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Common Schools, Uncommon Values: Listening To The Voices Of Dissent, Rosemary C. Salomone

Faculty Publications

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Education in America as we know it today draws its origins from the philosophical perspectives and political objectives of the common school reformers over a century ago. For them, mass education was a primary vehicle for defining ourselves as a nation. Schools would develop civic virtue and a national character through a shared set of values reflected in the school curriculum. The common school experience, offered to all regardless of social class or ethnic background, would assimilate the hordes of immigrants coming to our shores and meet the emerging needs of industrialization. Individuals across the economic spectrum, afforded education …

Preservice Education: Exploring Alternative Methods Of Instruction, Advisement, And Field-Based Supervision, Kimberly J Paulsen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Three studies were conducted to investigate the use of alternative methods to provide instruction, advisement, and field-based supervision to preservice special education practicum students. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a Resource Room Practicum course participated. The studies took place over a 16-week semester period; Sixty-seven students from the course participated in Study 1. This study involved the use of three instructional methods to provide instruction to the students (i.e., broadcast classroom, receiving ITV classroom, videotape lectures). Students' achievement, attendance, satisfaction, and evaluation of the instructor were analyzed. Results of this study indicated: (a) achievement was equal, (b) students attended …

Reconstructing Educational Experience: A Postmodern Perspective., Jeanne Edwards Robertson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Education in America today is dominated by the either/or thinking of modernism. This mode of thought is connected to both the concepts and methods of modern, mechanistic, Newtonian science. However, the attendant reductionistic methodology has been elevated beyond its realm of efficacy to the level of a world view, a metaphysical level. This is demonstrated by the omnipresence of the machine metaphor in all areas of human endeavor. The machine is the root metaphor of modernism. John Dewey speaks of a "new order of conceptions" necessary for significant change. These new order concepts are manifest in the new or postmodern …

The "Sacred Harp" In The Urban North: 1970-1995., Mark David Johnson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In 1994 the Sacred Harp, a southern, shape-note tunebook, entered its 150th year of continuous use. First compiled in 1844 by B. F. White and E. J. King, and updated numerous times, The Sacred Harp books in the "Denson" tradition, including The Sacred Harp: 1991 Edition, are today the most popular and widely used twentieth-century revisions of any nineteenth-century tunebook. Sacred Harp singing has been a largely rural, Southern tradition and in the years between 1844 and the early 1970s several hundred separate singings were founded, many of which continue to be active. In the early 1990s the Sacred Harp …

Women Who Lead High Schools: A Missing Element In Leadership Theory., Kristy Brock Hebert

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

I addressed the problem that leadership theory is lacking in regard to how women lead high schools. My primary purpose was to contribute to the limited literature that exists regarding the leadership practices of women who are high school principals. I explored the notion of a female culture of school leadership and situated that culture among quintessential theory dictated by organizational research. I conducted this study in two phases. In Phase One I reported the demographics of 44 female high school principals in Louisiana along with their self-reported values on 32 leadership characteristics. Most important to their leadership were: communication, …

Making Justice Culturally Sensitive: Project Implementation Report, Paul Omaji, Nara Srinivasan

Research outputs pre 2011

The Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training (as it was then called) funded Edith Cowan University from the 1995 National Priority (Reserve) Fund to direct a project to identify courses for educating and training personnel employed by justice agencies on multicultural issues; identify course content for a program to educate NESB and Aboriginal peoples on various aspects of the Australian justice system; and develop training packages for the justice agencies and NESB and Aboriginal communities. The Project was conceived against the background of an increasing concern about the well-being of minority groups within the justice system.

The University, through …

Principals' Perceptions Of The Change Process As Related To The Implementation Of Block Scheduling In Five Indiana High Schools, Thomas Ray Edington

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative research examined the change process occurring with the implementation of block scheduling. The study utilized elite interviews with the principals of five Indiana high schools, representing those which adopted a block schedule format beginning with the 1993-94 school year. The literature review located little formal research dealing with the change process to block scheduling in high schools. Those thematic factors which each principal perceived as relevant to the change process were dissatisfaction with the prior schedule, principal attending a conference describing block scheduling, staff site visitations, staff study committees, staff vote on scheduling change, principal advocacy, staff development, …

