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After The Final Bell: The Self-Directed Learning Practices Of Elementary Teachers, Susan Renee Wagner
After The Final Bell: The Self-Directed Learning Practices Of Elementary Teachers, Susan Renee Wagner
Doctoral Dissertations
Are elementary teachers self-directed learners? If so, do their learning activities outside their classrooms translate into their classrooms? The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship, if any, between elementary teachers’ self-directed learning and activities in their classrooms. A two phase, mixed methods design first utilized a quantitative study from which the results were used to denote the type of data collected in the second, qualitative phase. The quantitative Phase I of this study involved using a survey instrument in order to identify self-directed learners and identify categories of teacher learners. These quantitative data were gathered through the …
First Amendment Knowledge Of Classroom Teachers, Gary L. Taft
First Amendment Knowledge Of Classroom Teachers, Gary L. Taft
Ed.D. Dissertations
This research examined the knowledge of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America possessed by teachers in two secondary high schools in East Tennessee. Additionally, an attempt to evaluate the relationship between church attendance in protestant evangelical churches and the teacher’s ability to address church/state conflicts within parameters previously established by the United States Supreme Court was conducted. Finally, the role of social environment was examined in teacher’s knowledge of the first amendment. Prior research within this context has produced evidence that teachers are in fact not adequately prepared to address church/state conflicts within their …