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Perspectives Of Teacher Leaders In An Educational Reform Environment: Finding Meaning In Their Involvement, Ginny Birky
Perspectives Of Teacher Leaders In An Educational Reform Environment: Finding Meaning In Their Involvement, Ginny Birky
Faculty Publications - College of Education
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe the experiences of secondary teachers who were actively involved in positions of teacher leadership in their schools and to discover the meaning that leadership activities had for them in their work. The informal teacher leaders performed their leadership functions in an environment of educational reform and change, voluntarily, and on their own time.
The study was framed and described by data gathered primarily through a series of in-depth interviewing, based on a structure for phenomenological interviewing by Seidman. The individual interviews were audio taped and transcribed in full text. Other …
Raising Us: Books With Insight Into Teens, Ken Badley, Shawna Fair, Leanne Hinz, Iain Maclean, Kelly Mottet, Tim Opperman, Stephen Shim, Linda Thomsen, Charlene Zerbin
Raising Us: Books With Insight Into Teens, Ken Badley, Shawna Fair, Leanne Hinz, Iain Maclean, Kelly Mottet, Tim Opperman, Stephen Shim, Linda Thomsen, Charlene Zerbin
Faculty Publications - College of Education
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Resistance Theory And The Transculturation Hypothesis As Explanations Of College Attrition And Persistence Among Culturally Traditional American Indian Students, Terry Huffman
Faculty Publications - College of Education
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative research investigation on the educational experiences of 69 American Indian college students. Specifically, the data involving two groups of culturally traditional students (estranged students and transcultural students) are considered. Estranged students are culturally traditional American Indian students who experienced intense alienation while in college and, subsequently, fared poorly academically. Conversely, transculturated students are also culturally traditional students. However, these students overcame acute alienation and generally experienced successful college careers. After an examination of the dominant theoretical perspectives on American Indian educational achievement and attrition, the findings of the research are extended to …