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Successful Admissions In A Time Of Great Uncertainty: A Case Study Of Employees' Perceptions Of Employee Well-Being And Emotional Intelligence, Sarah Freed

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This qualitative embedded single-case study explores admissions employees’ perceptions of departmental success and individual employee well-being, including the role emotional intelligence has on these outcomes, through the lens of Bolman and Deal’s Four Frame Model (1984). This study is necessary because of the turbulent higher education landscape and because social factors contributing to this turbulence are expected to stay the same. More specifically, this study is situated in a thriving Office of First-Year Admissions at an institution within a public university system in a rural setting experiencing an unstable organizational landscape. I interviewed sixteen employees in a successful mid-size public …

Exploring Sub-Saharan African International Students’ Experiences Of Racism Within Higher Education Institutions In The United States: A Qualitative Study, Gloria N. Wafula

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This qualitative study explored Sub-Saharan African international students’ experiences of racism within colleges and universities in the United States. Extant research on international students’ experiences tend to be homogenous, thus assuming that all international students from different countries have similar experiences. This study specifically highlighted the experiences of Sub-Saharan African international students around the issue of racial discrimination. Concepts discussed include Sub-Saharan students’ experiences of racism within colleges, perceptions of racial identity, and overall understanding of racism. To explain these concepts, the theories of neo-racism and intersectionality were employed. The study utilized interviews for data collection. In total, the research …

Liberatory Language Instruction: A Dusselian Self-Study, Renee Burgos

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This is a qualitative self-study conducted in the tradition of practitioner inquiry that examines the pedagogics of an English language development (ELD) classroom. Different from pedagogy, pedagogics is the face-to-face encounter of Sameness and Otherness in systems or institutions characterized by power imbalances, as theorized by Argentinian liberatory philosopher, Enrique Dussel. More specifically, liberatory pedagogics, as conceptualized by Dussel in the arena of education, is characterized by an analectic between teacher and student in which, from a position outside of the dominant paradigm, the dynamic of Sameness and Otherness is observed, evaluated, and reimagined so as not to reproduce sameness …

Equitable Funding For Trauma Informed Social Policy: A Critical Analysis Of The 2019-2020 Pennsylvania Department Of Education School Safety And Security Grant Program, Heather Bickley

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This study is a critical analysis of the funding distribution of the 2019-2020 Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) School Safety and Security Grant (SSSG) to identify if there is evidence of inequity in the grant's funding distribution. It used a theoretical framework that includes a transformative paradigm with trauma informed social policy as a theoretical lens, with the conceptual lenses education debt and distributive justice, applied to a concurrent mixed methods design. The research followed a QuantCrit methodology, and the features of a critical policy analysis were used to present the findings.

The quantitative tests found several significant …

An Examination Of Strategies For Reintegration Of K-12 Students Into Public School Post-Hospitalization, Jacinda Gittens

Education Theses

The reintegration process has been a challenging topic in schools, and most schools do not have policies to accommodate students' needs. Therefore, educators should develop policies to achieve a better outcome for reintegration. The aim of this paper is to investigate how the process of reintegration affects school-aged youths with chronic illness and mental health challenges who are experiencing academic difficulties. The implications are significant, including the amount of schoolwork required to pass the year after reintegration, the need for school nurses to be in contact with hospitals that students attended, and the importance of administrative involvement in the reintegration …

Mediational Effect Of Teacher-Based Discrimination On Academic Performance: An Intersectional Analysis Of Race, Gender, And Income/Class, Eric Kyere, Saahoon Hong, Carolyn Gentle-Genitty

Founder’s College - Scholarship and Professional Work

Drawing on prior research, this study applies an intersectional framework to investigate discrimination in the context of teacher–student relationships and its influence on students’ academic outcomes. Outcomes assessed were inclusive of self-efficacy, school attendance, and grade point average (GPA). For this analysis, structural equation modeling was used with a cross-sectional sample of the Maryland and Adolescent Development in Context Study (MADICS) and the youth self-administered (YSA) questionnaires administered when the youth were in 8th grade (Wave 3). A total of 1182 students completed the survey, of whom 704 were selected for this study. Findings show teacher discrimination as a mechanism …

University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program 2023, University Of Southern Maine

Commencement Programs

University of Southern Maine Commencement Program 2023

2023 Bachelor's Degree Exit Survey, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Exit Surveys produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center.

