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What We See And Why It Matters: How Competency In Visual Literacy Can Enhance Student Learning, Anneliese Tillmann

Honors Projects

In today’s world, we use more visuals than ever before. Research suggests that the balance between words and images has shifted considerably calling for new forms of literacy (Brumberger, 2011). Visual literacy goes above and beyond the traditional concepts of reading and writing, expanding literacy to include visuals. The analysis and review of current visual literacy research suggests teaching visual literacy is necessary for students to become capable of navigating the visually driven world in which we live. The research highlights the importance of incorporating visuals into the literacy curricula and explores practical uses of visual literacy in present day …

Integrating The Fine Arts Across The Elementary Curriculum, Emily Gilbert '00

Honors Projects

I began my research with the intention of discovering in what ways elementary teachers incorporate the fine arts across the curriculum. For those teachers who do, I wanted to know where they learned how to do so, and how their students respond to the integration of the arts. I have a strong personal connection to this topic. The fine arts always have been an integral part of my life, which I attribute to my education: my teachers introduced me to the arts and fostered my love of the arts. From an educational standpoint, I began to wonder how teachers incorporate …

A Comparison Of Personality Type And Learning Style Of Elementary Education Majors, Math Majors, And Math Professors: Cultures In Conflict, Jane Martin '92

Honors Projects

National concern exists regarding the math performance of women and minorities. It is a common concern that the current educational system is not meeting girls' needs. Girls and boys enter school equal in measured ability, but years later, girls have fallen behind their male counterparts in key areas such as higher-level mathematics. A critical step in correcting the inequity is to adequately prepare those responsible for the education of children: the future teachers of America. Educational excellence in America's schools is dependent on educational equity.

The Teacher In Transition: Learning To Let The Child Lead, Angela Hill '92

Honors Projects

Whole language is an interdisciplinary method of teaching which is becoming a political movement in the schools. It empowers both student and teacher, allowing the student to become self-directed and freeing the teacher from a primarily authoritarian role. Uteracy activity in the whole language classroom resembles reading and writing in the real world, so that school work is seen as purposeful by students. Ideally, students plan and work cooperatively in cross-grade groupings.

In this ethnographic study of two first grade classrooms, a participant-observer identified those factors which support and hinder a teacher's transition from the traditional model of teaching to …

Teachers' Training, Knowledge, And Attitudes Towards Mainstreaming Behaviorally Disordered Students In Regular Classrooms, Christine K. Chaille '92

Honors Projects

Public Law 94-142 requires that special education students be placed in "the least restrictive school environment" possible and that teachers who work with special needs students in regular classrooms receive training and help from special educators. According to Vandivier & Vandivier (1981), teachers have reservations about including children with "particular types" of disabilities in regular classes, and Mooney & Algozzine (1978) reported that teachers consider "socially defiant" behaviors to be more disturbing than those associated with learning disabilities. This study was designed to determine the relationship between experienced classroom teachers' willingness to accept behaviorally disordered (BD) students in regular classrooms …

A Study Of Departmentalization On The Elementary Level, Carolyn Bowersock '70

Honors Projects

The past decade has been filIed with many supposedly innovative ideas which have been designed to improve and upgrade the education process. Organizational patterns involving a team of teachers , the removal of letter and/or class grades, as well as a revamping of curriculum represent some of the changes which have occurred.

A Study Of Teacher Aides, Janis Kolb

Honors Projects

In the scientific, industrial world of today, specialization is a key word. With increasing frequency, jobs that used to be performed by only one or a few persons are being analyzed and, for the sake of greater effectiveness, broken down and assigned to specialists in the field. One area that has been slow in following this trend is that of education, Years ago, the teacher in a one-room school was assigned such diverse duties as snow-shoveling, hauling water, cutting wood, and keeping a fire going. In today's schools, these non-instructional chores are replaced by such duties as ordering films, setting …

A Study Of Team Teaching As Implemented In The Elementary School, Mary E. Myers '68

Honors Projects

At present , education is in an era of widespread experimentation, perhaps more extensive than a t any other time in its history. An intense examination of the methods of elementary school operation has been under way on a national scale and has resulted in the development of numerous new organizational and instructional approaches.