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Primary Grade Teacher Perspectives About The Challenges Of Teaching Remotely, Jennifer Brooke Sample
Primary Grade Teacher Perspectives About The Challenges Of Teaching Remotely, Jennifer Brooke Sample
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem this basic qualitative study addressed was that primary grade teachers, who taught different curricula, were not prepared to teach in a fully remote environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' perspectives about the challenges they experienced teaching primary-grade students remotely and to explore their perspectives on providing remote instruction training to teachers. This was accomplished using the conceptual framework of Garrison et al.’s community of inquiry model. Two research questions explored primary teachers’ perspectives on the challenges of teaching primary grade students in a remote platform and explored teachers’ suggestions for training in remote instruction. …
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges In Instructing Students With Dyslexia And Recommendations For Improvement, Lainie Barbieri
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges In Instructing Students With Dyslexia And Recommendations For Improvement, Lainie Barbieri
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem investigated in this study was that, despite professional development (PD) training, elementary teachers at a school district in the western United States are challenged in instructing students with dyslexia. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions of the challenges of instructing students with dyslexia and recommendations to improve teacher training to work with students with dyslexia in the study school district. Guskey’s model of the five critical levels of PD evaluation theory informed this study. The research questions explored elementary teachers’ perceptions of the challenges of instructing students with dyslexia and recommendations for …
Exploring The Teacher Perceptions Of The Overrepresentation Disciplinary Actions Against African American Male Elementary School Students, Amber Hill
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Leadership, teachers, and parents have observed significantly disproportionate discipline of African American students at urban elementary schools located in Ohio, despite the implementation of positive behavior intervention supports (PBIS). This basic qualitative study explored teacher perceptions of the overrepresentation of disciplinary actions amongst African American male elementary students in a regional school system in Ohio. The conceptual framework for this study was derived from Ladson-Billings’ theory of culturally relevant pedagogy and Skinner’s operant conditioning, which supports the PBIS framework. The research questions focused on the teachers’ perceptions and recommendations about training, resources, and support they need to address the overrepresentation …