Exploring Student Teachers’ Knowledge And Use Of Problem-Solving Teaching Strategy In A Science Classroom: A Case Of A Selected Ptc In Lira District, Uganda., Okelo Geofrey

Master of Education

The problem-solving teaching strategy is the key scientific pedagogy that develops a conceptual and contextual understanding of scientific knowledge, skills, and attitude in real life. This study aimed to explore the student teachers' knowledge and use of problem-solving teaching strategies in a science classroom. The study involved a case study at one specifically selected Primary Teachers' College in the Lira district. It purposefully involved 10 student teachers from a selected PTC conducting their final school practice while their learners participated in science lessons. Semi-structured interviews with the student teachers, classroom observations, document reviews, and analysis were used to gather qualitative …

Integrating Feminist Approaches In Counseling Work With Adult Women, Kristen M. Toole

Adultspan Journal

The scope of ‘women’s issues’ in counseling is an ever-evolving landscape. Recent events such as the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women serve as powerful reminders of the necessity of this focus while underscoring a deep-rooted history of oppressive patriarchal structures. Therefore, counselors must remain informed of the unique considerations surrounding adult women in counseling and acquire proficiency in versatile techniques to meet this population’s nuanced needs. This article examines the complexity of contemporary womanhood and explores the fundamentals of Feminist Counseling Theory (FCT), a holistic, multiculturally conscious, social justice theory in counseling. …

Put Yourself In My Shoes: Active Learning And Perspective-Taking In A First Year Honors Transition Course, April Tallant

SoTL Commons Conference

No abstract provided.

Diversity, Equity, & Exclusion: Examining Jewish Identity & Antisemitism As Missing Pieces Of Dei And Ethnic Studies Education, Katie Meitchik

Pitzer Senior Theses

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a theory and practice that focuses on systemic structures, inequities, and social change by examining concepts such as race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, and religion. Incorporating DEI initiatives into learning spaces can lead to a deeper sense of self, stronger coalition building, increased civic engagement, and a sense of healing, resistance, and belonging. Although a nationwide criteria for using DEI practices in education has not yet been implemented as a key component to public school teaching, there are programs emerging with the intent to utilize the theory. This has led to a movement …

Employability For Inclusion: The Urgent Need For A Biopsychosocial Model Perspective, Mollie Dollinger, Tim Corcoran, Denise Jackson, Sarah O'Shea

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Definitions of disability are changing, shifting from a narrow medical diagnosis to a biopsychosocial model of disability, where disability is conceptualised as a series of relational conditions that can potentially disadvantage individuals within environments. Implications of this new understanding of disability will have significant effects in the higher education sector, where there is increasing participation of disabled students. In this paper, we discuss one aspect of these implications through the topic of graduate employability. In doing so, we generate a new concept ‘Employability for Inclusion’ that can be utilised as an equity-focused lens for universities to consider how employability initiatives …

Conceptualising The Education And Care Workforce From The Perspective Of Children And Young People, Jennifer Cartmel, Susan Irvine, Linda Harrison, Lennie Barblett, Francis Bobongie-Harris, Leanne Lavina, Fay Hadley

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Children are significant stakeholders within education and care settings. Their views can be invaluable in thinking about what matters to conceptualising, assessing and improving quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) settings. As stakeholders, children’s views are rarely listened to by Australian policy makers to assess what constitutes quality and how the quality can be improved. In the process of updating two nationally approved Australian Learning Frameworks (ALFs): Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia 2.0 and My Time Our Place: Framework for School Age Care in Australia 2.0, …

การวิจัยและพัฒนาหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิต, พิศิษฐ์ ชำนาญนา

