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Utilizing Technology As A Means Of Teacher Professionalism, Jordan Ford
Utilizing Technology As A Means Of Teacher Professionalism, Jordan Ford
Honors Theses
A key component of professionalism in education lies in each teacher’s personal commitment to professional development. Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching acts as a guide for novice and seasoned teachers alike in this endeavor. A common theme seen throughout the framework is the need for teachers to meet students where they are. Today’s children are growing up in a technology-driven world, and they need educators to rise to the challenge of integrating technology into the classroom in order to equip them for adulthood.
Ethnography: Building A Thriving Classroom Community In The Face Of A Pandemic, Joshua Timothy Jackson
Ethnography: Building A Thriving Classroom Community In The Face Of A Pandemic, Joshua Timothy Jackson
Claremont Graduate University School of Education Teacher Education
A dive into the ride of a first-year teacher, which was also taught an entire year virtually. An extremely intensive look into the skills needed to grow as a secondary school teacher, in a situation that has never been experienced before. This paper also explores the foundations and scaffolds a teacher needs in order to become both a critical and socially just educator for all students within their classroom. The aspect of community is felt heavily throughout this journey, and the idea that communities are the very keystone of every single classroom; student-to-teacher community, student-to-student community, and classroom-to-household community are …
Hope In A Time Of Global Unrest: An Ethnographic Study, Sabrina Hanson
Hope In A Time Of Global Unrest: An Ethnographic Study, Sabrina Hanson
Claremont Graduate University School of Education Teacher Education
This paper documents the observations, struggles, and insights of a first year teacher. It is a year-long documentation of the search for hope during a global pandemic that affected the way schools functioned and how students learned. This work is in three distinct sections. The first section is a self-reflection of identity and why this teacher chose teaching as a profession. The second section is focused on two of their students, one who is immunocompromised, and one who has significant learning challenges, and how they navigated the quarantine during the pandemic through their expression of learning. The third section reflects …
Reflections From Gifted Students: A Qualitative Study Examining Social-Emotional Development In Relation To Social Justice-Oriented Citizenship, Margo A. Nauert
Reflections From Gifted Students: A Qualitative Study Examining Social-Emotional Development In Relation To Social Justice-Oriented Citizenship, Margo A. Nauert
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
Gifted students have unique social-emotional needs that are amplified through their heightened sensitivities or overexcitabilities. Common traits that gifted students exhibit in addition to their social-emotional needs are similar to those needed for the optimal level of citizenship, the justice-oriented citizen. This qualitative study asked a convenience sample of gifted students to reflect on their social-emotional development and overexcitabilities and how their gifted traits have begun to prepare them for justice-oriented citizenship.To gather data to be coded, nine incoming 7th grade students in a gifted program were recruited from a self-contained gifted program. These students participated in this study by …
Training And Support Systems And Their Impact On First-Year Teachers In Kentucky, Ashley E. Dunn
Training And Support Systems And Their Impact On First-Year Teachers In Kentucky, Ashley E. Dunn
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative study surveyed elementary school teachers across the state of Kentucky in regards to these four main concepts: (a) identifying the challenges and needs of FYT, (b) identify and explore the trainings provided to FYT, (c) identify and explore the supports provided to FYT, and (d) identifying what is needed to effectively support FYT. The driving question of the study asked: what are the training and support experiences of first-year K-5 teachers and how can these experiences be improved for future educators? Based on this question, the following hypothesis was created: having been provided comprehensive induction programs, FYT will …