Students With Disabilities, Katrina Shirley
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations
As an alternative to zero tolerance discipline policies that focus on punitive, exclusionary, and often predetermined consequences for a disruptive behavior, many educators in schools across the United States have started implementing restorative practices (RP) in their classrooms. RP focus on building relationships and classroom community. Educators implement RP as a preventative behavioral strategy for community building, but also as a responsive strategy to handle conflict in order to repair harm and restore relationships. Current research on RP include quantitative studies, many resulting in a reduction of exclusionary discipline, or qualitative studies with participants in middle and high school. This …
Navigating Through Systems That Create Inequities: Elementary Teacher Perceptions, Sarah Rector
Navigating Through Systems That Create Inequities: Elementary Teacher Perceptions, Sarah Rector
Doctor of Education Dissertations
This qualitative case study was designed to explore elementary teacher perceptions of what it means to provide an equitable education for their students. These perceptions allow educational leaders insight into how teachers navigate systems that create inequities and what professional development may be needed to further support equitable learning in the classroom. K-5 certified teachers were interviewed twice to gather data on their understanding of educational equity and the correlation between classroom and state testing. Four findings emerged from this study: (a) educators believed that providing an equitable education would create successful adults, (b) educators gained cultural experiences by having …