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อศึกษาข้อมูลพื้นฐานสำหรับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย 1.1) เพื่อสำรวจลักษณะของหลักสูตรเกี่ยวกับการเป็นผู้ประกอบการในประเทศไทย 1.2) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพการจัดการเรียนการสอนเกี่ยวกับการเป็นผู้ประกอบการใน ประเทศไทย 1.3) เพื่อสังเคราะห์หลักสูตรการเป็นผู้ประกอบการทางสังคมในต่างประเทศ 2) เพื่อศึกษาลักษณะของหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย 3) เพื่อพัฒนาหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย และ 4) เพื่อตรวจสอบความเหมาะสมของหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทยที่พัฒนาขึ้น การวิจัยแบ่งเป็น 4 ระยะ ระยะที่ 1 ศึกษาข้อมูลพื้นฐานสำหรับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย จากการสังเคราะห์หลักสูตรสาขาวิชาการเป็นผู้ประกอบการในประเทศไทย หลักสูตรการเป็นผู้ประกอบการทางสังคมในต่างประเทศ ประกอบกับการสัมภาษณ์อาจารย์ผู้สอนด้านการเป็นผู้ประกอบการ ระยะที่ 2 ศึกษาลักษณะของหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย โดยสัมภาษณ์ผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิและอาจารย์ผู้สอนด้านการประกอบการทางสังคม และผู้ประกอบการทางสังคม ระยะที่ 3 พัฒนาหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย จากการศึกษาข้อมูลพื้นฐานในระยะที่ 1 และ ระยะที่ 2 นำมายกร่างหลักสูตรการประกอบการทางสังคมระดับปริญญาบัณฑิตในประเทศไทย และระยะที่ 4 ตรวจสอบความเหมาะสมของหลักสูตรที่พัฒนาขึ้นโดยให้ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติบรรยาย และการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1. ผลการศึกษาข้อมูลพื้นฐาน 1.1 หลักสูตรที่เปิดสอนในสาขาการเป็นผู้ประกอบการในประเทศไทยในระดับปริญญาตรี จำนวน 14 แห่ง ส่วนใหญ่ชื่อหลักสูตร (ภาษาไทย) เป็นหลักสูตรบริหารธุรกิจบัณฑิต ทุกแห่งใช้ระยะเวลาเรียนตลอดหลักสูตร 4 ปี และใช้ภาษาไทยในการเรียนการสอน วัตถุประสงค์ของหลักสูตรเป็นการให้ความรู้ ความสามารถ และทักษะการเป็นผู้ประกอบการ โดยโครงสร้างหลักสูตรมีหน่วยกิตรวมตลอดหลักสูตร 128 – 129 หน่วยกิต รายวิชาที่ปรากฏในหลักสูตรแบ่งเป็น 3 หมวด ได้แก่ 1) หมวดวิชาศึกษาทั่วไป 2) หมวดวิชาแกนธุรกิจ และ 3) หมวดวิชาเฉพาะด้าน 1.2 สภาพการจัดการเรียนการสอนเกี่ยวกับการเป็นผู้ประกอบการในประเทศไทย ประกอบด้วย 5 ประเด็น ดังนี้ 1) การจัดการเรียนการสอน ใช้วิธีการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนการสอนแบบผสมผสาน 2) สื่อการเรียนการสอน ใช้สื่อการเรียนการสอน ประกอบด้วย ตำราเอกสารประกอบการสอนที่อาจารย์สอนเอง หนังสือจากต่างประเทศรวมถึงงานวิจัยทั้งในและต่างประเทศ 3) การวัดและประเมินผล ใช้เครื่องมือเป็นข้อสอบทั้งในรูปแบบปรนัยและอัตนัย ประกอบกับการใช้กรณีศึกษาและการจัดทำแผนธุรกิจ ส่วนการประเมินผลการเรียนรู้เป็นรูปแบบอิงเกณฑ์ โดยอาจารย์ผู้สอนจะมีการสร้าง …

Learning To Put People First: Cultural Humility, Funds Of Knowledge, And Information Literacy Instruction With First-Generation Students, Darren Ilett

University Libraries Publications

In this critical self-reflective essay, I first share key learning moments in my development as a teacher librarian dedicated to pursuing more inclusive and equitable information literacy instruction. In these moments, first-generation students gave me the invaluable gift of sharing with me the harm I was causing them by emphasizing course content and behavior policing over people and relationships. Next, I use the lenses of cultural humility and funds of knowledge to reflect critically on those moments. Finally, I share ways I have changed my professional praxis as a consequence.

