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The Phenomenon Of Teacher Burnout: Mitigating Its Influence On New Teachers, Kaila Sanford Apr 2017

The Phenomenon Of Teacher Burnout: Mitigating Its Influence On New Teachers, Kaila Sanford

Scholarly and Creative Works Conference (2015 - 2021)

Burnout is a psychological condition with physical, emotional, and mental dimensions. Burnout often includes feelings of exhaustion, long-term fatigue, negative self-concept, despair or hopelessness, frustration, and a lack of productivity at work.

Teacher burnout is a well-known and researched field. It has been documented in the literature that teachers experience high levels of stress and emotional exhaustion, which leads to high levels of burnout and professional attrition. This study examined the incidence of burnout in new elementary school teachers and makes recommendations for changes to organizational structure that may reduce professional burnout.

For the purpose of this study five new …


Model Pembelajaran Berbasis Penstimulasian Multiple Intelligences Siswa, Edy Legowo Mar 2017

Model Pembelajaran Berbasis Penstimulasian Multiple Intelligences Siswa, Edy Legowo

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This article discusses the application of multiple intelligences theory in learning at school. The discussion begins by outlining the development of the concept of intelligence and multiple intelligences. Followed by explaining the impact of multiple intelligences theory in the field of education and learning in schools. The next section describes the implementation of multiple intelligences theory in classroom learning practices, namely how providing student learning experiences facilitated by teachers can stimulate students' multiple intelligences. Evaluation of student learning outcomes from the perspective of the application of multiple intelligences theory should be carried out using authentic assessments and portfolios which better …


Tracer Study Alumni: Upaya Pengembangan Prodi Bimbingan Konseling Universitas Negeri Makassar, Muhammad Ilham Bakhtiar, Suciani Latif Mar 2017

Tracer Study Alumni: Upaya Pengembangan Prodi Bimbingan Konseling Universitas Negeri Makassar, Muhammad Ilham Bakhtiar, Suciani Latif

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The aim of research to determine: (1) the profile of alumni student guidance and counseling; (2) a waiting period of alumni guidance and counseling; (3) the relevance of courses to the needs of the labor market; (4) the alumni users. This study is a qualitative research using descriptive survey method. The analysis conducted by the percentage and using three stages of data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The results of this study through the instrument tracer study provides an overview achievement graduate GPA average of 78% or between 2.75 to 3.50 and there are 22% or 3.50 to 4.00 cum …


Bimbingan Kelompok Dengan Pengajaran Formula Abcde Pendekatan Rasional Emotif Behavior Untuk Meningkatkan Self Efficacy Mahasiswa Calon Guru, Ismarini Bekti Setiani, Agus Taufiq, Suherman Suherman Mar 2017

Bimbingan Kelompok Dengan Pengajaran Formula Abcde Pendekatan Rasional Emotif Behavior Untuk Meningkatkan Self Efficacy Mahasiswa Calon Guru, Ismarini Bekti Setiani, Agus Taufiq, Suherman Suherman

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The aim of this research is to formulate and develop a group guidance intervention design by teaching the ABCDE formula with a rational emotive behavior approach and testing the effectiveness of the intervention design in increasing the self-efficacy of prospective teachers in the Department of Agro-Industrial Technology Education, Indonesian Education University (UPI). The research uses mixed methods with a concurrent embedded strategy (quantitative as the primary method and qualitative as the secondary method). Data analysis techniques use quantitative (primary) and qualitative (secondary) data analysis. The results of the research show that quantitatively, group guidance using the ABCDE formula teaching with …


Tingkat Prokrastinasi Akademik Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama Muhammadiyah 9 Yogyakarta, Martika Laely Munawaroh, Said Alhadi, Wahyu Nanda Eka Saputra Mar 2017

Tingkat Prokrastinasi Akademik Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama Muhammadiyah 9 Yogyakarta, Martika Laely Munawaroh, Said Alhadi, Wahyu Nanda Eka Saputra

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Academic procrastination is one of problems that may occur among junior high school students. This study aims to describe the level of academic procrastination of junior high school students in Sekolah Menengah Pertama Muhammadiyah 9 Yogyakarta. This research uses descriptive quantitative research. The results of this study showed that 17,2% of subjects have high academic procrastination, 77,1% of them have the moderate one, and 5,7% of them have the low one. Based on those results, it is recommended for the next researcher to use Solution-Focused Brief Counseling in reducing academic procrastination in SMP Muhammadiyah 9 Yogyakarta.


