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The Importance Of Professional Education Preparation For Nursing Faculty, Irene A. Steward

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

With the estimated numbers of nursing Education faculty to leave teaching in the next decade, it is imperative to continue researching those methods to facilitate the recruitment of, and more importantly, the retention of qualified nurse educators who are prepared to provide quality Education in dynamic healthcare settings. The purpose of this study was to identify the Education and skills necessary for effective clinical teaching of pre-licensure nursing students with a specific focus on practice involving Educational strategies. A convenience sample of 66 nursing administrators and clinical nurse educators participated in a survey to determine their perceptions of the importance …

The Relationship Among Reasons Teachers Entered The Profession, Job Satisfaction, And Encouraging Future Teachers, E. Scott England

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if a relationship exists among reasons self-contained kindergarten through fifth grade teachers entered the profession, factors that influence job satisfaction, and whether they would encourage others to become teachers. Each variable contained sub-elements which were further analyzed. Sub-elements for the variable reasons teachers joined included environmental influences and motivational influences. Motivational influences were further divided between intrinsic/altruistic motivations and extrinsic motivations. Sub-elements for the variable factors influencing job satisfaction included job demands, working conditions, and teacher autonomy/efficacy. Sub-elements for the variable willingness to encourage others included students, family/friends, and own children. …

Factors That Most Influence Elementary Teacher Morale, Suzanne Michelle Marrs

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the factors that most influenced elementary teacher morale. It examined the relationship between individuals and school morale and looked at factors that most influenced elementary teacher morale. Is there a relationship between the 11 set morale factors and personal morale? Is there a correlation between personal morale and perceived school morale? Is there a difference in personal morale based on years of experience? Is there a difference in morale between Title I and non-Title I schools? Is there a relationship between school morale and central office, the school board, and the …

Improving Information Literacy Through Wikipedia Editing In The Chemistry Classroom: Lessons Learned, Ye Li, Charity Flener Lovitt, Anne J. Mcneil, Kristen S. Shuyler

Libraries

Assignments in which students edit Wikipedia may help students learn about the complexities of information creation and production, while engaging them in researching and writing about topics related to class content. This chapter presents two case studies that illustrate how Wikipedia-based activities can be designed to achieve both chemistry and information literacy learning outcomes. In both examples, faculty partnered with a librarian to implement the Wikipedia editing assignments. Through these experiences, those involved learned about Wikipedia and its community, and identified promising practices for project requirements based on formal and informal assessment and observations. Reflections are offered on the value …

Good Goodbyes And Happy Hellos: The Tck Transition To Postsecondary Education, Sarah R. Hoverson

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to discover the lived experiences of Third Culture Kids transitioning to postsecondary education in the United States, and what role social media had in building or maintaining bridging and bonding social capital. All the participants in this study were Missionary Kids (MKs). MKs, a subgroup of Third Culture Kids (TCKs), spend a significant part of their developmental years outside their passport culture due to the nature of their parents work. The participants of this study grew up in different regions of the world, including: South America, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, the …

Investigation Of Hypothetico-Creative Reasoning Skills Of Teacher Trainees In Terms Of Their Thinking Styles, İsmail Gelen, Volkan Duran, Bayram Ozer

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Thinking styles more boradly intellectual styles refers to people’s partly fixed, relatively stable and innate preferences about information processing and handling with the tasks that they may confront (Zhang & Sternberg, 2005). Sternberg’s (1988) introduced of the theory of mental self-government, where intellectual style specifies 13 thinking styles that fall along five dimensions of mental self-government: (a) functions, (b) forms, (c) levels, (d) scopes, and (e) leanings of government as applied to individuals (Zhang, Sternberg, Rayner, 2002: 14).Hypothetico-Creative reasoning model developed by Duran (2014) can be defined skills including logical and creative thinking skills in 12 dimensions. This study, is …

Philosophy For Children Meets The Art Of Living: A Holistic Approach To An Education For Life, L D'Olimpio, C Teschers

Philosophy Papers and Journal Articles

This article explores the meeting of two approaches towards philosophy and education: the philosophy for children (P4C) approach advocated by Lipman and others, and Schmid’s (2000a) philosophical concept of Lebenskunst (the art of living). Schmid explores the concept of the beautiful or good life by asking what is necessary for each individual to be able to develop their own art of living and which aspects of life are significant when shaping a good and beautiful life. One element of Schmid’s theory is the practical application of philosophy through the notions of Bildung, (self) reflection, prudence and practical wisdom, as well …

