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An Assessment Of Faculty Understanding And Attitudes Toward General Education At Utah State University, Scott H. Gittins
An Assessment Of Faculty Understanding And Attitudes Toward General Education At Utah State University, Scott H. Gittins
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The data used for the following thesis were collected from tape-recorded interviews of a sample of U.S.U. faculty, and from a course evaluation list which each of these participating faculty members were asked to fill out. Thirty-six faculty members were selected for the in-depth interviews, which was slightly more than five percent of the faculty. The study was done in conjunction with the Provost's General Education Evaluation Committee, as part of a larger evaluation of general education at U.S.U. Thirty-four of the U.S.U. professors were interviewed and 28 of these completed the course evaluation lists.
This thesis evaluates faculty conceptualizations …
Selected Characteristics Of Home Schools And Parents Who Operate Them, Gunnar A. Gustavsen
Selected Characteristics Of Home Schools And Parents Who Operate Them, Gunnar A. Gustavsen
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Problem: The home school movement in America presents a rapidly-emerging alternative to conventional educational systems. The purpose of this study was to identify selected characteristics of home schools and the parents who operate them.
Method: The population used in this descriptive research was drawn from the files of the Hewitt Research Foundation, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Potential respondents were parents indicating recent experience or interest in home school operations. The study was designed to develop a profile of home schools and home school operators by identifying central tendencies in the respondent data. A mailed questionnaire asked the parents questions in five …