Pengembangan Paket Bimbingan Perencanaan Studi Lanjut Dengan Model Creative Problem Solving Bagi Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas, Agrery Ayu Nadiarenita, Muslihati Muslihati, Yuliati Hotifah Mar 2017

Pengembangan Paket Bimbingan Perencanaan Studi Lanjut Dengan Model Creative Problem Solving Bagi Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas, Agrery Ayu Nadiarenita, Muslihati Muslihati, Yuliati Hotifah

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to produce a package of guidance planning further studies with a model of creative problem solving for high school students who meet the acceptability aspects are aspects accuracy, usability, convenience and attractiveness. The guidance package consists of counselors guide book that contains the steps to the stage of providing guidance in career planning and student guide book that contains the materials and evaluation. The research method was adapted from models of Research and Development (R & D) procedural Borg & Gall (1983). Experts and field trials is limited (potential users) are analyzed using inter-rater agreement models (Gregory, …


Recovery From Design, Cassandra J. Ellison Jan 2017

Recovery From Design, Cassandra J. Ellison

Theses and Dissertations

Through research, inquiry, and an evaluation of Recovery By Design, a ‘design therapy’ program that serves people with mental illness, substance use disorders, and developmental disabilities, it is my assertion that the practice of design has therapeutic potential and can aid in the process of recovery. To the novice, the practices of conception, shaping form, and praxis have empowering benefit especially when guided by Conditional and Transformation Design methods together with an emphasis on materiality and vernacular form.


Non Medical Prescription Drug Use In Rural Communities And Social Work, Izetta Mounice Briggs-Bolling Jan 2017

Non Medical Prescription Drug Use In Rural Communities And Social Work, Izetta Mounice Briggs-Bolling

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study explored the roles and responsibilities of social workers providing services to nonmedical prescription drug users (NMPDU). Researchers have indicated NMPDU disproportionately affects people living in rural communities. The overarching research question sought to explore the concerns of social workers when providing services to patients coping with NMPDU in the rural community of Ulster County, New York. The intention was to examine systemic challenges facing rural social workers when attempting to decrease morbidity risks and increase the health of Ulster County residents. A total of 7 social workers participated in 3 focus groups to explore their ideas for defining, …


Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (Guru)-Karier” Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor, Nora Yuniar Setyaputri, Blasius Boli Lasan, Devi Permatasari Dec 2016

Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (Guru)-Karier” Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor, Nora Yuniar Setyaputri, Blasius Boli Lasan, Devi Permatasari

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Guidance and Counseling is a system, which includes: problems, objectives, techniques, media and evaluation. A technique in implementing BK services cannot stand alone, therefore it needs to be accommodated by a medium. The function of guidance and counseling media is to expedite the process of implementing the guidance and counseling services. The technique chosen is the GURU Process (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) while the media chosen is the "GURU-Career" training package. The aim of this research is to produce guidance and counseling media in the form of a "GURU-Career" Training Package that can be accepted theoretically and practically. This research …


Pengembangan Media Layanan Informasi Menghadapi Perubahan Masa Pubertas Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Fitri Firdayati, Ella Faridati Zen, Elia Flurentin Dec 2016

Pengembangan Media Layanan Informasi Menghadapi Perubahan Masa Pubertas Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Fitri Firdayati, Ella Faridati Zen, Elia Flurentin

