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Meeting The Needs Of Teachers As Whole Learners, Amanda Lea Britt
Meeting The Needs Of Teachers As Whole Learners, Amanda Lea Britt
Theses and Dissertations from 2017
This exploratory study investigated the applicability of the Whole Child/Whole Learner concept to the teaching profession. Utilizing open-ended questions on a web-based questionnaire that was completed by secondary-level teachers throughout Arkansas, this pragmatic qualitative inquiry obtained information about teachers’ experiences in, and attitudes toward, the teaching profession. The constant comparative method was used to analyze participants’ responses to open-ended questions; patterns and themes that emerged through the data were then examined through the lenses of the five tenets of the Whole Child/Whole Learner approach. Of the five, ‘safe’ was the tenet that arose least frequently in participants’ responses. ‘Healthy,’ ‘engaged,’ …
Retaining Highly Qualified Teachers Through Leadership Support In Secondary Mathematics, Wilbur Powell
Retaining Highly Qualified Teachers Through Leadership Support In Secondary Mathematics, Wilbur Powell
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
The No Child Left Behind Act was enacted to improve low performing schools. One of the proposed answers to the problem was that all schools would have “highly qualified” teachers, especially in the subjects of mathematics and science. This study was aimed at helping school administrators retain their highly qualified mathematics teachers in their urban schools. The topic for this study was seeking to understand the factors related to school administrators retaining highly qualified mathematics teachers at the secondary level. Therefore, my study examined the lens of leadership factors that related to the retention of secondary mathematics teachers. The study …