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Advocating For The Development Of The Whole Child: How Public Urban Preschool Teachers Overcome The Pressure Of More Academics In Their Classrooms, Grizel Lopez
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Preschool teachers must overcome the pressure to become more academic in lieu of a whole child development curriculum approach in order to preserve developmentally appropriate practices and shape well-adjusted future citizens of society. In order to achieve this, it is important to give a voice to preschool teachers to better understand their struggle and to find effective resolutions. This is only possible through a qualitative case study that employs observations, interviews, and a focus group with an inductive analysis approach to the data. The development of the whole child will only be attainable through national policies that are supported by …
Online Professional Development: Implications On Self-Efficacy Levels And Classroom Instruction For Teachers In A Catholic High School, Jose Carlo De Vera
Online Professional Development: Implications On Self-Efficacy Levels And Classroom Instruction For Teachers In A Catholic High School, Jose Carlo De Vera
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Online professional development (online PD), the acquisition of new skills and knowledge related to the teaching profession via the Internet, is an emerging field for teachers. This mixedmethods research explored the impact of an online PD program on high school teachers’ selfefficacy levels, classroom instruction, and the role that school culture played on teachers accepting or rejecting the online PD. Within a social cognitive theory lens, this study helped frame teacher attitudes and adult learning in the context of school culture.
Phase 1 of this study used quantitative data from two surveys called PRE and POST, which were taken before …