Experiences Of Learners Who Are Incarcerated With Accessing Educational Opportunities In Ontario, Canada, Ardavan Eizadirad, Tina-Nadia Gopal Chambers

Education Faculty Publications

Access to education is a human right that should be upheld for everyone including individuals who are incarcerated as outlined in Article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 25 interviews were conducted between April to June 2021 with various key stakeholders: 5 staff involved with the delivery of educational programs in jails, 10 learners who are or were formerly incarcerated, and 10 representatives from post-secondary institutions or jails. The objective was to identify barriers limiting access to education, while incarcerated and post-release, and how such barriers can be mitigated. Responses were examined using Critical Race Theory …

The Summer Of The Pivot: Prioritizing Equity In Remote Instruction Through A Multidisciplinary Community Of Practice Initiative At A Canadian University, Ardavan Eizadirad, Brent Hagerman, Louise Dawe, Shirley Hall, Tristan Long, Michelle Skop, Erin Hodson, Bina Mehta, Michael Daly, Joseph Beer

Education Faculty Publications

This article is about the multidisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) initiative that was implemented in the summer of 2020- summer of the pivot- at a Canadian post-secondary institution to prepare faculty, staff, and students for remote teaching and learning while navigating pandemic conditions created by COVID-19. The CoP as a case study using Critical Theory as a theoretical framework examines the experiences of a collective group of faculty and staff from different disciplines leading a multidisciplinary university-wide initiative and the implications of the approach for promoting effective pedagogies for teaching and learning remotely. Findings based on feedback from workshop attendees, …

Ua61/3 Health & Human Services Dean's Office, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed records created by and about the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.

The Phenomenon Of Academic Advisor Training At Minnesota State Colleges And Universities: A Quantitative Descriptive Research Study, Sara Leigh

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Academic advisors can have a positive impact on the progress of an increasingly diverse student population in higher education, but there is no required professional certification or educational background for academic advisors. The lack of required certification puts the onus for academic advisor training and professional development on the campuses where advisors work. By surveying the professional academic advisors in the Minnesota State higher education system to assess available training and professional development, this quantitative study sought to identify and describe the phenomenon of advisor training within the Minnesota State higher education system. Survey data shows a majority of advisors …

External Funding Bulletin, January - June 2023, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

No abstract provided.

2022-2023 Graduate Program Survey, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning.

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

Faculty & Professional Staff --- 3
Survey Methodology --- 4
Degree Counts --- 5
Primary Plans Following Graduation --- 8
Participation at UNI --- 9
Reasons for Attending Graduate School --- 10
Confidence in Skills Following Graduate Education --- 11
Academic Experiences --- 12
Academic Experiences [5 Year Comparison] --- 14
Financing a Graduate Education --- 15
Graduate Assistantships at UNI --- 18
Survey Tool --- 17

For Women Of Missoula: Menstruation And Refugees, Bella M. Spencer

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Stigmatization, lack of accessible menstrual products, and an overall misconstrued sense of menstruation impact menstruators at a disproportionate rate. When delving into the literature, we found that refugee women not only faced stigmas and a lack of access to menstrual products and education, but also ran into cultural barriers and differing attitudes on menstruation. To address this issue, we formulated the idea of a menstrual drive. Instead of focusing on refugee menstruators as a whole, our focus will be the refugee population in Missoula, MT. We recognize that the stigmatization of menstruation is an ongoing global issue that affects many …