Regular Educator, Special Educator, And School Principal Perceptions Of The Collaborative/Co-Teaching Model Employed By The Eastern Illinois Area Of Specialeducation, Sandra Kay Schroeder

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated regular educator, special educator, and school principal perceptions of roles and responsibilities within the collaborative/co-teaching model employed by Eastern Illinois Area SpecialEducation Cooperative. The purpose of the investigation was to determine if regular educator, special educator, and school principal perceptions differed significantly toward the implementation of the collaborative/co-teaching model in the areas of administrative support, professional development, instructional practice, impact and promise, professional development, and policy. This investigation was a descriptive study involving a causal-comparative perspective. A total of 1,549 regular educators, special educators, and school principals within 30 of the 31 school districts that comprised the …

The Dissident : Vol. 1, No. 6 - December 1995, The Dissident (Portland Me)

The Dissident

The Dissident was a monthly journal of ideas and analysis (published June 1995 – January 2000 in Portland, Maine) to provide a forum for Maine writers, activists, and scholars committed to social justice and political change.

Chaos Theory In Educational Systems: Principals' Perceptions Of Sensitive Dependence On Initial Conditions, Suzan B. Baker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the characteristic of chaos theory called sensitive dependence on initial conditions or butterfly effect in schools and school systems. The purpose of the study was to develop insight into school systems by determining if categories or factors of behaviors or decisions have been observed in school systems which are sensitive to initial conditions and are therefore likely to produce exponential effects. A modified critical incident technique was used to collect data from experienced principals in three moderate sized regions in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. Participants reported incidents that were sensitive to initial conditions during interviews. The …

Job Competencies, Career Paths, And Educational Backgrounds Of "Fortune" 500 Training Directors, Rachael A. Shultz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the job competencies, career paths, and educational backgrounds of training directors and also compared the responses of male and female training directors in an attempt to identify possible sources of justification for reported male/female salary differences. Data for the study were gathered through the use of two questionnaires. The first was based on a part of the American Society for Training and Development's (ASTD) 1987-1989 Competency and Standards Study. Additionally, a demographic questionnaire dealing with biographical, educational, and professional characteristics was self-developed. Both were mailed to training directors in all Fortune 500 companies. Major findings include: (1) …

Interactive Television In The Classroom: A Comparison Of Student Math Achievement Among Three Instructional Settings, Sherri L. Hodge-Hardin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A dramatic expansion of distance learning through the use of interactive television (ITV) is allowing colleges and universities to offer students potentially unlimited access to educational and training opportunities. While the expanding information age beckons us to consider mechanisms for using communication technologies for the benefit of meeting the needs of learners in a variety of locations, the question may be raised--Is ITV an effective medium of instruction? This study examined the effectiveness of using an interactive television system to broadcast developmental algebra classes at East Tennessee State University. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were …

Catalog, 1995-1996, Anderson University - South Carolina

Catalogs

The 1995-1996 academic catalog and introduction to the college.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Toward a theory of thematic curricula : constructing new learning environments for teachers & learners / Carole Cook Freeman [and] Harris J. Sokoloff.

The Communicator - Vol.7 No. 2 - Summer, 1995, Nova Southeastern University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Language choice and global learning networks : the pitfall of lingua Franca approaches to classroom telecomputing / Dennis Sayers.

Factors Related To The Tennessee K-12 Educators' Implementation Of The Internet Into Classroom Activities And Professional Development, Martha K. Davenport

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine what factors influence educators to use the Internet in classroom activities or in their own professional development. A random sample of 325 educators was selected from a population of Tennessee K-12 educators who were identified as having completed Internet training. Surveys were received from 198 educators. The instrument was developed by the researcher for this study. Educators were asked to respond to questions regarding access to computers and the Internet, types of Internet classroom activities, types of professional development activities, types of Internet tools used, and training. Respondents were also asked to …

Children's Use Of Television In The Selection Of Role Models, Nancy Luke

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to determine if children use electronic media, specifically television, as a source in their selection of role models. Subjects were fifth grade students from five schools within the Omaha Public School System. Approximately 100 students were asked to fill out a questionnaire specifically designed for this study. Participation was voluntary and anonymous and both child and parental permission to survey was acquired from all students surveyed. The results showed that slightly more than half (53%) of the children surveyed used television in their selection of role models. Analysis of relationships between independent variables and …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Getting a grip on the good life : essay review of Alan De Young's The life and death of a rural American high school : farewell little Kanawha / Craig Howley [and] Paul Theobald.

