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Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Judy Miller, Clark University
From the editors - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology, and Jeanne Albert, Castleton State College
NEFDC Fall Conference, Friday, November 9, 2007, Worcester, Massachusetts; theme: Engaged Learning: Fostering Student Success; keynote speaker: George Kuh, Indiana University
Engaged Learning: The Foundation for Student Success, Note from our Fall Conference Keynote Speaker - George Kuh, Indiana University
Fall Conference Agenda
Learning Through Community Engagement - Kevin R. Kearney, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Reciprocal Mentoring - Mathew L. Ouellett and Susan E. McKenna, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Helpful …
Seeking Refuge In Literacy From A Scorpion Bite, Loukia K. Sarroub
Seeking Refuge In Literacy From A Scorpion Bite, Loukia K. Sarroub
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study is to examine a refugee boy’s experiences with literacy in and out of school in the US. Within these contexts, I explore this youth’s literacy development in light of his identity as a poor Yezidi Kurdish refugee from Iraq. Central to the article are two main themes. The first, life as a scorpion sting, explicates the young man’s life as a refugee, and the difficulties he faces in and out of school. The second theme, reading for mayonnaise, alerts us to the limitations of literacy programs in which unconnected texts and distanced narratives are prominent, …
Language: Use By Women: North America: Yemeni American Girls, Loukia K. Sarroub
Language: Use By Women: North America: Yemeni American Girls, Loukia K. Sarroub
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Yemeni migration to the United States is part of a larger historical trend of Arab immigration to North America. Many recent immigrants moved to the Detroit area because they could find work in the shipping and auto industries, and since the 1970s, southeastern Michigan has had the highest concentration of Arabic-speaking people outside the Middle East, an estimated 250,000 residents (Ameri and Ramey 2000, Zogby 1995). Unlike earlier Arab immigrants, recent arrivals from northern Yemen have persisted in preserving both their Muslim ways of life and their Arab identities. These immigrants have kept strong ties with their motherland, buying land …
Retention Of First-Generation Mexican American Paraeducators In Teacher Education: The Juggling Act Of Nontraditional Students, Amanda Morales, Gabriela Díaz De Sabatés, Cristina Fanning, Kevin Murry
Retention Of First-Generation Mexican American Paraeducators In Teacher Education: The Juggling Act Of Nontraditional Students, Amanda Morales, Gabriela Díaz De Sabatés, Cristina Fanning, Kevin Murry
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This paper discusses the dynamics and challenges encountered by culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) paraeducators who are participating in a 2+2, distance-delivered, teacher education program in the Midwest. The theoretical framework that serves as the basis of this case study is Thomas and Collier’s Prism Model (Collier, 19878: Collier & Thomas, 1989; Thomas & Collier, 1997), which focuses on the four essential dimensions of the student biography (linguistic, socio-cultural, academic, and cognitive). This case study should be understood as an account of the lived experiences of 30 CLD paraeducators in a unique recruitment and retention program designed to support all …
Transracialized Selves And The Emergence Of Post-White Teacher Identities, John Raible, Jason G. Irizarry
Transracialized Selves And The Emergence Of Post-White Teacher Identities, John Raible, Jason G. Irizarry
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This article draws on two previous studies by the authors, both based on interviews with European-American individuals, to document white experiences with multiculturalism, race, and cultural differences. We consider recent developments in research on whiteness and offer a perspective on racial identities defined as discursively enacted identifications that are rooted in racialized discourse communities. We provide profiles of two white women who draw upon assets developed, in our view, largely through their successful negotiation of relationships with racially and culturally different members of multicultural discourse communities. Next, we demonstrate a methodology based on the narrative analytic tools of Stanton Wortham …
Learning How To Make Inquiry Into Electricity And Magnetism Discernible To Middle Level Teachers , Gayle A. Buck, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Learning How To Make Inquiry Into Electricity And Magnetism Discernible To Middle Level Teachers , Gayle A. Buck, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
As university professors we sought to disrupt the practice of giving our students the actions we felt they should imitate in their teaching practice. Instead, we sought to actively engage teachers in the creation of workable solutions to real-life problems. We accomplished this by conducting a participatory action research project. This paper illustrates our action research project focused on preparing middle level science teachers to foster inquiry-based learning in their classrooms. The findings of this study not only lead to a revised professional development opportunity for science teachers, but also provided an example of university faculty engaging in pragmatic research …
Retrieving Meaning In Teacher Education: The Question Of Being, Karl Hostetler, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Loukia K. Sarroub
Retrieving Meaning In Teacher Education: The Question Of Being, Karl Hostetler, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Loukia K. Sarroub
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
In this article we examine “meaning” and “action” within the “good” work of teaching and learning. One premise of our argument is that teachers and students deserve to experience this good. The second premise is that meaning is part and parcel of Being; the debate about meaning must include attention to meaning as a question/project of Being. We offer our experiences as an educational anthropologist, educational philosopher, and teacher educator who strive to retrieve and pursue meaning and Being as common resources and aspirations.