Sabbatical Summary, Paula Boyd

Sabbaticals

My career in writing studies was originally inspired by the convergence of my academic interests and my natural inclination to play with technology. In the 15 years since I was in school, the technology has changed, the way people communicate with technology has changed, the students' technological immersion has changed, and the scholarship had changed. My goal was to walk around in the 21st century landscape to try to reorient and re-inspire myself and make some connections between traditional and digital literacies. In particular, I was interested in reflecting on two areas that had become quite central to the scholarly …

An Inquiry Into How Principals Make Decisions In Secondary Schools, Stacy L. Mason

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Principals are decision makers (Hoy & Miskel, 2001; Lunenburg, 2010). Daily decisions are made along a wide spectrum of issues all of which impact students in some way, shape, or form (Wiseman, 2005). Principals must consider all stakeholders in all decisions made and bear in mind what is in the best interest of students (Queen & Queen, 2005). The purpose of this study was to ascertain if leadership style, mindset, and self-efficacy impacted principal decision making. A quantitative study was conducted to determine if relationships existed between the predictor variables of leadership style, mindset, self-efficacy, gender, years of experience, or …

Methods Of Academic Dishonesty In Online Distance Education: The Technology Arms Race, Robert C. Deadman

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The presence of online distance Education in higher Education presents a challenge in maintaining academic integrity and preventing academic dishonesty. While academic dishonesty has been a continuing issue in face-to-face courses in higher Education, the advent and abundance of online distance Education provides an opportunity to increase exponentially the occurrence of academic dishonesty. Faculty members and staff (n = 25) have implemented various methods of preventative course design and administrative policies in order to minimize academic dishonesty, but students still commit academic dishonesty taking advantage of new technologies and methods. This research discovered the technology arms race is on for …

Exploring The Coping Strategies Of Female Urban High School Seniors On Academic Successes As It Relates To Bullying, Brenda Elaine Brooks-Turner

ETD Archive

Bullying has become a worldwide problem of pandemic proportion and degree. (Thomas, Bolen, Heister & Hyde, 2010). In the United States over thirty-five percent of school-aged students were directly involved in bullying incidents. Tragic news stories about suicides and school violence raised awareness about the importance of addressing this global issue (Van Der Zande, 2010). To date reports further indicate that more females are involved in indirect relational bullying than males. Unfortunately, as technology becomes more and more accessible, relational bullying has become one of the fastest growing epidemics (Brinson, 2005; Rigby & Smith, 2011).

Current research explanations were limited …

Design And Production Of A Hydrogel Forming Polypeptide: Engaging High School Students In Protein Design, James K. Deyling

ETD Archive

Bioinks are a class of hydrogel that have the potential to be the ink used in the creation of printed organs, connective tissue, and other important structures within the body. One class of material that may be a suitable bioink hydrogel is elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), which are synthetic biopolymers inspired by the naturally existing connective tissue elastin. ELPs consist of a repeat pentapeptide sequence (GXGVP)n, where X is any of the 20 naturally existing amino acids other than proline. These biomolecules are capable of exhibiting environmental responsiveness when exposed to certain stimulus such as salt concentration, temperature, and pH, depending …

Funds Of Knowledge Of Arab Immigrant Families: An Examination Of The Perceptions Of High School Students, Parents, And Teachers, Hiba Kahil Elhajj

Wayne State University Dissertations

With the growing numbers of English learners in American schools, the Federal Government has mandated special services and programs to meet the needs of this population which increased research about the best strategies that would help close the gap between ELs and their peers. Nonetheless, the current education system still views ELs from a deficit lens which focuses on closing the gaps in students’ education instead of focusing on the assets that they have. Therefore, there is a specific need to bridge the home and school environments together so that teachers can build on the skills that students bring from …

Cultural Decoding: A Humanities Program For Gifted And Talented High School Students Seeking University Entrance, Laura D'Olimpio, Angela Mccarthy, Annette Pedersen

Philosophy Papers and Journal Articles

This article details Cultural DeCoding, a humanities based high school extension program for gifted and talented Year 11 and 12 students in Western Australia. The brainchild of Dr Annette Pedersen (UWA & John XXIII College) and Dr Angela McCarthy (UNDA), the program runs for four days across the summer holidays before the start of the school term. The program fills a gap that exists in the education of gifted and talented secondary students who are interested in the humanities. It is comprised of sessions run by academics who facilitate discussion and activities based on their area of research and teaching …

