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Experiences And Perceptions Of Community: The Fayetteville High School Community Photography Project, Stephanie Collier
Experiences And Perceptions Of Community: The Fayetteville High School Community Photography Project, Stephanie Collier
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The Fayetteville High School Community Photography Project was conducted with 10th-12th grade students in Spring 2014 as part of a participatory art project through their Sociology class. This study uses participant photographs and surveys to better understand student variation in community perceptions and connections. Participant photographs serve as a way to “see” how high school students perceive community. Survey data gathered on the same sample are used to measure individual-level characteristics such as perceived neighborhood deterioration, neighborhood satisfaction, and Social capital to better understand how they impact feelings of community connectedness in youth. Results indicate that Social capital plays an …
How Arizona Community College Teachers Go About Learning To Teach, Carolyn J. Hamblin
How Arizona Community College Teachers Go About Learning To Teach, Carolyn J. Hamblin
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
New Arizona community college teachers go through a transformative learning process when they learn to teach. They enter the classroom with preformed ways of thinking about teaching. These habits of mind include what they imagine a community college teacher to be. They expect their knowledge and expertise to translate into teaching ability and they are shocked to learn that this is not the case. Classroom teaching involves basic pedagogical skills such as preventing cheating, creating appropriate tests, planning a course calendar, and pacing a lecture. The discomfort that accompanies this revelation causes the teachers to think critically about what good …