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College
From the editors -
Encounters With George: Information Literacy and Mathematics at Berkshire Community College - Karen Carreras-Hubbard and Annette Guertin, Berkshire Community College
Achieving Information Literacy Goals Through Collaboration - Pamela Bedore, University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Teaming Up! The Sociology/English Composition I /Librarian Embed Experience at Northern Essex Community College - Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College
Common Learning Outcomes for First-Year Information Literacy - Mary Adams, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Gabriela Adler, Bristol Community College; Susan Berteaux, Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Marcia Dinneen, Bridgewater State …
Pediatric School Psychology Service Delivery: Benefits And Barriers , Emily D. Warnes, Kathryn E. Woods, Carrie A. Blevins, Katie Magee, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagne, Heather E. Magee, Susan M. Sheridan
Pediatric School Psychology Service Delivery: Benefits And Barriers , Emily D. Warnes, Kathryn E. Woods, Carrie A. Blevins, Katie Magee, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagne, Heather E. Magee, Susan M. Sheridan
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools: Posters, Addresses, and Presentations
Children with Multifaceted Needs Pediatric School Psychology Roles of Pediatric School Psychologists Training in Pediatric School Psychology Pediatric School Psychology Training at the University Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Previous Research Related to UNL’s Model of Pediatric School Psychology Purpose and Research Questions Measures Procedures Return Rate
Formative Assessment Requires Artistic Vision, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Gayle Buck, April Beckenhauer
Formative Assessment Requires Artistic Vision, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Gayle Buck, April Beckenhauer
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This two-year study focused on the lived terms of inquiry in middle-school science classrooms. The conditions that enable teachers to see and act on science learning as ongoing inquiry were deliberately sought in Year 2. Nine science teachers participated in search of capacities connecting curriculum, teaching, and assessment for greater student and teacher inquiry. An online logbook chronicled this search, serving as a dialogic medium revealing a movement of teachers seeking out and seizing back possibilities for teaching and learning in relation to the given realities of classrooms. The nature and role of formative assessments in support of learning were …
Handouts For “Pediatric School Psychology Service Delivery: Benefits And Barriers”, Emily D. Warnes, K.E. Woods, C.A. Blevins, K.L. Magee, M.S. Swanger-Gagne, H.E. Magee, Susan M. Sheridan
Handouts For “Pediatric School Psychology Service Delivery: Benefits And Barriers”, Emily D. Warnes, K.E. Woods, C.A. Blevins, K.L. Magee, M.S. Swanger-Gagne, H.E. Magee, Susan M. Sheridan
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools: Posters, Addresses, and Presentations
Handouts for “Pediatric school psychology service delivery: Benefits and barriers”
Group-Based Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Responsive Support For Students’ Needs, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagne, Stanley A. Garbacz, Amanda L. Witte, Gina Kunz, Kathleen A. Gill-Hraban, Susan M. Sheridan
Group-Based Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Responsive Support For Students’ Needs, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagne, Stanley A. Garbacz, Amanda L. Witte, Gina Kunz, Kathleen A. Gill-Hraban, Susan M. Sheridan
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools: Posters, Addresses, and Presentations
To present skills and methods for making consultation -Efficient and responsive to time constraints -Streamlined-manualized -Effective To present skills that will help consultants meet -Relationship building goals -Content goals of each consultation phase
Handouts For “Group-Based Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Responsive Support For Students' Needs”, M.S. Swanger-Gagne, Stanley A. Garbacz, Amanda L. Witte, Gina Kunz, K.A. Gill-Hraban, Susan M. Sheridan
Handouts For “Group-Based Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Responsive Support For Students' Needs”, M.S. Swanger-Gagne, Stanley A. Garbacz, Amanda L. Witte, Gina Kunz, K.A. Gill-Hraban, Susan M. Sheridan
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools: Posters, Addresses, and Presentations
Handouts for “Group-based conjoint behavioral consultation: Responsive support for students' needs”
Peer Review Of Teaching Project, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodbrun, Amy Nelson Burnett
Peer Review Of Teaching Project, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodbrun, Amy Nelson Burnett
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
The national impact of UNL’s Peer Review of Teaching Project was recognized in 2005 – with a TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence – as an exceptional program in enhancing undergraduate student learning. In 2006, the project was designated an Institutional Leader by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. As a national institutional leader, the project will continue defining, measuring, tracking, and improving approaches that deepen student understanding.
