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A Case Study Of Student Leadership And Service In A Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jill Patricia Bickett
A Case Study Of Student Leadership And Service In A Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jill Patricia Bickett
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to research student perspectives about, and participation in, leadership and service at Catholic female single-sex high schools. This study draws data from a Catholic female single-sex high school in a metropolitan area of the United States. Data collection included school document review, site observation, and interviews of current students (n=10), young alumnae (n=5), mature alumnae (n=5), and current faculty and staff (n=6). The data was analyzed using an adapted theoretical framework of Wenger's (1998) social theory of learning, informed by Lave and Wenger's (1991) concept of communities of practice. This study addresses how the …
Latino Middle School Students Read To Learn Critical Literacy: Social Justice Through Action Research, Jennifer Grenardo
Latino Middle School Students Read To Learn Critical Literacy: Social Justice Through Action Research, Jennifer Grenardo
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
This action research study explored if changes in the reading curriculum, specifically implementation of critical literacy approaches that acknowledge bicultural students, increase student learning as perceived by teachers and students in a Catholic elementary school, where students have been chronically performing at the lowest level in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. By using critical pedagogy (Darder, 1991; Freire, 1970; Giroux, 1983; Macedo, 1994; McLaren, 1988) as a theoretical framework, this action research project investigated the effective elements of critical literacy (Cadiero-Kaplan, 2004; Shor & Pari, 1999) that promote academic learning for Latino middle school students in a low-income Catholic elementary …
Re-Claiming Sacred Scripture: Retrieving Female Models Of Discipleship In The Gospels, Jill Origer Tabit
Re-Claiming Sacred Scripture: Retrieving Female Models Of Discipleship In The Gospels, Jill Origer Tabit
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
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Why Katahdin Runs: A Play In Three Acts, Jaisey Bates
Why Katahdin Runs: A Play In Three Acts, Jaisey Bates
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
For KATAHDIN, a Mixed Blood young woman who grew up in non Native group foster homes, running is her safest means of escaping her anger and her lack of family, roots, and memory.
This is the story of how Katahdin's ancestors help her find a home within, roots, and joy.