A New Reality: Funding Formula Changes And Property Tax Caps And Their Effects On The Role Of The School Superintendent In The State Of Indiana, Patrick L. Gentry

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover how school superintendents were using general fund referenda to meet their school district’s operational budgets. However, after interviews began it became clear that the superintendents wanted to tell a different story and that was how the current school funding mechanism and property tax caps has changed the job of the school superintendent. The research consisted of one-on-one guided interviews of a mixed qualitative methods framework combining theories of hermeneutics and phenomenology. The interviews combined open-ended, guided questions and conversations and were with superintendents who were leaders of school districts that have …

Impression Management Strategies Of College Professors With Disabilities, Chelsie Gaspar

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This qualitative study examined how college instructors with disabilities utilize impression management strategies in order to enhance their ability to teach more effectively in the classroom. Eight instructors from mid-size universities and community colleges across the United States were interviewed. A thematic analysis approach was used to identify emergent themes pertaining to the ways in which college instructors with disabilities use impression management in the classroom. Results showed that instructors in this study use a wide variety of impression management strategies in order to influence how they are perceived in the classroom and to improve their teaching effectiveness. These strategies …

Predicting Mathematics Teachers' Acceptance Of Reflective Blogging To Improve Instruction, Diana Sue Fesmire

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An internal district audit identified that a rural, socioeconomically disadvantaged Southwestern school district has a lack of congruent and consistent implementation of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics. Innovative and cost-saving avenues for professional development (PD), such as reflective blogging, foster teacher learning to reconcile the enacted curriculum with the intended curriculum. This correlational study investigated the predictive power of technology acceptance and motivation constructs on reflective mathematics teachers' social media use intention and participation in informal, virtual Communities of Practice (vCoP). The framework that guided this study is the unified acceptance and use of technology and self-determination theory. …

Taking Teacher Quality Seriously, Derek W. Black

Faculty Publications

Although access to quality teachers is one of the most important aspects of a quality education, explicit concern with teacher quality has been conspicuously absent from past litigation over the right to education. Instead, past litigation has focused almost exclusively on funding. Though that litigation has narrowed gross fundinggaps between schools in many states, it has not changed what matters most: access to quality teachers.

This Article proposes a break from the traditional approach to litigating the constitutional right to education. Rather than constitutionalizing adequate or equal funding, courts should constitutionalize quality teaching. The recent success of the constitutional challenge …

Universal Design In Curriculum Development To Address Issues Of Socio-Cultural Capital In Third-Level Education, Brian Vaughan

Teaching and Learning in a Digital Context

Universal Design for Instruction (UDI) is primarily focused on ensuring that curricula are as accessible to students with a range of disabilities and difficulties. However, UDI can also be leveraged as a means of addressing issues of socio-cultural capital in third-level education. The assumption that all students belong to the dominant habitus can have a detrimental effect on those seen as being external to it. This paper examines the use of UDI as part of a wider approach to curriculum development as a means of addressing these issue. This is especially pertinent in light of the amalgamation of a number …

Liberation Through Listening: Learning From Student Veterans In The Composition Classroom, Sarah Beth Franco

Doctoral Dissertations

In this dissertation, I employ a qualitative study to explore experiences of student veterans in introductory writing classrooms. Drawing on the theories of feminist standpoint (Harding, 1986) and rhetorical listening (Ratcliffe, 2005), I describe the current cultural divide between members of the military and civilians (Pew Research Center, 2011) and identify several ways teachers of college level introductory writing classes can bridge this gap to more effectively connect with student veterans at the classroom level and raise awareness about the unique situations of student veterans at the institutional level. Survey data inquiring into student veterans’ experiences in writing classrooms was …

Alcohol Analysis Of Breath And Urine To Support Drink Driving Awareness In Students, Megan Haverty

Students Learning with Communities

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Music Education On Indiana High School Students, Jennifer M. Korfhage

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The field of music Education faces a host of challenges. Challenges have plagued music educators since the first accounts of music found in the school setting. The challenges require music educators and stakeholders to continually push for change in the field of music Education. This quantitative study examined the impact of music Education and participation on Grade 12 cumulative grade point average (GPA), student achievement using the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the Indiana Statewide Testing for Progress Plus (ISTEP+) end of course English 10, and Algebra 1 assessment (ECA) measures in Grades 9 through 12. The study examined whether …

