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Rediscovering Educational Giants: African American Schools In Bulloch County, Georgia 1920-1949, Enola Gay Smith Mosley

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This study provided in depth knowledge of the forty-three African American schools existing in Bulloch County, Georgia, between the years 1920 and 1949. The three areas studied were their physical appearances, their curricular aspects, and their funding practices. The first area dealt with their external physical appearances and the internal environment of each school. The next area concerned their curricular aspects. Information such as subjects taught, teachers, supervision, length of the school year and school day, and school closing exercises was presented. The last area concerned the funding practices of these schools. This study included Rosenwald, Barrett-Roger, and Smith-Hughes funding …

Georgia's Globally-Minded Principals: Backgrounds, Attitudes, And Perceptions, Catherine Cummings Wooddy

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This study sought to provide information concerning the high school principal's global-mindedness and whether that global-mindedness had an effect on globally focused teaching and programming within that school. The study also attempted to identity demographic and background factors, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that have an association with the global-mindedness of the person. Underlying the study was the premise that today's students need to be prepared for the globalized world in which they will live, that their preparation will come primarily from school and home, that educators must understand the globalized world if they are to prepare students, and that the …

Existence Of And Responses To Violence In Georgia Elementary Schools, Marie Craig Hooks

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

Most elementary schools throughout the nation are safe environments in which young children are achieving and flourishing. However, as the literature confirms that elementary schools are experiencing an increase in incidents of school violence (Petersen, 1997, National Parent Teacher Association, 1993, Sauerwein, 1995), it is imperative that principals examine both proactive and reactive means of responding to these violence issues should they arise in their schools. Disciplinary consequences addressing violent acts which have been used historically in secondary and middle schools are not always available to elementary principals nor are they developmentally appropriate for young perpetrators of violent acts.

The …

The Perceptions Of Administrators And Teachers Regarding The Features Of Alternative Schools In Georgia, Leslie Mcaffee

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The purpose of the study was to determine the perceptions of administrators and teachers at alternative schools in Georgia of the importance of identified key program features of these schools by comparison with the existence of these features at their own schools. All administrators and teachers at all 117 alternative schools in Georgia that serve disruptive students were mailed surveys for this study. Fifty-six percent of the schools returned completed surveys. Teachers and administrators were asked to rate the importance of 40 features of alternative schools and the existence of these features in their respective alternative schools. Each feature belonged …

Student Leaders: Are There Differences With Institutional Satisfaction?, Ginny L. Van Rie

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This quantitative study investigates differences in student leaders" satisfaction with their institution. An adapted form of the ACT Student Opinion Survey (four-year-form) is administered to 103 student leaders representing two types of leadership positions, those selected or hired by the institution and those elected by their peers. Descriptive statistics and independent t-tests indicate only 2 significant differences in the satisfaction areas assessed. Both groups of student leaders tend to have moderate to high levels of satisfaction with their institution. However, selected/hired student leaders have more homogeneous satisfaction scores than the student leaders elected by their peers. Hired student leaders indicate …

A Study Of Elementary Teachers' Attitudes Toward Mathematics Instruction And Mathematics Teaching Methods Used In The Elementary Classroom, William Otis Lacefield Iii

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This study involved an investigation of elementary (grades K-4) teachers' attitudes toward mathematics instruction and the mathematics teaching methods elementary teachers plan and implement in the classroom setting. The population consisted of 492 elementary teachers (grades K-4) currently teaching in the Bibb County, Georgia, Public School System. The sample represented a cluster sampling of the population and consisted of 90 elementary teachers currently teaching in six public elementary schools. One inner city school, four suburban schools, and one rural/semirural school were randomly selected. The research design used was a correlational design. The sets of data considered were elementary teachers' self-expressed …

Faculty Senate Librarian's Report-1999, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Librarian's Reports

No abstract provided.

Bylaws Of The Faculty Senate 12-1-1999, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Leading For Diversity Final Cross-Case Report, Rosemary Henze, Anne Katz, Edmundo Norte, Susan Sather, Ernest Walker

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This three-year study, which took place between 1996 and 1999, employed a qualitative, multiple case study design to describe approaches and processes used by school leaders who were effectively promoting positive ethnic and race relations on their campuses. Nine sites were located in the San Francisco Bay Area and twelve in other parts of the U.S., for a total of 21 sites, including elementary, middle, and high schools. The study indicates that schools and districts play a complex and uneasy role in changing race/ethnic relations, both hindering more positive relations and fostering them as well, often at the same time. …

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

• Conversations
• Around the Circle
• Mirror Image
• The New Age of Activism
• Two with a View
• Intellectual Properties
• Citizens of the World
• A Firm Foundation
• Fan Fare
• Alumni News
• Parting Shot

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

• Conversations
• Around the Circle
• Intellectual Properties
• Two with a View
• A Pair of Jacks
• Redefining the Curriculum
• A Firm Foundation
• Making a Mark
• A Swingin' Homecoming
• Parting Shot