Creating An Internet Repository For Course Portfolios, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett
Creating An Internet Repository For Course Portfolios, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Our ITLE grant has supported the development of www.courseportfolio.org – an internet repository for faculty-written course portfolios documenting best practices and evidence of student learning occurring in the classroom.
A Dynamic Professional Development School Partnership In Science Education, Lawrence C. Scharmann
A Dynamic Professional Development School Partnership In Science Education, Lawrence C. Scharmann
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
The author describes the evolution of a traditional on-campus secondary science methods course into a dynamic field- and campus-based professional development school collaboration. Whereas science teaching methods were taught in an isolated and independent course, they are now integrated within an interdependent experiential semester that carefully integrates teaching methods, professional seminars, interpersonal relations, classroom management, reading strategies, and multicultural education into a dynamic field-based curriculum for preservice teachers. A faculty team from the Kansas State University (KSU) Department of Secondary Education conducted a series of meetings to establish a collaborative climate in which to investigate the benefits of simultaneous reform …
Terms Of Inquiry, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Gayle Buck, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Lora Carpenter
Terms Of Inquiry, Margaret A. Macintyre Latta, Gayle Buck, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Lora Carpenter
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Teaching and learning continues to be driven by a version of professionalism that construes practice to be a form of applied science. This paper challenges that paradigm. In particular, subjecting and assimilating practical activity to a technical mode of rationality is challenged as not being the most appropriate way to approach teaching, learning, and the process that drives both of these phenomena, inquiry. Middle school science classrooms provide the contexts to explore the situated consequences of embracing the terms of inquiry. Placing inquiry at the core of the thinking and experiences of middle school science educators as a philosophical/theoretical/practical educative …
But Sometimes Labor Migration Is About More Than Labor Migration: Complementary Perspectives Of An Educational Anthropologist, Edmund T. Hamann
But Sometimes Labor Migration Is About More Than Labor Migration: Complementary Perspectives Of An Educational Anthropologist, Edmund T. Hamann
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This response to Dr. Philip Martin’s work has three main dimensions: (1) explicating how an interdisciplinary dialogue can accomplish more than an intra-disciplinary one, (2) addressing the core policy choice Martin frames of planning, to have transnational migration more often create a virtuous circle than a vicious one, and (3) considering how the subfield of educational anthropology informs and/or complicates Martin’s 3 R’s of recruitment, remittance, and return. The first of these topics relates to the context for the generation of this paper: the interlocutor session organized by the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational Anthropology (SUNTA) at the 2006 …
Using A Creative Intervention To Increase Self-Disclosure Among Mandated Juveniles With Co-Occurring Disorders, Faith Drew, George W. Bitar, Robert Gee, Chad Graff, Paul R. Springer
Using A Creative Intervention To Increase Self-Disclosure Among Mandated Juveniles With Co-Occurring Disorders, Faith Drew, George W. Bitar, Robert Gee, Chad Graff, Paul R. Springer
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
Counselors providing treatment within the juvenile justice system encounter numerous challenges that are inherent in working with this population. One of the challenges includes providing treatment to adolescents who are entering the juvenile justice system with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Given the challenges, creative interventions that enhance client motivation and the therapeutic relationship are especially needed. The purpose of this article is to propose a creative intervention that may enhance the therapeutic relationship, increase client investment in treatment. and facilitate client self-disclosure. A case illustration will be used to illustrate the intervention.
