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Reaching Children Communally: School Improvement Through Teacher Collaboration, Peter H. Roukema Nov 2008

Reaching Children Communally: School Improvement Through Teacher Collaboration, Peter H. Roukema

Master of Education Program Theses

From a Christian understanding of both learning and community, this research examines the impact of teacher collaboration on student achievement and school culture in North American schools. Particularly in high schools, due to structural chal1enges, lack of administrative support and teacher satisfaction with the status quo, peer collaboration is not common. Five cases are examined. The first three demonstrate a positive connection between teacher collaboration and school improvement. The fourth demonstrates that teacher evaluation can also benefit from a much more participatory role for the teacher. The last case examines some of the challenges of centering col1aboration in high school …


Citizenship Education And Civics Competency: A Plausible Intersection Of Philosophy And Community, Jeffrey Scott Wilson Jan 2008

Citizenship Education And Civics Competency: A Plausible Intersection Of Philosophy And Community, Jeffrey Scott Wilson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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