Latinos Need Not Apply: The Effects Of Industrial Change And Workplace Discrimination On Latino Employment, Edwin Meléndez, Françoise Carré, Evangelina Holvino

New England Journal of Public Policy

The objective of the research described here is to assess how recent changes in the organization of industry and discrimination in the workplace affect the employment of Latinos. One of the most important developments in labor markets during the past two decades is the erosion of internal labor markets. Employers are responding to intensified competitive conditions that developed during the 1980s: increased international competition in domestic markets and deregulation in telecommunications, banking, insurance, and other industries. The development of information technologies and the diffusion of secondary and postsecondary education have enabled organizations to cut labor costs. In particular, firms are …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational assessment reassessed : the usefulness of standardized and alternative measures of student achievement as indicators for the assessment of educational outcomes / William L. Sanders [and] Sandra P. Horn.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

State actions for personnel evaluations : analysis of reform policies, 1983-1992 / Carol B. Furtwengler.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Beginning teachers programs : analysis of state actions during the reform era / Carol B. Furtwengler.

The Alumni Network, February 1995 (Vol. Xi No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Perception Of Indiana State Legislators Concerning Funding For Higher Education, Robert William Dinnen

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceptions of state legislators in the state of Indiana concerning funding for higher education in the state. A survey questionnaire designed to collect data reflecting the perceptions of Indiana state legislators concerning higher education funding was sent to the 150 members of the legislature. An Analysis of Variance was conducted on each of twenty funding variables to test six null hypotheses related to (1) years of legislative service, (2) legislative service as either a representative or senator, (3) district represented being predominately rural or urban/metropolitan, (4) education level, (5) legislative district …

The Animal Research Controversy: Protest, Process & Public Policy, Andrew N. Rowan, Franklin M. Loew, Joan C. Weer

Experimentation Collection

The controversy today regarding the use of animals in research appears on the surface to be a strongly polarized struggle between the scientific community and the animal protection movement. However, there is a wide range of opinions and philosophies on both sides. Mistrust between the factions has blossomed while communication has withered. Through the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, the animal movement grew in numbers and financial resources, and developed much greater public recognition and political clout. The research community paid relatively little attention to the animal movement for much of this period but, alarmed by several public relations coups …

Prior School Leadership Experience Of Secondary School Assistant Principals, Dennis Goldberg

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify whether the type of previous extracurricular leadership experiences of secondary school assistant principals was related to their current role as secondary school assistant principals. In particular, the study examined whether secondary school assistant principals were more likely to have athletic rather than non-athletic extracurricular activities as part of their background leadership experiences. In addition, type of background leadership experience was examined for relationship to a number of sociodemographic factors including principals' ages, number of years in the field of education, number of years as administrators, gender, and grade configuration of the school. …

The Equity In General Fund Financing Of Indiana Public Schools: The Effects Of The Indiana 1993 Public School Funding Formula, Fred M. Stump

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to analyze the equity of public school funding in Indiana with regard to general fund appropriations as provided by the state's 1993 funding formula. The study was organized around seven research questions, each emphasizing an area related to the appropriation of general fund dollars among Indiana public school corporations. The study examined the 1994 per pupil full revenue general fund appropriations and general fund tax rates to determine if there was a difference in their distribution among Indiana public school corporations. The study analyzed the general fund tax rates and assessed valuations. The study …

A Hermeneutic Study Of Theeducational Theories Of Willa Cather, Marie Hassett Mcdonough

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The hermeneutic analysis conducted for this study suggests that five theories about AmericanEducation may be found in Willa Cather's work. First, she believed that the needs of the individual, not the society, should be the primary concerns of educators. Second, she shows us that the family and the community may play an important role in a learner's development, but cautions that the learner should not be seen as limited to the values and attitudes of the family and community. Third, she believed that Americans had developed a warped view ofEducation, confusing the memorization of facts about art, literature or philosophy …

Contemporary Issues In Educational Technology: Challenges, Processes, Tools, And Solution Options In K-12 Applications, D. Verne Morland

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.