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Leadership For Learning: Narratologic Pedagogy And Knowledge Construction In Higher Education, Susan M. Mccabe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Leadership and learning are human activities occurring within an interpersonal, social context. This study was concerned with rendering the lived experiences of leaders and learners as intelligible, allowing for understanding of factors affecting knowledge construction and learning in higher education settings. The individual, personal experiences of teachers and learners were explored in order to identify factors that can be influenced by teacher leadership. Phenomenology was the philosophical and methodological structure of this study. Fifty-two nursing students enrolled in a senior level course at a regional state university participated in the study, as well as the two course co-teachers. All participants …

The Relationship Between Personality Traits And Transformational Leadership Among North Carolina Elementary Public School Principals, Robert J. Mcgrattan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between personality traits as identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and transformational leadership as measured by The Nature of School Leadership. The subjects were 74 North Carolina public school elementary principals. The principals completed the MBTI. Principals also provided pertinent demographic information. Selected teachers in each school were asked to give their perception of the principal as a transformational leader by completing The Nature of School Leadership. Data were analyzed to look for significant relationships between personality and demographics as they related to transformational leadership. The analysis of demographic information yielded gender as a significant …

The Relationship Of Experience, Education, And Tennessee Career Ladder Status To Teachers' Perceptions Of Staff Development Needs In Block Scheduled Programs, Rita S. Mullins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem related to this study was to develop a clearer understanding of the staff development needs of high school classroom teachers implementing block scheduled programs. The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers' perceptions of staff development needs differed when teaching experience, education (highest degree earned), and Tennessee Career Ladder status were considered. Four levels of each independent variable were analyzed by six categories of perceptions, the dependent variables. The categories were: (a) Planning, (b) Knowledge, (c) Satisfaction with staff development, (d) Adult learning strategies, (e) Level of involvement, and (f) Impact on student testing and grades. …

Assessment Of Discrepancies Between Residential Employees' Work Values And Program Directors Perceptions Of Residential Employees' Work Values, Trinetia L. Respress

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study assessed discrepancies between residential employees' work values and program directors' perceptions of the residential employees' work values. Additionally, work values of residential employees were analyzed to identify variations when considering gender, age, educational level, length of service, job classification, and current position. The study was undertaken to assist in developing a clearer understanding of the work values of residential employees for the purpose of enhancing administrator-associate relationships and to determine factors in the work setting that might contribute to longevity and more productive, satisfied, motivated employees. Data for the study were gathered from 172 program directors and residential …

Perceptions Of African-American Males Regarding Factors Supporting Doctoral Completion In Colleges Of Education, William Respress

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of the study was to examine what institutional factors most influenced the decision of African-American male doctoral scholars to persist unto graduation. The literature review showed mentoring, institutional climate, race relations, and social adjustment as key factors in persistence of minorities in graduate studies. An objective specific to the study was to explore the cumulative outcomes that mentoring, social adjustment, institutional climate, and race relations have upon persistence. The population included scholars at both Predominantly White Colleges (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout the United States in Colleges of Education. One hundred sixty-four scholars …

The Relationship Between Social Support And Professional Burnout Among Public Secondary School Teachers In Northeast Tennessee, Jackie C. Walker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Teaching is reported to be a stressful occupation and social support is thought to mediate stress. The purpose of the study was to identify relationships between the level of professional burnout and social support of high school teachers in Northeast Tennessee. In this correlational study, a sample of 228 secondary school teachers in Northeast Tennessee completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Teacher Support Network Inventory (TSNI). Respondents' satisfaction with support and amount of support were ascertained from the TSNI. Data presentation included a demographic description of the sample and a description of teachers' work support, personal support, and recreational …

Staffing Patterns In Campus Activities Departments, Tony R. Warner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze the organizational structures and staffing patterns in campus activities offices or operations within selected institutions. These institutions were selected from the membership of the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) during the 1994-95 academic year which are also public, Master's (Comprehensive) Universities and Colleges I and II institutions. Focus was placed on identifying the sizes and types of the campus activities departments at the institutions surveyed. A survey was developed and administered to a population of 355 institutions. The data from 269 (76%) responses were then carefully analyzed. Frequency analysis produced a …

Teachers' Perceived Sense Of Efficacy: Connections To Teacher Perceptions Of Principals' Power Bases, Stephen C. Hardiman

Student Work

This study described high school teachers’ perceptions of their Personal Teaching Efficacy and Teaching Efficacy (Gibson & Dembo, 1984), their perceptions of the seven power bases their principals used in their leadership roles (French & Raven, 1959; Raven & Kruglanski, 1970) and the relationships between teachers’ Personal Teaching Efficacy and Teaching Efficacy scores and the seven power bases that principals were perceived to use.

An Investigation Of Teacher Change Within An Intensive Art And Technology Integration Project., Karli A. Haskew Schlenker

Student Work

Teachers are trying to adapt to many changes in the classroom as they prepare students to become effective learners and contributors in our rapidly advancing technological society. They are also undergoing many learning experiences themselves, as they embrace their own professional development to help prepare them to lead students into the twenty-first century. This study examined some of the changes that teachers encountered while participating in an intensive art and technology integration project. This project, entitled The Community Discovered: The Search for Meaning Through the Integration of Art and Technology in K-12 Education, is a U. S. Department of Education …

Faculty Perceptions Of International Students, Catherine E. Kennedy

Student Work

This thesis applied a descriptive/interpretive approach to the study of faculty perceptions of international students. This study focused on the communication activities inside and outside the classroom between faculty and foreign students and also on the meanings, values and assumptions that professors share regarding these students. Semi-structured interviews revealed that problems do not exist in communication between these two groups but that faculty would be willing to participate in a mutual cross-cultural training session to improve this relationship.

