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Investigating Teacher And Administrator Response To A Care-Based Curriculum Implementation, Piera Camposeo
Investigating Teacher And Administrator Response To A Care-Based Curriculum Implementation, Piera Camposeo
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This study investigated participants’ openness to change when exposed to a teacher-led care-based innovative method of curriculum delivery, specifically the Schoolhome Instructional Design.
Parental Involvement During College : Student Perceptions And Relationship With College Self-Efficacy, Deepti Marathe
Parental Involvement During College : Student Perceptions And Relationship With College Self-Efficacy, Deepti Marathe
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
With advances in communication technology, reports of frequent parental contact among college students are on the rise. Anecdotal sources label this type of involved parenting as “helicopter” parenting, creating an image of parents who constantly “hover” over their children ready to solve all their problems and to monitor them. This study was designed to measure parental involvement, which includes positive as well as negative parental behaviors. The goals of the present study were: 1) to examine the specific parental involvement that college students experience, 2) explore students’ perceptions of such parenting, and 3) to investigate the relationship between parental involvement …
"This Is A Beautiful Place And It Is Worth Protecting" : An Exploratory Study About Teacher Beliefs And Sense Of Place Using Activity Theory, Linda M. Oehler-Marx
"This Is A Beautiful Place And It Is Worth Protecting" : An Exploratory Study About Teacher Beliefs And Sense Of Place Using Activity Theory, Linda M. Oehler-Marx
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
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Student Departure At West Point : An Examination Within A Total Institution, Jason C. Toole
Student Departure At West Point : An Examination Within A Total Institution, Jason C. Toole
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The United States Military Academy at West Point recruits, trains, and educates talented young
Latino/A Artist Educators (Laes) And Their Role In Creating And Sustaining Alternative Democratic Spaces In Miami, Deborah Therese Woeckner Saavedra
Latino/A Artist Educators (Laes) And Their Role In Creating And Sustaining Alternative Democratic Spaces In Miami, Deborah Therese Woeckner Saavedra
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This exploratory study utilizes a qualitative, ethnographic approach to locate and contextualize Latino/a Artist Educators (LAEs) in Miami, Florida. Foundational and cutting-edge, it brings together many distinct perspectives to illuminate the power and promise of a newly imagined yet group of individuals to build and sustain alternative democratic spaces. Building on critical educators Paolo Freire, bell hooks, Henry Giroux and Howard Zinn, as well as extending the framework of critical theorists Gloria Anzaldúa, Cornel West and others, this research begins to sketch the influence of the LAEs interviewed in Miami from 2003-2013. As a sociocultural ethnographic study positioned at the …