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Self-Determination Theory And The Educational Motivations Of The Recently Incarcerated, Jason Edward Barr
Self-Determination Theory And The Educational Motivations Of The Recently Incarcerated, Jason Edward Barr
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
The primary research objective of this qualitative study is to determine if self-determination theory is applicable to the population of the recently incarcerated. If it is applicable, self-determination theory may be a new method of examining the educational motivations of prisoners and the recently incarcerated. Twelve subjects from the western region of Virginia were interviewed. Each had been in prison for more than six months within the past five years; each also held a general education diploma or equivalent. Subject responses were coded via the three major tenets of self-determination theory: competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Additionally, the researcher coded language …
Student Attitudes Toward The Transgender Community Following Restroom Reassignment, Kelly L. Duggins
Student Attitudes Toward The Transgender Community Following Restroom Reassignment, Kelly L. Duggins
OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers
The problem of this study was to investigate the effect recent changes to gender specific restrooms had on students’ attitudes toward the transgender community at a public research university in the southeastern United States. To determine if further education and/or inclusion actions should be implemented by university communities, an invitation to complete an electronic survey was sent by email to students at Old Dominion University’s main campus in Norfolk, VA. Participants responded to seventeen statements, each designed to collect data relating to one of the four research objectives of this study. The findings of this study may be used to …