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Factors To Teacher Retention In Leave:Secondary Agricultural Education, Keasha Floyd Jan 2020

Factors To Teacher Retention In Leave:Secondary Agricultural Education, Keasha Floyd

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

This study aimed to provide qualitative inquiry into the attrition rates of high school agriculture teachers in Tennessee. The supply does not equal the demand for high school agriculture teachers. The study investigated why teachers left the profession, their personal experiences while in the classroom, their feelings on preparedness, and identifiable trends among the participants. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with former secondary agricultural educators taught in a high school agricultural classroom between 2014 and 2019. Objective one sought to describe the demographic characteristics of secondary agricultural teachers. Two themes were found: Teachers who enter the agricultural education profession right out …


Functional Assessment Of Behavioral And Social Supports, Beth S. Rous Jan 2020

Functional Assessment Of Behavioral And Social Supports, Beth S. Rous

Educational Leadership Studies Faculty Publications

The Functional Assessment of Behavioral and Social Supports is a practice-oriented assessment tool designed to help early childhood teams identify children’s behavioral, social, communication, classroom, work, and self-management skills and the supports needed for successful participation in early childhood settings. The assessment allows teams to document whether skills are present, emerging, inconsistent, or not present; identify adult or classroom supports; describe patterns of support; and summarize priority skills for intervention. The tool is intended for use by teachers, families, and assessment team members as part of early childhood transition, intervention planning, and classroom support processes.


Inside Collaborative Communities: Teachers' Perceptions Of The Collaborative Process, Pamela Ann Evors Jan 2020

Inside Collaborative Communities: Teachers' Perceptions Of The Collaborative Process, Pamela Ann Evors

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand teachers’ perceptions of the collaborative process and how it affected their classroom practices. The research question was “What are the perceptions held by experienced public elementary-school teachers in a large urban school district in the southeastern United States regarding the collaborative process in their school settings?”

The research design used semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a specific group of public elementary-school teachers who had extensive professional development and experience with the collaborative process, either in co-teaching settings or in frequent collaboration with colleagues. Using the process of educational criticism (Eisner, 1998) …


Teacher Perceptions On How To Best Support Student Well-Being In Elementary Classrooms, Elanna Beth Derby Jan 2020

Teacher Perceptions On How To Best Support Student Well-Being In Elementary Classrooms, Elanna Beth Derby

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Elementary schools should be adept at assisting students in meeting their mental health need, such as, providing a non-violence approach to conflict resolution; strengthening the students’ relationships with their family members and friends; taking responsibility for their education and future; creating a stronger positive image; handling tough times more effectively; and setting and achieving their goals in life. The purpose of this Q methodology was to explore what teacher perspectives are on how to best support student well-being in the elementary school classroom. Specifically, this study examined what factors emerged when faculty in a large urban school district …


An Investigation Of Problem-Based Learning On The Advanced Placement Exam Scores And Interest Of Ap Biology Students, Tia Hohler Jan 2020

An Investigation Of Problem-Based Learning On The Advanced Placement Exam Scores And Interest Of Ap Biology Students, Tia Hohler

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

This study reports the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) on the interest and Advanced Placement (AP) Biology exam scores of high school students. The experimental group was exposed to a constructivist PBL environment using an overarching unit problem, inquiry style lab investigations and white board discussions while the comparison group received direct instruction in the same curriculum. AP Biology exam scores were collected for two years with direct instruction and two years with PBL instruction. An interest survey was given to a subset of the experimental group and included students enrolled in the course during the 2019-2020 school year. Analysis …


การวิเคราะห์การออกแบบหลักสูตรสถานศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐานจากวิทยานิพนธ์เกี่ยวกับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรในประเทศไทย, มนันยา สายชู Jan 2020

การวิเคราะห์การออกแบบหลักสูตรสถานศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐานจากวิทยานิพนธ์เกี่ยวกับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรในประเทศไทย, มนันยา สายชู