African Centered Schooling: Facilitating Holistic Excellence For Black Children, Tonia Renee Durden
African Centered Schooling: Facilitating Holistic Excellence For Black Children, Tonia Renee Durden
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
During the early 1970s, scholars, parents, and educators began a campaign for schooling experiences that were culturally affirming for Black children. This community of concerned individuals vested their energy and support in schools that subscribed to a worldview and ideology of education that focused on enriching the holistic development of children. The product of these efforts is known as the African centered school movement. To capture how African centered schooling has striven to awaken and invoke the natural genius of Black students, I focus my discussion on the history as well as the ideology and pedagogy of the African centered …
Teacher Education, Motivation, Compensation, Workplace Support, And Links To Quality Of Center-Based Child Care And Teachers’ Intention To Stay In The Early Childhood Profession, Julia C. Torquati, Helen Raikes, Catherine Huddleston-Casas
Teacher Education, Motivation, Compensation, Workplace Support, And Links To Quality Of Center-Based Child Care And Teachers’ Intention To Stay In The Early Childhood Profession, Julia C. Torquati, Helen Raikes, Catherine Huddleston-Casas
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
The purposes of this study were to present a conceptual model for selection into the early childhood profession and to test the model using contemporaneous assessments. A stratified random sample of center-based child care providers in 4 Midwestern states (n = 964) participated in a telephone interview, and 223 were also assessed with the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale—Revised or the Infant–Toddler Environment Rating Scale to rate global observed quality, and the Caregiver Interaction Scale to rate interactional quality. When the model was tested with infant–toddler and preschool teachers combined, having a Child Development Associate (CDA) predicted global observed quality, …
Planning The Future Workforce Of Natural Science Research Collections: A Review Of Graduate Academic Programs In The United States, Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways
Planning The Future Workforce Of Natural Science Research Collections: A Review Of Graduate Academic Programs In The United States, Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways
University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information
Selected literature and Internet sites were used to identify universities that provide graduate academic degrees relevant to the management and care of natural science research collections. Twelve universities with degree programs not dedicated to the arts or humanity fields were selected for closer evaluation. By analyzing the courses offered in museology and the natural sciences at each university, seven universities were identified as currently in a position to provide some level of education and training needed by the future workforce of natural science research collections. However, only two universities stood out as being in the best position to serve most …
Perceptions Of Secondary And Post-Secondary Interdisciplinary Faculty On Cisip Professional Development: A Teacher Learning Community Designing Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities, Elizabeth B. Lewis, Dale R. Baker, Senay Yaşar-Purzer, Sibel Uysal
Perceptions Of Secondary And Post-Secondary Interdisciplinary Faculty On Cisip Professional Development: A Teacher Learning Community Designing Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities, Elizabeth B. Lewis, Dale R. Baker, Senay Yaşar-Purzer, Sibel Uysal
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Posters and Presentations
This study summarizes semi-structured focus group exit interviews with Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP) participants, experienced secondary and post-secondary science, English, and ELL faculty. CISIP is an NSF-funded initiative designed to meet the need for highly qualified teachers and science education reform. The main purpose of the larger study was to understand teachers’ application, in teams, of the CISIP model during the three-week summer institute. The focus group interviews helped to triangulate researchers’ observations with the participants’ perceptions. Participants expressed favorable attitudes toward their extended CISIP experience, at least one year’s participation before the summer institute. All acknowledged the …
Evaluation Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Images Of Science Teaching In Turkey, Hulya Yilmaz, Hakan Turkmen, Jon E. Pedersen, Pinar Huyuguzel Cavas
Evaluation Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Images Of Science Teaching In Turkey, Hulya Yilmaz, Hakan Turkmen, Jon E. Pedersen, Pinar Huyuguzel Cavas
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study is to investigate elementary pre-service teachers’ image of science teaching, analyze the gender differences in image of science teaching, and evaluate restructured 2004 education reform by using a Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C). Two hundred thirteen (213) pre-service elementary teachers from three different western universities participated in the data collection for this study. The results of study showed that Turkish elementary pre-service teachers’ perspective of science teaching style is 20% student-centered, 41% teacher-centered, and 39% between student-centered and teacher-centered. These results give some vital concerns regarding the preparation of future elementary teachers and the in-service development of …
Technology Integration: Pdas As An Instructional And Reflective Tool In The Science Classroom, Jon E. Pedersen, Edmund A. Marek
Technology Integration: Pdas As An Instructional And Reflective Tool In The Science Classroom, Jon E. Pedersen, Edmund A. Marek
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
The role of technology has an increased emphasis in the PK-12 classroom and in the preparation of teachers. The wide support for the integration of technology in day-to-day instruction is evidenced at many levels and through many organizations. The current study focused on examining and describing the experiences of faculty and interns as they relate to the use of the PDA. Results indicate that a clear and effective purpose for technology that matched specified outcomes was key for all of informants in this study. Results also indicated that the simplest, most efficient technology for a particular task was essential.