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to produce a product in the form of information service media "dealing with changes in puberty" for elementary school students. The research method used is research and development adapted from the Borg and Gall development model with the following procedures: (1) planning; (2) product development; (3) product testing; (4) final product revision. Product trial data is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the results of the product trial assessment, it can be concluded that the product is very appropriate, very useful, very easy and very interesting theoretically and practically, so it can be used as a medium …


Keefektifan “Proses Guru” Sebagai Teknik Bimbingan Kelompok Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pengambilan Keputusan Karier Siswa Smk, Guruh Sukma Hanggara Dec 2016

Keefektifan “Proses Guru” Sebagai Teknik Bimbingan Kelompok Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pengambilan Keputusan Karier Siswa Smk, Guruh Sukma Hanggara

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Career decision-making abilities are an important part of a student's career development continuum. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of the GURU (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) process as a group guidance technique to improve vocational school students' career decision-making abilities. The Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design experimental method was used in this research and the subjects were 12 students of SMKN 1 Trenggalek. Data analysis using the Two Independent Sample Test Mann Whitney U, obtained the Asymp value. Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.03 < real level ( /2 = 0.05) and it was concluded that the "GURU Process" as a group guidance technique was effective in improving the career decision making abilities of vocational school students. From these results, the researcher suggests that Counselors/BK Teachers can collaborate the TEACHER process with various other approaches, using it to develop various student potentials by paying attention to their development stages, psychological aspects and intervention content. Future researchers are advised to examine the GURU process with other research designs such as Single-Subject Designs or action research and pay attention to the use and feasibility of the instrument and its validity, as well as applying it to develop various other psychological aspects such as motivation, self-esteem, self-efficacy, critical thinking skills, the ability to think respectfully and so on.


Hubungan Antara Tayangan Erotika Di Pornomedia Terhadap Perilaku Seksual Siswa, Zunita Nur Cahyani, Carolina Ligya Radjah, Blasius Boli Lasan Dec 2016

Hubungan Antara Tayangan Erotika Di Pornomedia Terhadap Perilaku Seksual Siswa, Zunita Nur Cahyani, Carolina Ligya Radjah, Blasius Boli Lasan

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The mass media which contain of erotic impression can stimulate teenagers who want to know everything about sexual and want to imitate what they hear and look from mass media as a part of learning process.The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the erotical exposure on pornmedia to the sexual behaviour of students. The research design is descriptive correlational on subjects totalling 87 people. The instruments used is the scale of the erotical exposure and sexual behaviour scale which contain 46 items on each scale. Trials carried out to 40 people with the validity 0,312 and …


Perbedaan Tingkat Komitmen Tugas Siswa Kelas Akselerasi Dan Siswa Kelas Reguler Di Sma Negeri Se-Kota Kediri, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Laelatul Arofah Dec 2016

Perbedaan Tingkat Komitmen Tugas Siswa Kelas Akselerasi Dan Siswa Kelas Reguler Di Sma Negeri Se-Kota Kediri, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Laelatul Arofah

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Education plays an important role in shaping the character of students. One of the characters to be instilled by teachers is task commitment. However, what happens in the field, students have lack of responsibility in completing tasks. Task commitment identical with gifted academic children which is acceleration class students. Despite that commitment to duty is basically owned by everyone including regular students. The purpose of this study was to determine level of commitment differences of acceleration class students and regular class students. The method used is descriptive survey research. Data analysis technique used is Mann Whitney test. From the calculation …


Keefektifan Teknik Self Instruction Dalam Konseling Cognitive Behavior Counseling Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Sosial Siswa Smkn 2 Malang, Fitri Aryadini Dewi, Adi Atmoko, Triyono Triyono Dec 2016

Keefektifan Teknik Self Instruction Dalam Konseling Cognitive Behavior Counseling Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Sosial Siswa Smkn 2 Malang, Fitri Aryadini Dewi, Adi Atmoko, Triyono Triyono