Teachers' Expressed Beliefs And Practices About Developmentally Appropriate Education Of Multi-Age And Single-Age Classrooms, Dale P. Lynch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the expressed beliefs and practices about developmental education from early childhood teachers in Tennessee's First Educational District. A questionnaire measuring expressed beliefs and practices was administered to teachers (kindergarten through third grade) in public schools with both multi-age and single-age classrooms. The area of teaching specialization along with the number of years taught within the organization structure are paramount in the study. Teachers' expressed beliefs concerning the amount of outside influences with planning and implementing instruction are also noted. Educators were asked to respond to 36 likert-type items regarding their beliefs about …

The Relationship Between Graduate Students' Education In Research Ethics And Their Attitudes Toward Research Misconduct, Perry Sailor

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A mail survey of a nationwide sample of department heads in university departments of mechanical engineering, physiology, and psychology was conducted, in order to determine what these departments were doing to educate their Ph.D. students in research ethics. Department heads were also asked to supply names of the Ph.D. students in their departments. Based on the survey responses, departments within each discipline were then divided into those placing a relatively high versus low emphasis on teaching research ethics. Random samples of students in each emphasis category for each discipline were then surveyed and asked to rate the seriousness of 44 …

Differences In Creative Thinking Between American And Japanese College Students In Education, Noriko Saeki

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Fifty-one American and 54 Japanese college students in education were tested to investigate whether there were any cross-cultural differences in creative thinking. No gender differences were found in both cultures, but the American college students had higher scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) figural test than the Japanese college students. The difference was statistically significant and the effect size was large. Very low correlations were found between the TTCT and the American 111 College Testing (ACT) for the American college students and between the TTCT and the Center Test for the Japanese college students.

Factors That Affect Parental Involvement In Gifted Education, Lynne Ann Mahony

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This study was completed to identify various factors that affect the level of involvement of parents who have children in gifted programs. Specifically this thesis attempts to identify the reasons parents do or do not attend parent meetings for the gifted, and the types of agendas at the meeting that these parents find to be the most beneficial.

The population studied consisted of parents of 117 gifted students, kindergarten through twelfth grade, located in a school district on the Western Slope in Colorado, who completed the Parental Involvement Strategies Survey. Data were complied by axial coding and analyzed for development …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Studying the rural in education : nation-building, "globalization," and school improvement / Craig B. Howley.

Broadly Speaking - April 22, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/11 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Centralized goal formation and systemic reform : reflections on liberty, localism and pluralism / Kenneth A. Strike.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Cultural differences and the construction of meaning : implications for the leadership and organizational context of schools / Robert A. Pena.

The Alumni Network, April 1997 (Vol. Xiii No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Spring 1997, Volume 24, Number 3, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Pages, Volume 5, No. 1, April 1997, Frank Oldfield

PAGES

Contents: PEP I Research and Workshop Activities -- PEP II Activities in New Zealand, China and Taiwan -- Workshop Reports -- Inside Pages -- National Activities around the World -- PAGES Calendar -- PAGES Scientific Highlight: Great Barrier Reef 'Climatic Optimum' at 5,800 Y BP

Evaluating Business Cases Some Guidelines, N Balasubramanian

IIMB Management Review

As the case method of instruction in teaching and training in business and management education finds increasing acceptance, the focus is now on how to enhance the quality of business cases that are written, and also on how to upgrade the quality of teaching through the case method. More and more users of cases, and the authors themselves, would want to evaluate cases before deciding to use them.

Broadly Speaking - April Fools' Day, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Training Methods Between Ncaa Division I Cross-Country Runners With 10,000 Meter Performance, Maximilian J. Kurz

Student Work

The scientific relationship between 10,000 meter performance and training methods of distance runners remains incompletely understood. Researchers such as Slovic (1977) and Pollock (1978) have attempted to study the relationship between training practices of distance runners with the use of surveys. However, these studies did not analyze the significance of various types of training regimens available. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the training methods of NCAA Division I runners and 10,000 meter performance. Fourteen Division I qualifying teams of the NCAA Division I national cross-country meet and 16 randomly chosen non-qualifying teams were recruited through the mail …

The Relationship Between Developmentally Appropriate Philosophy And Religious Education Methodology In Second Grade Classrooms: A Quantitative And Qualitative Study, Kristine Cherek

Student Work

This study describes the relationship between developmentally appropriate practice philosophy and religious education methodology in second grade classrooms. The study was conducted in two phases.

Staff Perceptions Of A New Teacher Evaluation And Professional Growth Instrument Used In The Millard Public Schools, Robert J. Schiermeyer

Student Work

Americans have always been proud of the public schools and expected much from them. Pride in the public education is justified; however, there exists a growing concern with the ability of our young graduates to compete in the world economy. This concern has caused an increased interest throughout America to move public education to a higher standard of excellence.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

History of the Reserve Officer Training Corps among the Association of American Universities from 1982 to 1992 : review of institutional responses to ROTC policy regarding homosexuals / Lee S. Duemer.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Response to Haskell : "academic freedom, tenure, and student evaluation of faculty" / Jeffrey E. Stake.

Teachers Planning Professional Development In A Reform Context: The Case Of Kentucky, G. Williamson Mcdiarmid, Phillip P. Kelly

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

Broadly Speaking - March 10, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.