International Athletic Training Student Clinical Performance Analysis: A Descriptive Study, Jerrod J. Harrison

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Context: Even before the onset of Educational reform, clinical experience, whether through formal clinical Education or internship experiences, shaped the academic preparation of future athletic training professionals. As Education has evolved, emphasis has shifted to more formal classroom instruction enhanced with clinical experiences. The Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between the United States and Canada allows athletic trainers and athletic therapists, respectively, to qualify for certification in the other country. Objective: To evaluate student perceptions in the United States and Canada about the importance of clinical Education in their academic preparation and to evaluate students perceived frequency of tasks described in …

The Effects Of Co-Curricular Involvement On First-Generation Community College Students, Cynthia Ragle

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This study investigated the nature of the relationship between the participation in community college co-curricular activities and first-generation community college students academic success, satisfaction, and persistence. The study sought to answer the following research questions: (a) Is there a relationship between participation in co-curricular community college-sponsored activities and first-generation community college students cumulative GPA? (b) Is there a relationship between participation in co-curricular community college-sponsored activities and first-generation college students satisfaction with their college experience? (c) Is there a relationship between participation in co-curricular community college-sponsored activities and first-generation college students persistence? Data were collected from a sample of first-generation …

Utilizing Social Media To Educate School Nutrition Professionals, Ashley Seybold

Master of Public Health Program Student Publications

Background: Schools enrolled in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition (TN) projects often have positive outcomes and develop useful resources. The challenge was to find an accessible mean to share outcomes and resources with schools across Ohio.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to design a blog to educate school nutrition professionals and build awareness of positive activities related to Ohio school meals. This project also aimed to identify indicators of engagement, make recommendations for research and practice, and identify a set of best practices for future blog site use. Methods: The foundation of the blog ( …

The Notion And Practice Of Reputation And Professional Identity In Social Networking: From K-12 Through Law School, Roberta Bobbie Studwell

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Immunology Knowledge On Healthcare And Healthy Lifestyle, N.L. Abu Kassim, A. Saleh Huddin, J.I. Daoud, M.T. Rahman

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

Completing a course in Immunology is expected to improve health care knowledge (HCK), which in turn is anticipated to influence a healthy lifestyle (HLS), controlled use of health care services (HCS) and an awareness of emerging health care concerns (HCC). This cross-sectional study was designed to determine whether these interrelationships are empirically supported. Participants involved in this study were government servants from two ministries in Malaysia (n = 356) and university students from a local university (n = 147). Participants were selected using the non-random purposive sampling method. Data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire, which had been validated in …

"Cerd-Ain" Reform: Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline Through More Thorough Coordination Of The Departments Of Justice And Education, Lisa A. Rich

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In the last year of his presidency, President Barack Obama and his administration have undertaken many initiatives to ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals have more opportunities to successfully reenter society. At the same time, the administration has been working on education policy that closes the achievement gap and slows the endless flow of juveniles into the school-to-prison pipeline. While certainly laudable, there is much more that can be undertaken collaboratively among executive branch agencies to end the school-to-prison pipeline and the endless cycle of people re-entering the criminal justice system.

This paper examines the rise of the school-to-prison pipeline through …

Sexual Education: Abstinence-Only Vs. Comprehensive Education, Alex C. Filippini

Honors Capstones

This paper aims to discuss the differences between abstinence-only sexual education and comprehensive sexual education. Both are methods of teaching children, generally from middle school age through high school, about sex and development; however, one focuses on saving sex for marriage (abstinence), while the other teaches this concept along with methods for contraception and sexually transmitted infection prevention (comprehensive). By discussing the background of sexual education in the United States (US), the curriculum in both the United States (US) and European countries (the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and France), and methods for improving US sexual education, this paper will discuss the …

The Medicalization Of End-Of-Life Care: The Role Of Health Professions Education, Philip Fung, Miguel Paniagua

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

In the past 100 years, the advances in medical science and technology have shaped the health care delivery system in remarkable ways. The side effect of these advances has been a tendency to dehumanize the dying process, and consequently it has led to the rise of a specialty focused merely on bridging this gap in care. The public’s expectations of our legal, licensing, and medical education systems have also reflected this evolution in health care.