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of self instruction technique in cognitive behavior counseling to improve the self efficacy in social relation of vocational students. This experimental study using Single Case Experimental Design (SCED) model of the A-B-A’. The subject of research are three students of SMKN 2 Malang which show a low level of self efficacy social based on the scale of self efficacy social. The research instrument used as scale self efficacy social with the validity > 0.3 and reliability 0, 883, observation guidelines, and counseling guidelines. The results showed that subjects experienced an increase in social self-efficacy …


Model Cognitive Stage Experiential (Cse) Dan Kesadaran Dini Kebhinekatunggalikaan Siswa Sd Kelas Rendah, Im Hambali Dec 2016

Model Cognitive Stage Experiential (Cse) Dan Kesadaran Dini Kebhinekatunggalikaan Siswa Sd Kelas Rendah, Im Hambali

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to determine: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category; (2) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the low category; (3) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the medium category; (4) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the high category; (5) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very high category. The research results show that: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category is 42.5%, 43% …


A Mother's Spiritual Journey With Her Disabled Son: An Autoethnography, Margaret C. Higgins Edd Dec 2016

A Mother's Spiritual Journey With Her Disabled Son: An Autoethnography, Margaret C. Higgins Edd

Dissertations

Abstract

This autoethnographic research delves into a mother’s experiences with her disabled son over thirty-five years. Beginning with a thick description of the crib accident that resulted in physical and cognitive disabilities that profoundly change the course of both mother and son’s life, this research chronicles the search for meaning, community, and healing as they negotiate the realms of medicine, education, career, family, and spirituality. Models of disability that seek to explain various ways in which society often views disability are examined, but none resonate with the researcher’s intimate experiences nor satisfies her deepest needs for insight and healing. Making …


Faculty-To-Faculty Incivility As Perceived By Nursing Faculty, Melinda Lofton Sills Dec 2016

Faculty-To-Faculty Incivility As Perceived By Nursing Faculty, Melinda Lofton Sills

Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine the perceived presence of workplace incivility among nursing faculty in associate, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing programs and whether there was a significant difference between workplace incivility behaviors, occurrence of incivility, extent of incivility, and engagement of incivility among the three groups. A convenience sample of faculty from nursing programs accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing and Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee completed the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised (INE-R) survey. The final sample included 169 nursing faculty.

Based on the results of the study …


Evaluating Practicum Student's' Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Solution Focused Brief Therapy With Mexican American Clients: A Single Case Design, Krystle L. Ortega Dec 2016

Evaluating Practicum Student's' Therapeutic Effectiveness Using Solution Focused Brief Therapy With Mexican American Clients: A Single Case Design, Krystle L. Ortega

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a practicum counseling experience on client therapeutic outcomes using Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Mexican American clients. We implemented a small series (N = 3) single-case research design to assess the effectiveness of SFBT for increasing hope and decreasing clinical symptoms. Clients’ clinical areas of functioning and clinically significant change will be evaluated using the Outcome Questionnaire -45.2 whereas hope will be assessed using The Trait Hope Scale. The results of this study will ultimately help researchers in counseling education, counselors, supervisors, and students by providing an outcome …


Nursing Students’ Nonacademic Barriers To Success On High Stakes Exams, Jennifer Bussen Bussen Dec 2016

Nursing Students’ Nonacademic Barriers To Success On High Stakes Exams, Jennifer Bussen Bussen

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Every nursing program wants its graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN licensure examination the first time they take it. For those who fail, entry into practice is delayed until they can pass the NCLEX-RN. The nursing programs that graduated students who fail may experience a loss of reputation, decreased numbers of potential applicants, and, ultimately, state board of nursing sanctions. In an effort to determine which students are likely to be successful in taking the NCLEX-RN, many programs have turned to end-of-program predictor exams such as the Health Education System Inc. (HESI) exit examination (E2) (Lauer & Yoho, 2013; Nibert & …


Attachment Styles And Trust Propensity In Females With Borderline Personality Disorder, Jacob Matthew White Dec 2016

Attachment Styles And Trust Propensity In Females With Borderline Personality Disorder, Jacob Matthew White

