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Fall 2023 Full Issue, Office Of Undergraduate Research

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Full Fall 2023 issue of the Pandion Journal, volume 4, issue 1.

“100%, I’M Not Trained For This:” Understanding How Professors Navigate Higher Education As Student Mental Health Declines, Clio F. Chazan-Gabbard

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Generational and cultural changes have led mental health to become an increasingly common concern among the general population, especially Generation Z. As a result, professors have become very aware of declining college student mental health, and some have become advisors for struggling students; in the process, they are learning to navigate boundaries in and out of the classroom (Lipson, 2021; Price et al., 2020). Using six qualitative interviews, this study seeks to ask: how do professors understand, navigate teaching, and one-on-one interactions as student mental health issues increase? This paper argues that as student mental health suffers and campus counseling …

Fall 2022 Full Issue, Office Of Undergraduate Research

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Full Fall 2022 issue of the Pandion Journal, volume 3, issue 1.

Enhancing The Educational Environment: Improving Student Outcome Using Visual Supports, Naomi A. Sein

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Students in varying educational settings are supplied with varying levels of academic support. While it is well known that academic supports assist students in learning academic content, visual supports are proven to improve and develop academic language and improve academic proficiency. Visual supports assist students in becoming more knowledgeable of academic content by increasing student engagement and the implementation of classroom structure. The overall focus of this research project was to determine the effectiveness of visual academic supports within primary education, specifically the behavioral and academic impacts of visual aids in a Communication and Social Skills (CSS) classroom at Willow …

Benefits And Challenges Of Support Facilitation In An Inclusive Classroom, Lily Miller, Sydney Williams, Hannah Arnold, Guillermo Santamaria

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

The purpose of this inquiry was to determine the benefits and challenges of support facilitation in an inclusive classroom. To answer our inquiry questions, we (UNF ESE teacher candidates) collected data on general education (GE) teachers and the varying exceptional (VE) teachers’ perceptions of support facilitation at Coastal Middle School through surveys, observational walkthroughs, and teacher interviews. From the data, we discovered benefits and challenges in four overarching categories: teachers’ perceptions, collaboration, instruction, and student engagement themes. As a result of the data, we recommended that Coastal Middle School outline clear and explicit roles for both the GE teacher and …

How Does Student Self-Efficacy Affect Achievement?, Meghan E. Taylor

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

How does student self-efficacy affect achievement?

Special Education Inquiry Research

This presentation highlights the systematic integration of teacher inquiry within the undergraduate special education program at the University of North Florida. Inquiry is embedded across courses each semester and put into practice in a variety of ways in our PDS network. In all, inquiry serves as a tool for capturing student learning as candidates collaborate with mentor teachers to intervene and meet the needs of diverse learners. During the Fall 2019 semester, I implemented high leverage practices, collected and analyzed data of my students’ learning, and presented outcomes to my …