Exploring Turkish Pre-Service Science Education Teachers’ Understanding Of Educational Technology And Use, Hakan Türkmen, Jon E. Pedersen, Robbie Mccarty
Exploring Turkish Pre-Service Science Education Teachers’ Understanding Of Educational Technology And Use, Hakan Türkmen, Jon E. Pedersen, Robbie Mccarty
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Helping prospective teachers become more knowledgeable and skilled in the use of technology in education is an important goal of today’s teacher preparation programs. This article reports the results of a survey, ‘Pre-service Teacher Technology Survey: technology usage and needs of science educators’, that determined pre-service science education teachers’ perceptions of their preparation vis-à-vis technology and the pre-service teachers’ knowledge and desired knowledge of technology. More specifically, the focus was to address the understandings of Turkish pre-service teachers regarding their current and desired knowledge of educational technology. The findings of this study show that Turkish pre-service science education teachers are …
Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Overview Newsletter, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett
Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Overview Newsletter, Paul Savory, Amy M. Goodburn, Amy Nelson Burnett
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Reports
The Peer Review of Teaching Project (PRTP) is a UNL campus program that supports teams of faculty in making visible the serious intellectual work of teaching. Begun in 1994, the project uses the same process one would use to explore a research question by having faculty inquire, analyze, and document their teaching practices and the resulting student learning and then make these results accessible for use, review, and assessment by one’s peers. The project consists of a first-year fellowship program and an advanced scholar program. Specific faculty outcomes from participating in the project include: (1) Reflecting upon, developing, and writing …
“I Was Bitten By A Scorpion”: Reading In And Out Of School In A Refugee’S Life, Loukia K. Sarroub, Todd Pernicek, Tracy Sweeney
“I Was Bitten By A Scorpion”: Reading In And Out Of School In A Refugee’S Life, Loukia K. Sarroub, Todd Pernicek, Tracy Sweeney
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
A refugee student’s literacy practices are examined. Discrepancies between his in-school and out-of-school literacies highlight the tension he and his teachers experience.
The purpose of this study is to examine a high school boy’s experiences in an ELL language acquisition program, at home, and in the work place. Within these contexts, we explore Hayder’s participation in literacy events in light of his identity as a Yezidi Kurdish refugee in and out of school.
Our study indicates that reading instruction works for students such as Hayder when certain support structures are in place. Teaching “styles” matter, as does the content of …
Using Analogies To Improve The Teaching Performance Of Preservice Teachers, Mark C. James, Lawrence C. Scharmann
Using Analogies To Improve The Teaching Performance Of Preservice Teachers, Mark C. James, Lawrence C. Scharmann
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Abstract: Prior research in both education and cognitive science has identified analogy making as a powerful tool for explanation as well as a fundamental mechanism for facilitating an individual’s construction of knowledge. While a considerable body of research exists focusing on the role analogy plays in learning science concepts, relatively little is known about how instruction in the use of analogies might influence the teaching performance of preservice teachers. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between pedagogical analogy use and pedagogical reasoning ability in a sample of preservice elementary teachers (PTs), a group that …
Student Experiences Of A Culturally Sensitive Curriculum: Ethnic Identity Development Amid Conflicting Stories To Live By, Elaine Chan
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This study examines ways in which students’ experiences of a culturally sensitive curriculum may contribute to their developing sense of ethnic identity. It uses a narrative inquiry approach to explore students’ experiences of the interaction of culture and curriculum in a Canadian inner-city, middle-school context. It considers ways in which the curriculum may be interpreted as the intersection of the students’ home and school cultures. Teachers, administrators, and other members of the school community made efforts to be accepting of the diverse ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds that students brought to the school. However, examination of students’ experiences of school …