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Using Motivational Theory With At-Risk Children, Rachel M. B. Collopy, Theresa Green
Using Motivational Theory With At-Risk Children, Rachel M. B. Collopy, Theresa Green
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
Rawsonville Elementary is a neighborhood school near Detroit, where the automotive industry is the major employer. Recent layoffs have affected many families in the area, and more than half of the school's 480 students receive reduced or free lunch. Of the district's six elementary schools, Rawsonville has been identified as most in need of Chapter 1 services. For years, the school improvement team had worked hard to improve student motivation and learning. Yet, something was still missing. The number of at-risk and underachieving students entering the school continued to increase.
At the same time, a group of researchers at the …
Vision And The Ideal Teacher: Implications For Educational Practice, Rosalind Victoria Aaron
Vision And The Ideal Teacher: Implications For Educational Practice, Rosalind Victoria Aaron
Dissertations
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe how and why teachers with a vision of an ideal teacher have chosen teaching as their profession and to articulate how that vision has influenced their educational practice.
Procedure. This study was conducted in the classroom setting using qualitative methods. The qualitative techniques were informal and formal interviews, non-participant observations, and personal journal entries.
Conclusions. The findings of the study revealed that the three teachers do have visions, which they clearly articulated. Their visions resulted from their interaction with others, but specifically with some of their former teachers. As new ideas, …