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The Culture Of An Alternative Education Program: A Participant Observational Study, Dian Dee Connett
The Culture Of An Alternative Education Program: A Participant Observational Study, Dian Dee Connett
Dissertations and Theses
This study is participant observational research focused on the culture of one successful alternative education program. The survey of the literature showed that the problem of high school dropouts is one of numbers and persistence over time. Most research in the past attempted to list characteristics of high school dropouts or elements of successful alternative education programs. Researchers such as Wehlage (1986) and Catterall (1987) have begun to look at a different approach. Their work looks at schools as systems and suggests that educators should direct their attention to the interaction of the school environment with the characteristics of the …
A Different Drum: The Forgotten Tradition Of The Military Academy In American Education, Kurt Allen Sanftleben
A Different Drum: The Forgotten Tradition Of The Military Academy In American Education, Kurt Allen Sanftleben
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate little known and often neglected category of American education, the articulated military school and junior college.;Kemper Military School and College was chosen as the representative institution studied for several reasons: it has remained in almost continuous operation since its founding in 1844 at the height of the academy movement; it specialized as a military school in 1885 when the popularity of general academies began to wane; during the 1920s, it seized upon the rapid growth of the early junior college movement to expand in size and scope; and it was subsequently recognized …
A Journey From West Africa To Slavery: African-American Life During The Eighteenth-Century., Teresa Ann Broyles
A Journey From West Africa To Slavery: African-American Life During The Eighteenth-Century., Teresa Ann Broyles
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Current Accessibility Of, Knowledge Of, And Experience With Distance Education Technologies At Three Small Colleges In Kelskemet Hungary, Richard Adams Dietzel
Current Accessibility Of, Knowledge Of, And Experience With Distance Education Technologies At Three Small Colleges In Kelskemet Hungary, Richard Adams Dietzel
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
In Kecskemet, Hungary, three small colleges are discussing plans to form a new university and implement some of their courses using distance education technologies, if political and economic conditions are favorable. The purpose of this case study was to answer some basic questions about: (1) the accessibility to 74 different technologies which could be used in the planning and implementation of distance education programs, (2) the knowledge of the planners about these technologies, and (3) their experience using them. Planners were selected by respective college rectors as: ·Horticulture College (N=16), Mechanical Engineering and Automation College (N-16), Teacher Training College (N=7). …