Synergic Concepts And Lexical Idiosyncrasies As Means Of Reconceptualization To Develop Bilingual Pragmatic Competence : A Study Of Sequential Bilingual Students In Different Sociocultural Contexts, Truong My Hanh Dinh

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation uses the Conceptual Blending Hypothesis from the socio-cognitive method presented and refined by Kecskes (2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2020) to explain how the lexical choice of bilinguals differs across sociocultural situations. Quantitative (lexical density, lexical diversity, and lexical sophistication) and qualitative (lexical concepts) processes demonstrate this variance. Hence, the thesis shows the interplay between two aspects of the bilingual’s word choice, namely conceptualizing and selecting words in the linguistic system, which influence word choice in context (i.e. individual words via words used in essay writing). It is hypothesized that a conceptual blending of the sociocultural loads of the …

Growth: 22 (2023)

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the twenty-second edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

Under God: Political Views And Experiences Among Young Adults Attending An Evangelical College, Olga Dietlin, Amy Sparks, Hannah Bayne

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

While polarization has increased the saliency of political values, political meaning-making has been scarcely addressed in higher education literature and training. Additionally, even though the political orientation of evangelicals has been back in the spotlight since the 2016 presidential campaign, little research has been done to explore the interplay of faith commitments and political values among students at an evangelical college. This study examined religiosity, ideology, political attitudes, the salience of political identity, and experience with political differences among students at an evangelical Christian liberal arts institution (n = 223). Descriptive data confirmed the salience of religious belief and practice …

Enhancing Online Presence During The Sudden Transition To Online Teaching: Case Studies Of Macau Award-Winning University Teachers' Practices And Phronesis, Yulong Marvin Li, Jing Sun, Hong Chen, Xiaojing Liu

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Research about the sudden transition from offline to online in Macau during the pandemic is limited. Using the Community of Inquiry (COI) framework as the deductive thematic analysis template, we interviewed six award-winning teachers at a teaching-oriented local tertiary institute about their online teaching practices concerning social, cognitive, and teaching kinds of presence. As the result of the collective case study, we found that the teachers, to some extent, echoed the good practices recommended in the COI in improving online presence. Meanwhile, the six teachers' seemingly practical skills reflected their accumulated phronesis or wisdom of practice. It is because the …

Interventions Utilized To Improve Attendance Amongst Secondary Students Experiencing School Refusal Behaviors, Kristen E. Bronke

Dissertations of Practice

INTERVENTIONS UTILIZED TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AMONGST SECONDARY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING SCHOOL REFUSAL BEHAVIORS

This study examined the interventions utilized to improve attendance amongst secondary students at a Midwest suburban high school as well as their relationship to the research-based interventions presented in the literature review. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 student services faculty members to identify what interventions are being utilized to help students with school refusal, which interventions they felt worked best for returning students experiencing school refusal behaviors to consistent attendance, and in what ways the school district can best support school student services personnel when working with …

Student Loans, Persistence, And Well-Being: The Need To Support Single Mothers In College: A Qualitative Study, Kimberly Lemon

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

This qualitative study focuses on the experiences of adult learner single mothers in college. Specifically, this research sought to understand how student loan debt informs their ability to persist and their well-being. In addition, the study examined the supports single mothers in college receive and the support they need to persist to degree attainment. Using a narrative inquiry design, semi structured interviews were conducted with 2 participants from a mid-sized public university in the northeast of the United States. Participants recounted their experiences throughout their undergraduate and graduate education. Participants spoke of the difficulties faced while enrolled in classes and …

Under The Radar: Legislative Intent To Silence Critical Race Theory, Meg Hazel

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public education is a hotly contested issue across the nation. Since 2020, multiple legislators in several states have introduced legislation that would ban the instruction of CRT in public universities. This qualitative study explored Discourse models supported and upheld by these bills along with Whitelash strategies used to promote them. I examined 53 bills proposed by lawmakers, most of which contained lists of phrases usually called “divisive concepts” or “discriminatory concepts” that professors were prohibited from discussing in their classrooms. In addition, I analyzed 26 statements made by supporters of the bills that provided justification …