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High-Stakes Testing And Assessment: One Is Not The Other, Enrique Murillo, Alayne Sullivan
High-Stakes Testing And Assessment: One Is Not The Other, Enrique Murillo, Alayne Sullivan
Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice
Since the institution of the common school and the advent of universal education, Americans have placed tremendous faith in public schools. Public education cultivates an informed citizenry, one of the pillars of a liberal democracy. But more importantly, schools are a repository for our common dreams of human potential and individual self-actualization. Because they so thoroughly shape the lives and life-chances of our youth, school issues are freighted with an emotional charge. Education remains the last fully public American institution, one in which millions of students cast their common lot daily and strive to become better readers, better citizens, better …
Environmental Education And High School Backpacking, David Russell Ficke
Environmental Education And High School Backpacking, David Russell Ficke
Theses Digitization Project
The call of the wilderness resonates in all of our hearts, with the desire to get in touch with nature and experience wilderness at some level. This project gives the high school teacher the practical resources necessary to share the passion of being in the wilderness with high school students.
Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer
Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to examine the factors affecting coaches with stress burnout. This project was intended for all coaches from high school to college level.
A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano
A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano
Theses Digitization Project
This project recommends a professional development model for the integration of language arts and science skills to improve the literacy and scientific proficiency of elementary students, specifically English language learners. The goal is to prepare students to score well on the fluency aspects of the advanced levels of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).
A Curriculum Guide For Teaching Business Planning, Dennis Patrick Larney
A Curriculum Guide For Teaching Business Planning, Dennis Patrick Larney
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project is two-fold. First, to design a curriculum guideline for career and technical educators to teach the elements of business planning to a new population of graduates that need the material to manage their vocation successfully. Secondly, it can be used as a very practical way of integrating academic and occupational training program.
Educational Curriculum For Obesity In School Aged Youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp, Melody Ann Mendiola
Educational Curriculum For Obesity In School Aged Youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp, Melody Ann Mendiola
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop an educational program to assist educators in keeping school children healthy. This program is designed to support professionals who are working to reduce the problem of oobesity in children and adolescents in elementary and middle school setting.
Proposed Marketing And Advertising Campaign For The United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm
Proposed Marketing And Advertising Campaign For The United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm
Theses Digitization Project
This project seeks to develop a marketing and advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The proposed California campaign is designed to reach an underserved target market in the state of California and to increase donations to the UNCF by one million dollars a year.
A Culturally Relevant Approach: Introducing Third Graders To The Injustices Of Migrant Farm Work, CéSar CháVez, And Social Action, Beatriz Barajas GonzáLez
A Culturally Relevant Approach: Introducing Third Graders To The Injustices Of Migrant Farm Work, CéSar CháVez, And Social Action, Beatriz Barajas GonzáLez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide educators with substantial background information on the unjust history of the Mexican migrant farm worker in the United States and the life of César Chávez. The final goal is to include multiple websites and resources teachers can independently access in order to gain valuable information on migrant farm workers, César Chávez, and social action.
The Pros And Cons Of Using Technology In Primary Education, Astrid Ryterband
The Pros And Cons Of Using Technology In Primary Education, Astrid Ryterband
Theses Digitization Project
The aim of this thesis is to examine computer technology as an educative tool in primary education and to discover how it's affecting instruction and learning. The writer of this thesis believes that the integration of literacy and computer technology can be successful, provide that government, administration, faculty, parents and students work together.
Combating Social Differences Within Institutions: The Need For A Curriculum Based On Social Awareness In Our Schools, Robert Abrams
Combating Social Differences Within Institutions: The Need For A Curriculum Based On Social Awareness In Our Schools, Robert Abrams
Theses Digitization Project
To combat social, economic and racial inequality in the United States, the author advocates for 'social awareness' education to be built into the curriculum of the public school system. The purpose of the curriculum is to create a society that respects people and recognizes each individual's worth regardless of gender, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, age, cultural confines, or religious beliefs. The author suggests a course of action on how to institute a social awareness course into the public school curriculum.
Career And Technical Education: General Office Occupations, Joyce Johnson Fairman
Career And Technical Education: General Office Occupations, Joyce Johnson Fairman
Theses Digitization Project
Develops a culturally and linguistically sensitive curriculum that provides unskilled and underemployed African Americans living in San Bernardino County with vocational education for technical and office occupations. This project will operate as a resource for teachers, counselors, and trainers who assist unskilled African Americans entering the workplace and that are in need of career and professional development in office protocol, computer software applications, and verbal and written communication skills.
Significant Life Experiences Of Naturalists, Kathleen Marie Mitchell
Significant Life Experiences Of Naturalists, Kathleen Marie Mitchell
Theses Digitization Project
This research study addressed a current topic of interest in the environmental education community: How can people of non-European origin be recruited into the field of outdoor and environmental education?
Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang
Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang
Theses Digitization Project
This project demonstrates teaching strategies designed to illustrate bicultural identity development and reading skills in an English as a Foreign Language program for the elementary school level..
Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau
Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau
Theses Digitization Project
This project contends that the instructional time given to language arts is the appropriate time to teach discipline. Sample lesson plans incorporating the teaching of discipline into California's third grade curriculum are offered to inspire and inform educators to become teachers of self-discipline.
Does California's Scripted Curriculum Affect Students' Motivation To Read, Francene Marie Fisher
Does California's Scripted Curriculum Affect Students' Motivation To Read, Francene Marie Fisher
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis looked at the effects of California's adopted scripted learning programs on students' motivation for reading. There is much research about the efficacy of these types of one-size-fits all programs, which claim to be on scientific research.
Environmental Education At Its Best: Helping At-Risk Latino Youth Help Themselves And Our Environment, Gregg Walter Mitchell
Environmental Education At Its Best: Helping At-Risk Latino Youth Help Themselves And Our Environment, Gregg Walter Mitchell
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to help at-risk Latino youth through environmental education programs. An integral aspect of this project included hands-on and interactive experiences at several education sites throughout the State of California. These site visits included the following institutions: Yosemite Institute, Chapman Ranch, Orange County Outdoor Science School, University of Southern California, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, Catalina Island Camps, Camp Oaks, Wildlands Conservancy (Oak Glen), St. James Reserve, and Alvarado-Jensen Ranch.
Politics And Directors' Performance Evaluation: Perceptions Of Senior Student Affairs Officers And Directors, Nicole Christine Cowley
Politics And Directors' Performance Evaluation: Perceptions Of Senior Student Affairs Officers And Directors, Nicole Christine Cowley
Theses Digitization Project
The purposes of this study were to determine whether directors and the senior student affairs officers who supervise them perceive the formal performance evaluation process to be accurate, fair, and meaningful, and whether they perceive the process to be influenced by the politics involved in the position.
Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels
Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to examine educators' (teachers and school administrators) level of knowledge about the professional role of school social workers and the value that educators place on the functions carried out by social workers as pupil support personnel.
A Descriptive Study Of Orange County Latinas' Breast Cancer Knowledge Levels, Venus Zamarripa Valencia
A Descriptive Study Of Orange County Latinas' Breast Cancer Knowledge Levels, Venus Zamarripa Valencia
Theses Digitization Project
This study utilized a self-reported survey design to obtain information from 47 Latinas to determine their breast cancer knowledge levels and compliance with early detection methods.
Program Manual For International Business Academies, Gina Lee Pierson
Program Manual For International Business Academies, Gina Lee Pierson
Theses Digitization Project
This project is a Progam Manual for the International Business Academy of La Sierra High School for at-risk students to show how to successfully run an academy and graduate students in compliance with the California High School Exit Exam.
Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana
Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana
Theses Digitization Project
The thesis explores sociolinguistic issues facing pre-adolescent English-as-second-language learners. Topics covered include literacy issues, communicative competence issues at the intermediate and advanced English language development (ELD) levels, language and power relationships that affect pre-adolescent English language learners, politeness as a sociolinguistic tool, and the benefits of students acquiring the language of cooperative learning. The implications of these topics culminate in the development of a social studies curriculum unit designed for the middle-school classroom.
Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to investigate environmental sensitivity among environmental professionals in a culture that is assumed to hold an ecocentric perspective. Nine Tibetan Buddhist environmental professionals were surveyed in this study. Based on an Environmental Sensitivity Profile Insytrument, an environmental sensitivity profile for a Tibetan Buddhist environmental professional was created from the participants demographic and interview data. The most frequently defined vaqriables were environmental destruction/development, education and role models.
Recycling Program For The Shalom Institute, Lisa Kritzer Friedman
Recycling Program For The Shalom Institute, Lisa Kritzer Friedman
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project was to develop a recycling program for the Shalom Institute, a multi-use outdoor learning facility located in Malibu, California.
The Children's Forest Association Fire Ecology Hike, Michael Stephen Dufilho
The Children's Forest Association Fire Ecology Hike, Michael Stephen Dufilho
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides a fire ecology lesson to accompany a hike for student groups from fourth through eighth grade. The lesson plan will acquaint students with the beneficial aspects of forest fires.
Embodied Knowing And Effective Communication In The Development Of A Choreography Curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
Embodied Knowing And Effective Communication In The Development Of A Choreography Curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
Theses Digitization Project
Develops a choreography course curriculum to be implemented and evaluated for inclusion in the Chaffey College (a community college in San Bernardino County, California) dance program. Identifies and evaluates four core developmental areas of a well-designed choreography class: (1) communicative skill development through dance composition; (2) group problem-solving creative work; (3) integration of other arts with dance; and, (4) critical evaluation skills.
The Role Of The Program Administrator In Instructed English As A Foreign Language, Yei Lun Hung
The Role Of The Program Administrator In Instructed English As A Foreign Language, Yei Lun Hung
Theses Digitization Project
Discusses issues concerning the role of a program administrator in designing instructional units and managing language schools in Taiwan for adult learners (age 18 and up) in the English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) context. Offers useful EFL teaching strategies in speaking and writing and gives program administrators tips on organizing schools and designing good instructional units.