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Exploring Equity Through The Perspective Of White Equity-Trained Suburban Educators And Minoritized Parents, David E. Lawrence

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The intent of this qualitative critical incident study was to explore the interpretation of equity by White equity-trained suburban educators (WETSE) and minoritized parents (MP) in a Midwestern suburban school district to address and change inequitable student outcomes. WETSE and MP participated independently in focus groups. The research design used critical incident technique (CIT) as the methodology; focus groups as the data collection tool; and thematic analysis (TA) as the analytical tool. Zones of Mediation (ZONE) and Transformative Leadership Theory (TLT) were used to distill and categorize the research findings. WETSE and MP established an agreement on four themes thought …

When Knowing Is Not Enough: A Narrative Exploration Of How K-12 Teachers Make Decisions About The Transfer Of Critical Competencies From Professional Learning To Daily Practice, Nell E. Ballard-Jones

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

School districts spend millions of dollars each year to provide training and learning to staff working in direct and indirect service to students (National Council on Teacher Quality, 2021). This financial commitment says nothing about what is even more important: the need for school employees and the systems in which we work to serve students more effectively. Despite vast allocations of time and money and presumably best intentions for better social and academic outcomes for students, very little data exist that reflect regular transfer and application of training/learning into professional practice (Nittler et al., 2015). By and large, schools and …

Approaches School Leaders Employ Regarding Students Who Experience Socioemotional Crises, Ronald Stephen Gorney

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many students in the local school district in a northeastern state suffer from socioemotional challenges that negatively influence their academic success. In the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, researchers found negative socioemotional outcomes resulting from ACEs. Risk factors associated with ACEs, and the influence of ACEs on poor school outcomes form the framework of this project study. To determine measures school leaders take to meet the needs of students in socioemotional crisis, a sample of semi-structured interview participants was selected based upon their roles in addressing students in socioemotional crisis, also forming the basis of this basic qualitative study. The …

The Relationship Between Professional Learning Community Characteristics And Teacher Collective Efficacy In Two Midwestern Schools, Jack C. Gaham

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A suburban school in the central United States failed to close the achievement gap with a neighboring school on state-mandated tests despite both schools’ implementation of a professional learning community (PLC) to improve student performance. The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the implementation of a PLC with the mitigating variable of teacher collective efficacy (TCE) so that research-derived recommendations could be made to improve the PLC and student performance. The second school that implemented a PLC at the same time but with better results was included to evaluate the influence of school environment on PLC performance. Bandura’s …

Ministry Of Education Management Committee Members’ Perceptions Of Shared Organizational Vision, Theresa Obiageli Mbonu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractPersistent challenges in the Nigerian educational system have made education delivery ineffective as students’ performance levels on national examinations have remained low. Students’ average performance has been below 40% on the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) for 7 consecutive years in the region of this research. Stakeholders blamed heads of schools and teachers, yet the Ministry of Education made significant decisions about schools’ inputs. Leaders at the Ministry of Education may need to adopt a shared vision approach to addressing persistent educational challenges. There was no study available to indicate the understanding of educational leaders at this level concerning …

Middle School Teachers’ Use Of Differentiated Instruction Strategies, Felecia G. Prince

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractMiddle School Teachers’ Use of Differentiated Instruction Strategies by Felecia George Prince MEd, Troy University, 2010 BS, Georgia Southern University, 1988 AA, East Georgia College, 1984 Project Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Walden University June 2020Abstract The administrators at the study site were concerned that teachers struggle with differentiated instruction (DI) in their classrooms, which involves strategies to support students’ levels. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to learn what DI strategies teachers used at the study site. The conceptual framework of Tomlinson on the differentiated strategies …

State Of The University Annual Report - 2020-2021, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

Office of the President State of the University Annual Report

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Career Commitment Of Women In University Stem Leadership Roles: Professors, Chairs, And Deans, Denise Mariko Garretson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite the increased numbers of women in STEM over the last 2 decades, women are more likely than men to leave a STEM career. It is important to have women’s perspectives within the workplace and to have female role models from different backgrounds to support and encourage female students to move into STEM careers. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to identify how female STEM university leaders perceive the influence of their personal vision and work-life balance on their career commitment. The framework included two concepts: Boyatzis’ ideal self and Poulose and Sudarsan’s work-life balance. The phenomenological design …

The Effect Of The Vocabulary Spelling City App On Student Performance In Spelling, Vocabulary, And Reading Comprehension In Grades 5-8 At Glenview Adventist Academy, Fernando Oleynick Lista

Dissertations

Problem and Purpose

Students in fifth through eighth grades at Glenview Adventist Academy (GAA) presented difficulties in the subjects of spelling, vocabulary and reading comprehension. The school had not followed the previous 10-year trend of technology implementation in the classroom, in spite of conclusive research on its advantages. This study was conducted to determine to what extent teaching methodology and the use of technology could affect academic performance in the areas of spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Research on the implementation of software and the use of tablets (iPad Minis) in the classroom has been scarce and contradictory in the …

Instructional Leadership Practices That Support Increased Student Achievement In Ghana's Rural Districts, Anthony Kwame Gyamerah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Quality education is significant to the development of a country, but not all countries fare satisfactory in this regard. In Ghana, the rural K-12 public schools have persistent lower academic performance than the urban schools, despite the interventions of governments since Ghana’s independence. This study provides effective instructional leadership practices that support effective teaching and learning to enhance quality education in Ghana’s rural areas to bridge the performance gap between the urban and rural schools. This qualitative exploratory case study explored the instructional leadership practices that support student achievement in Ghana’s rural K-12 schools. The research questions investigated the instructional …

