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Educational Motivation In Heritage Speakers Of Spanish, Benoit B. Berho
Educational Motivation In Heritage Speakers Of Spanish, Benoit B. Berho
Doctor of Education (EdD)
This study examined the themes associated with the lack of motivation for school in middle school students, specifically among Heritage Speakers of Spanish. The researcher used two methods to examine student and parent attitudes and beliefs about school and education, as attitudes and beliefs are strongly linked to motivation. The researcher did face-to-face interviews of Mexican parents with direct questions about education and school, and asked middle school students of Mexican descent to read the first part of a short selection about a Mexican immigrant boy in school, then complete the story using their imagination. The researcher compiled the parents' …
The Role Of Spiritual/Religious Practices In Moderating Stress Among Staff In An Adolescent Residential Treatment Facility, Tara Rhiannon Sanderson
The Role Of Spiritual/Religious Practices In Moderating Stress Among Staff In An Adolescent Residential Treatment Facility, Tara Rhiannon Sanderson
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Adolescent Residential Treatment Staff have a difficult job. Working with emotionally and behaviorally disturbed youth whose behavior precludes living with family members or in foster care requires intense amounts of empathy. Research indicates that the stress residential treatment staff feel is due to the many facets of their jobs including being counselors and subjected to vicarious traumatization, being supportive guides and enduring compassion fatigue, being parental figures and providing structure and support, etc. This stress can reduce the effectiveness of treatment that is provided to the adolescent residents in these facilities. Stress management and relief have been studied with various …
The History Of St. Joseph School And Challenges Of Catholic Education In Oregon, Mary Patrice Brooks
The History Of St. Joseph School And Challenges Of Catholic Education In Oregon, Mary Patrice Brooks
Doctor of Education (EdD)
St. Joseph School/Sacred Heart Academy has a long and lively history. The school has played a significant role in the faith and educational formation of the people it has served for the past 145 years. The school has experienced changes in the name and ownership; population ups and downs; times of turmoil and times of great celebration. Throughout the years, the school continues to mirror the lives of the many people that it has touched. This history will examine the challenges that were faced and the responses and resolutions to those challenges. Included will be events that affected Sacred Heart …