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Beyond Survival: A Case Study Of The Milwaukee Urban Waldorf School, Phaizon Rhys Wood Dec 1996

Beyond Survival: A Case Study Of The Milwaukee Urban Waldorf School, Phaizon Rhys Wood

Doctoral Dissertations

Schooling has often provided possibilities for the practice of freedom with respect to the education of African-American children but has, at the same time, represented a threat to their system of survival. Hale (cited in Hale-Benson, 1990) believes that what is needed is an education that provides cultural continuity - not intervention. The challenge is to provide an effective education - one that can "conceptualize Black children within the context of their culture" (p. 210).

The literature review that follows provides the foundation for the argument that a model already exists that is emancipatory in its original design, that identifies …


A Critical Hermeneutic Exploration Of Adoption, Trauma Of Separation And Abandonment, And Subsequent Adjustment, Virginia Bowman Maker Jan 1996

A Critical Hermeneutic Exploration Of Adoption, Trauma Of Separation And Abandonment, And Subsequent Adjustment, Virginia Bowman Maker

Master's Theses

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Crossing Borders: Transformative Experiences Of Euro American Bilingual Teachers In A Spanish Speaking Context, A Participatory Study, Margaret C. Laughlin Jan 1996

Crossing Borders: Transformative Experiences Of Euro American Bilingual Teachers In A Spanish Speaking Context, A Participatory Study, Margaret C. Laughlin

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis


The Effects Of The Geometer's Sketchpad Software On Achievement Of Geometric Knowledge Of High School Geometry Students, Margaret Lynn Lester Jan 1996

The Effects Of The Geometer's Sketchpad Software On Achievement Of Geometric Knowledge Of High School Geometry Students, Margaret Lynn Lester

Master's Theses

Digitized thesis


A Study Of The Relationship Between Conditions Present In Managers' Families Of Origin And The Behavior Of Managers In Workplace Relationships, Jane Henderson-Loney Jan 1996

A Study Of The Relationship Between Conditions Present In Managers' Families Of Origin And The Behavior Of Managers In Workplace Relationships, Jane Henderson-Loney

Doctoral Dissertations

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Transitions To U.S. Private Schools: Perceptions Of Six Immigrant Elementary School Boys, Philip Manwell Jan 1996

Transitions To U.S. Private Schools: Perceptions Of Six Immigrant Elementary School Boys, Philip Manwell

Doctoral Dissertations

"The United States is faced with the privilege and challenge of educating immigrant children, not only in a second language and other skills, but also in the many and varied dimensions of life in this country" (London, 1990; p. 287).

Whether these children have fled rigid dictatorial regimes or wars, whether they came to the U.S. directly or spent time in refugee camps or detention centers, whether they have little more than what they are wearing at the time, or their families have planned the migration carefully, leaving their countries of origin legally and peacefully, bringing currency and the promise …