Culturally Responsive School Leadership Agility: A Journey Through Critical Self-Reflection, Deborah Mckelvey Brown

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined how school leaders can differentiate their approach using a self-reporting psychometric instrument called the Emergenetics® Profile when engaged in critical self-reflection. Using a multiple case study approach, three urban school leaders engaged in the deconstructing and reconstructing of knowledge frameworks specific to deficit thinking. The Emergenetics Profile served as a lens to critically self-reflect in order to differentiate their approach to the disrupt deficit thinking practices in their schools (Browning 2007; Khalifa, 2018; Shields, 2018). This study integrated these insights from critical self-reflection and the awareness gained by school leaders through their Emergenetics preferences to change their …

Evaluating Foundational Components Of Research Consultations In An Academic Library Research Center, Ryan F. Buller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As our society continues to evolve at an ever-increasing rate, our higher education institutions, and the services they provide, must keep pace with societal changes in order to ensure that those services stay current and relevant. This program evaluation examines one such service, the research consultation model in University Libraries at the University of Denver. This evaluation was situated within the Human Ecological Theory Framework, to help understand how different environments can impact the recognition and value placed upon the foundational components of the service. An exploratory sequential mixed methods approach was used to determine what the foundational components of …

Exploring The Impact Of Leadership Values And Practices To Support Equity And Social Justice In An Urban School, Susan-Marie Farmen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study explores the leadership values and practices of a principal in a sixth through twelfth-grade school in the Rocky Mountain West to determine how leadership values and practices support the implementation of equitable and socially just practices in the school. Five key themes emerged: (a) equity as a Black/non-Black construct; (b) a lack of knowledge and awareness of the historical contexts of marginalized populations; (c) moral courage for all members of the school; (d) equity as an initiative or program; (e) resistance to deep equity work. From these themes, I devise three recommendations to support substantial and …

Quarterly Report - 2nd Quarter, Period Ending December 31, 2020, Etsu Foundation, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Foundation Quarterly Reports

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Teaching “Plants Reproduction” Subject In The Bachelors Of Higner Education System, Khazratkul Kilichievich Karshibaev

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

Thisarticle is devoted to improving the system of teaching “Plants reproduction”subject related to social science on the basis of new pedagogical technologies. In the final work, the text of a lecture on the topic “Plantsreproduction”, presented in the scientific program, focused on people and based on modular educational technologies, and developed its didactic support. In the work, based on integrated design, a technological map of this topic has been developed, and a set of prepared cases and test questions on this topic is presented. During the lecture, a set of control questions was developed to clarify the level of assimilation …

Power In Justice, Mustafo Muhammedovich Bayeshanov

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

The article analyzes the novel by M. Gorky "Mother and Temur" from the cycle "Tales of Italy". For Gorky, the real heroes were those who "create life in spite of death, who conquer death." A fairy tale in which the image of the mother is created, sometimes growing to the personification of the Motherland, acquires a deep philosophical meaning. Gorky begins the ninth tale with words full of deep meaning: “Let us glorify a woman - Mother, an inexhaustible source of all-conquering life! M. Gorky created not only his own unique artistic world, but also his own aesthetics of beauty, …

The Initial Period Of Formation Of The Uzbek Scientific Linguistics, Fazliddin Galievich Sharipov, Jahongir Galievich Sharipov

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

Особое внимание проблемам словообразования в лингвистике уделяется еще со времен Махмуда Кошгарий. В целом в мировой лингвистике ведутся работы по таким проблемам словообразования, как выявление, классификация и описание способов их образования. Кроме того, в лингвистике тюркских языков особое внимание уделяется проблемам словообразования в тюркских языках. Кроме того, существует ряд научных исследований, направленных на раскрытие сущности словообразования в узбекском языкознании. В этой связи работы известного узбекского лингвиста А. Гуламова по словообразованию служат базовым исследованием этой проблемы, и А. Гуламов в своей работе ссылается на вклад работ А. Ходжиева в изучение способов словообразования в узбекском языке.

Morphological Peculiarities Of Interrogative Pronouns In English And Uzbek Languages, Dilfuza Turdikulovna Normamatova

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

In this article it is defined the semantic forms of interrogative pronoun and the use of interrogative questions as part of the design of a communication. It is also followed the interrogative pronouns’ different activation and the accessing the connection of with other variants of syntaxes. It is clarified the functions of interrogatives which are “Who, What, Which” have variety of syntaxes denoting agentive, state, qualitative, relative and the function of object. Thereby, it is studied the positions and the scaling of agentive syntaxes in special and general questions. In the work it is enlightened that the most common prompt …

The Role Of National Traditions And Holidays In Youth Education, Muzaffar Shodmonovich Botirov

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

Every nation living on the territory of our Republic has its own culture, which represents the nationality. The degree of reflection of national identity in Uzbek families in behavior, personal qualities and family relations is a fact that does not require proof. The deepening socio-economic and legal reforms in our country require new thinking, worldview, beliefs, ideology, as well as a qualitative study of the rich historical heritage, customs and traditions, holidays, in a word, national values. Because civil society respects universal values. it is the Foundation of a free democratic legal society in which human rights and freedoms are …

Political-Administrative Units Of Ustrushana And Their Administrative Centres, Qaxramon Oblokulovich Almanov

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

In the following article the political – administrative territories of Ustrushana and their control centers’ role in the management of local country, the process evolution of tangible culture is analyzed under the sourced materials. The Rustavs in Ustrushon reveal that the local handcrafters had different titles, currencies, stamps, and dozens of oasis rulers. The local features of the urban culture functioning as political centers also determine the significance of the theme.