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most frequently encountered and complex disorders in mental health care. Interpersonal impairment is a central issue for individuals with BPD. This complex disorder has received negative stigma along with historically more females than males receiving this diagnosis (Linehan, 1993). Therefore, this study examined a clinical sample of 30 females diagnosed with BPD. Through the collection of data this study used the following measures: a basic demographic questionnaire gathering specific age, ethnicity, current relationship status, parental relationship status, the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR; Brennan, Clark & Shaver, 1998), and the Propensity …


Nursing Preceptors And Meaning Making, Janice Miller, Brian Vivona, Gene Roth Nov 2016

Nursing Preceptors And Meaning Making, Janice Miller, Brian Vivona, Gene Roth

The Qualitative Report

This exploratory qualitative study was performed in order to identify the potentially transformative learning experiences of nurse preceptors. Semi-structured in depth interviews with nurse preceptors revealed how the experiences of acting as a teacher, trainer, and coach to new nurses bridges the gap between formal education and nursing practice. The lived experiences and the reflections on those experiences were examined in order to identify how the preceptor derived meaning from assisting new nurses into the profession. Such critical reflection revealed how these experiences resulted in new meaning schemes as well as identified some barriers to performing the receptor role.


Studying Medicine With Dyslexia: A Collaborative Autoethnography, Sebastian C.K. Shaw, John L. Anderson, Alec J. Grant Nov 2016

Studying Medicine With Dyslexia: A Collaborative Autoethnography, Sebastian C.K. Shaw, John L. Anderson, Alec J. Grant

The Qualitative Report

The topic of this article is the experience of the impact of dyslexia on medical studies, explored using a collaborative autoethnographic methodological approach. The study was prompted by an initial and ongoing full search of the literature, which revealed an absence of autoethnographic research into the experiences of medical students with dyslexia. It has four aims: to provide an in-depth, multi-layered account of the impact of dyslexia on a UK undergraduate medical student; to help other students and academic support staff in similar situations; to outline improvements that could be made to medical and other educational curricula and examination procedures, …


Model Dialog “4d” Untuk Meningkatkan Kesadaran Multi Kultural Siswa Sma Di Kota Malang, Im Hambali Sep 2016

Model Dialog “4d” Untuk Meningkatkan Kesadaran Multi Kultural Siswa Sma Di Kota Malang, Im Hambali

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

A counselor will be said to be professional if he is able to master the concepts and practice of assessment to understand students' conditions, needs and problems, master the theoretical and practical framework of Guidance and Counseling (BK), design a BK program, implement a comprehensive BK program, assess the process and results of BK activities , have awareness and commitment to professional ethics and master the concepts and practice of research in BK. This research is development research. The needs analysis stage was carried out using the survey method. However, in reality there are still many counselors who have not …


Pengembangan Panduan Sosiodrama Untuk Meningkatkan Nilai Peduli Sosial Siswa Smp, Rizka Rosida Hayuni, Elia Flurentin Sep 2016

Pengembangan Panduan Sosiodrama Untuk Meningkatkan Nilai Peduli Sosial Siswa Smp, Rizka Rosida Hayuni, Elia Flurentin

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This development reaserch aims to produce sociodramas manual to increase the value of social care junior high school students theoretically and practically acceptable. This research method adapted the Borg and Gall procedural model covering the planning stage, the stage of product development and test phase of the product. Design test is test material experts and drama experts, potential users test products and test a small group. These products meet very precise criteria, very useful, very easy and very attractive to mean very feasible to use. It can be concluded that the guidelines have been grateful sociodramas theoretically and practically.


Keterampilan Konseling Berbasis Metakognisi, Carolina Ligya Radjah Sep 2016

Keterampilan Konseling Berbasis Metakognisi, Carolina Ligya Radjah

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to describe the characteristics and metacognition of high school counselors. The type of research used is descriptive with a survey method. The research subjects were 166 school counselors. The research results show that the counseling process has not fully implemented metacognition-based counseling skills. This indicates that in implementing counseling, counselors have not taken into account the effectiveness of intrapersonal skills as an integrated skill within the counselor.