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

• Conversations
• Around the Circle
• Vision of a President
• Common Ground...Lending Hand
• Intellectual Properties
• Two with a View
• Are We Making The Grade?
• A Firm Foundation
• Fan Fare
• Alumni News
• Homecoming- Fun, Friendship, and Football
• Parting Shot

An Evaluation Of The Accelerated Reader Program In Grades 3–5 On Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, And Attitude In An Urban Southeastern School District In Virginia, Carol Ann Howard

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to study recreational reading in third, fourth, and fifth grade urban students in a school district in Southeastern Virginia. The widely-used Accelerated Reader (AR) was the tool examined in the promotion of recreational reading. Recreational reading studies have been done on a broad economic spectrum (Advantage Learning Systems, 1997; Paul, 1996; Paul, VanderZee, Rue & Swanson, 1996). A gap in knowledge exists as to whether recreational reading programs, using AR, are effective with the urban elementary students. The major research questions determined if recreational reading, using Accelerated Reader, influenced reading vocabulary, comprehension, and attitude …

The Determinants Of Juvenile Justice Policy In France And Germany, Jacqueline A. Meyers

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation assesses the factors that influence the development of juvenile justice policy in France and Germany within the context of systems theory, The project utilizes an open/closed systems framework as a way to conceptualize determinants of juvenile justice policy. France and Germany serve as two single case studies for demonstrating the open and closed dichotomy that characterize system theory with France being characterized as a closed system while Germany is characterized as an open system. This difference is demonstrated through a discussion of historical, cultural, political, social and economic variables, which shape policy development in each of these countries. …

The Fourteenth Decade: Illinois State University, 1987-1997, Mark Wyman

Illinois State University History Books

Table of Contents: Leadership Under Fire – A Technology Revolution – Challenges for Faculty and Staff- Student Life – Serving the Broader Community – Index

Annual Report 1 September 1998 - 31 August, 1999, Dublin Institute Of Technology

DIT Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Parents And Schools : Making The Literacy Connection, Patricia A. Greguras

Graduate Research Papers

Families can offer children many opportunities to read and write in their home. By being role models, parents demonstrate to their children the genuine functions of language. Letting children know that reading and writing are meaningful activities and are used for practical and enjoyable reasons fosters literacy.

A home/school literacy project was developed in a fifth grade class to encourage the home/school connection and to provide more parental support for the school program. Students wrote a monthly newsletter to their parents, read and journaled nightly with their parents, and invited parents to share their job experience, favorite book, vacation or …

Administrator’S-Serving-On-Senate-Or-Senate-Committees-Previous-Discussions, Faculty Senate, Georgia Southern Univeristy

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Minutes-1999

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Perceptions Of Shared Decision Making And The Principal's Leadership Behaviors In Duval County Secondary Schools, Donald Wayne Leech

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Members of the school community should work collaboratively in the educating of students. Teachers and principals must understand that their traditional roles have changed and improved organizational teamwork will be fostered by all members of the learning community assuming decision making roles. Toward this end, the purpose of this correlational study was to explore the relationship between teachers' perceptions of the leadership behaviors of Duval County secondary school principals and their perceptions of the level of shared decision making practiced in their schools. This study provides insight into principal behaviors which nurture participation.

Leadership behavior was operationalized by the responses …

A Study Of Efficacy Beliefs For Urban And Suburban School Teachers Trained In A Brain-Based Model Of Instruction, Linda Crescione

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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An Examination Of The New Jersey School Boards Association's Strategic Planning Model Between 1993 And 1998 And Its Relationship To Decisions In Critical Areas Of Operation As Perceived By Selected Chief School Administrators, Robert J. Andrews

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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An Investigation Of The Impact Of Proposed Interdistrict School Choice In New Jersey As Perceived By Chief School Administrators And Principals Across District Factor Groups, John R. Dunay

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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An Analysis Of Sustained Collaborative Research Activities Between University Organized Research Units And Industry: A Case Study Of Three Institutions, Elizabeth Taraski Mcdonnell

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Block Scheduling: A Comparison Of Block Scheduling And Traditional Scheduling And Its Relationship To Student Achievement, Student Satisfaction And Teacher Methodology In A Junior-Senior High School In New Jersey, Thomas Matarazzo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Block Scheduling: The Effects Of Extended Periods Of Class Time On Student And Teacher Perceptions Of The Instructional And Professional Climate Of A Secondary School, Joanne Patrice Kenny

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Comparison Between Professional Judgment Of The Child Study Team And Regression Analysis In Identification Of Perceptually Impaired Students, Linda R. Weber

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Correlates Of Minority Transfer Students Academic Performance And Retention At A Four Year Public Institution, Pedro Zayas

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Higher Education In Law Enforcement And Perceptions Of Career Success, Domenick R. Varricchio

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Superintendents' Perceived Leadership Practices And Socioeconomic Status Of School Districts In New Jersey, Enid Golden

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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