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Ways Of Knowing In A Blended Learning Cohort, Dawn Michele Mcwilliams
Ways Of Knowing In A Blended Learning Cohort, Dawn Michele Mcwilliams
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Doctoral Research Projects
The following is a report on the content analysis of threaded discussion boards from three blended learning cohorts. The purpose of the content analysis was to determine whether an individual’s way of knowing (WoK), or epistemology, could be perceived through a content analysis of historical data in the form of online threaded discussion boards. The research question in this content analysis was “What ways of knowing emerge from online discussion threads within a yearlong university cohort?”
The researcher used a priori coding scheme based on the literature surrounding WoK to explore the online threaded discussions of three blended learning cohorts. …
Understanding The Leadership Capacity And Practice Of Assistant Principals, Thomas Lee Morgan
Understanding The Leadership Capacity And Practice Of Assistant Principals, Thomas Lee Morgan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the leadership capacities and practices of assistant principals. The research also sought to determine what relationships existed between capacity and practice and to see if there was a difference based on experience, context and personal characteristics.
Since the majority of principals first serve as assistant principals, their work and experiences as assistant principals will have significant consequences (Kwan, 2009). The literature has long held and continues to challenge the notion that the role of assistant principal is adequate preparation for the principalship (Chan, Webb, & Bowen, 2003; Harris, Muijs, & Crawford, 2003; …