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Barriers Faced By Canadian Aboriginal Adults As They Return To Postsecondary School, Robert Lawrence Campbell
Barriers Faced By Canadian Aboriginal Adults As They Return To Postsecondary School, Robert Lawrence Campbell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Aboriginal people in Canada are less likely to complete postsecondary education than are non-Aboriginal people. This lack of education leads to increased rates of unemployment and poverty and the need for additional government supports. The purpose of this project study was to identify and examine barriers faced by Canadian Aboriginal adult students as they return to school for postsecondary education. The conceptual framework for this qualitative study was based on the work of Ertmer, which suggests barriers can be placed into broad categories of extrinsic and intrinsic barriers. A case study design was used with a purposeful sample from a …
Training And Experiences Of General Educators Who Have Students With Externalizing Behaviors, Sheila Ruann Lachelt
Training And Experiences Of General Educators Who Have Students With Externalizing Behaviors, Sheila Ruann Lachelt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In California classrooms, general education teachers have experienced stress due to an increasing number of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). This study used a hermeneutical phenomenological inquiry approach to explore teachers' perspectives of their pre-service professional development (PD), in-service PD, and classroom experiences with students who have externalizing EBD. The theoretical framework centered on social constructivism. Research questions addressed the teachers' perceptions of their pre-service and in-service PD on students with EBD and their experiences with students' externalizing behaviors. Twenty California general education teachers, each from a different school district, volunteered to participate in face-to-face interviews. Stratified purposeful …
Teachers' Perceptions Of The Effect Of Their Attire On Middle-School Students' Behavior And Learning, Elizabeth Clemons Sampson
Teachers' Perceptions Of The Effect Of Their Attire On Middle-School Students' Behavior And Learning, Elizabeth Clemons Sampson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Teachers' Perceptions of the Effect of Their Attire on
Middle-School Students' Behavior and Learning
by
Elizabeth Clemons Sampson
M.A., Valdosta State University, 1987
B.S., Albany State University, 1974
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Walden University
February 2016
Teachers were once held to a professional dress code. This code has become lax, resulting in teachers dressing in more casual attire. A local middle school in rural Georgia was experiencing complaints about teachers' unprofessional attire from other teachers, administrators, and parents. Teachers play an integral role in modeling cultural and behavioral …
Postsecondary Online Students' Preferences For Instructor Feedback, Joseph John Gredler
Postsecondary Online Students' Preferences For Instructor Feedback, Joseph John Gredler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Misalignment between student preferences and instructor assumptions regarding feedback may impede student learning. Researchers have investigated postsecondary students' preferences for types of instructor feedback including written, audio, and video. However, postsecondary online students' preferences have not been explored in a large-sample study. This sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted to describe postsecondary online students' preferences and the reasons for those preferences. Vygotsky's social-constructivist theory was used to frame instructor feedback as a scaffolding tool to promote self-regulation in student writing. A survey containing quantitative and qualitative questions was used to collect 93 responses from undergraduate and graduate students attending a …
Evaluation Of A Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program, Tracie Michelle Grogan
Evaluation Of A Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program, Tracie Michelle Grogan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Evaluation of a Middle School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program
by Tracie Grogan
EdS, Mercer University
MA, Fort Valley State University BS, University of Georgia
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education
Curriculum Instruction and Assessment
Walden University July 2016
School leaders at a middle school in a rural school district in Georgia were looking for ways to reduce poor student behavior, which has a negative impact on school climate. Judicious Discipline, a program based on Kohlberg's 6 stages of moral development, Bandura's social learning theory, and the 3 constitutional rights …