Studi Kasus Konsep Diri Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Anita Putri Budiarsih, Ella Faridati Zen Sep 2016

Studi Kasus Konsep Diri Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Anita Putri Budiarsih, Ella Faridati Zen

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to determine students' self concept elementary school level are often absent from school for more happy participated send goods by driving a truck, factors that affect the self-concept of students as well as learned behavior arising from the self-concept. This research is a qualitative case study type that includes the steps of: 1) Define the research questions, 2) Select the case and determine data gathering and analysis techniques, 3) Prepare to collect the data, 4) Collect data in the field, 5) Evaluate and analyze the data, and 6) Prepare the report. Data is collected using interview and …


Keefektifan Teknik Self-Instruction Untuk Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Siswa Smp, Kasa Fiorentika, Djoko Budi Santoso, Irene Maya Simon Sep 2016

Keefektifan Teknik Self-Instruction Untuk Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Siswa Smp, Kasa Fiorentika, Djoko Budi Santoso, Irene Maya Simon

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self -instruction techniques to increase the confidence of the students of SMPN 20 Malang . Data were collected using the inventory of confidence and analyzed with the Wilcoxon test through SPSS to students who have low self-esteem category . Results from the study are students who have a low level of confidence there are five people , students were given counseling group with the techniques of self -instruction , students are given a pretest - posttest to measure the effectiveness of a given technique , students increase confidence after …


Hubungan Antara Keterampilan Sosial Dan Penggunaan Gadget Smartphone Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa Sma Negeri 9 Malang, Tania Clara Dewanti, Widada Widada, Triyono Triyono Sep 2016

Hubungan Antara Keterampilan Sosial Dan Penggunaan Gadget Smartphone Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa Sma Negeri 9 Malang, Tania Clara Dewanti, Widada Widada, Triyono Triyono

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to determine the relationship between Social Skills and Use Gadgets Smartphone with Student Achievement SMA Negeri 9 Malang. This research is descriptive corelational. Total population of this study were 316 students with a total sample of 84 students. The sample selection using questionnaires and Likers scale and documentation in the form of report cards. Test requirements analysis using normality test and test linier. The analytical method used is multiple regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that: (1) There is a significant relationship between social skills and academic achievement obtained count r = 0.442> r table …


Tuning "The System": An Evaluation Or Restorative Practices In San Lorenzo School District, Amber White Aug 2016

Tuning "The System": An Evaluation Or Restorative Practices In San Lorenzo School District, Amber White

Master's Projects and Capstones

In 2013, The Director of Student Support Services for the San Lorenzo Unified School District (SLZUSD) implemented a Restorative Practices program in an effort to improve relationships on campus and decrease suspension and expulsion rates in SLZUSD. The Directors push for RP was fueled by the passing of Assembly Bill 1729 (AB-1729), when the California Education Code changed to allow for alternative disciplinary actions. States nationwide have passed bills similar to AB-1729 and allowed schools to use alternative punitive practices. Despite good natured intentions there were many faculty members who did not respond with enthusiasm and there has since been …


Guidelines For Interpretive Interview Fidelity In Mixed Methods Research Within The Context Of A Randomized Controlled Trial, Amanda L. Garrett Aug 2016

Guidelines For Interpretive Interview Fidelity In Mixed Methods Research Within The Context Of A Randomized Controlled Trial, Amanda L. Garrett

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Interviews fascinate and capture individuals’ attention. Researchers value the data they glean from interviews, while participants enjoy being asked to share their voices and opinions. Some of the most complex, stringent research designs are now being revised to include interviews, such as randomized controlled trials. But, how do we know that the interviews that are conducted are valid? We need to know more about how interviews are developed and delivered within the context of intervention research. Therefore, the aim of this methodological dissertation is to create a set of recommendations for interpretive interviews in a mixed methods randomized controlled trial. …