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีจุดประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์การออกแบบหลักสูตรสถานศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐานในประเทศไทย ประชากรที่ใช้ในการวิจัย คือ วิทยานิพนธ์เกี่ยวกับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรสถานศึกษาในประเทศไทยตั้งแต่ปี พ.ศ.2552 จนถึง พ.ศ.2562 จำนวน 240 เรื่อง โดยการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณ ด้วยแบบวิเคราะห์การออกแบบหลักสูตร สถิติที่ใช้ คือ การแจกแจงความถี่และการหาค่าร้อยละ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1) สถาบันที่มีการทำวิทยานิพนธ์เกี่ยวกับการพัฒนาหลักสูตรมากที่สุด คือ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏเทพสตรี ภายใต้คณะครุศาสตร์/ศึกษาศาสตร์ ในสาขาวิชาหลักสูตรและการสอน ซึ่งส่วนใหญ่ทำการวิจัยในระดับปริญญาโท พิมพ์เผยแพร่มากที่สุดในปีพุทธศักราช 2554 โดยกลุ่มสาระการเรียนรู้การงานอาชีพและเทคโนโลยี เป็นกลุ่มสาระการเรียนรู้ที่มีการพัฒนาหลักสูตรมากที่สุด ซึ่งงานวิจัยส่วนใหญ่เป็นการพัฒนาหลักสูตรสำหรับนักเรียนระดับชั้นประถมศึกษาปีที่ 6 ในโรงเรียนสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน (สพฐ.) 2) องค์ความรู้ที่ได้จากการวิเคราะห์การออกแบบหลักสูตร มีรายละเอียดดังนี้ 1. ปรัชญาการศึกษาที่นำมาเป็นแนวทางในการออกแบบหลักสูตรที่นำมาใช้มากที่สุด คือ ปรัชญาพิพัฒนาการนิยม 2. แนวคิดที่ใช้ในการออกแบบหลักสูตรมากที่สุด คือ แนวคิดที่ยึดกิจกรรมและปัญหาของสังคม ท้องถิ่นหรือชุมชน 3. รูปแบบของหลักสูตรที่มีการออกแบบมากที่สุด คือ หลักสูตรเพื่อชีวิตและสังคม 4. จุดมุ่งหมายของหลักสูตรในด้านเนื้อหาที่มีการออกแบบมากที่สุด คือ จุดมุ่งหมายด้านอาชีพ ขณะที่จุดมุ่งหมายด้านพฤติกรรมการเรียนรู้ที่พบมากที่สุด คือ จุดมุ่งหมายด้านพุทธิพิสัย 5. เนื้อหาในหลักสูตรมีการออกแบบหลักสูตรมากที่สุด คือ เนื้อหาวิชาเฉพาะทางหรืออาชีพ 6. กิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ที่ผู้ออกแบบหลักสูตรนำมาบรรจุไว้ในหลักสูตรมากที่สุด คือ กิจกรรมการเรียนรู้โดยให้ผู้เรียนปฏิบัติจริง 7. การวัดประเมินผลโดยใช้การทดสอบวัดผลสัมฤทธิ์เป็นวิธีการการวัดและประเมินผลที่มีผู้วิจัยเลือกใช้มากที่สุด ขณะที่การประเมินผลตามสภาพจริง ที่มีผู้วิจัยเลือกใช้มากที่สุด คือ การสังเกตพฤติกรรม


แนวทางการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนของโรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาสังกัดคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน, ศุภลักษณ์ ศรีเดช Jan 2020

แนวทางการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนของโรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาสังกัดคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน, ศุภลักษณ์ ศรีเดช

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพปัจจุบันและสภาพที่พึงประสงค์ของการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนของโรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน 2) เพื่อเสนอแนวทางการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนของโรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน ประชากรจำนวน 1,110 โรงเรียน กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 285 โรงเรียน และผู้ให้ข้อมูลจำนวน 15 คน เครื่องมือ คือแบบสอบถามและ แบบสัมภาษณ์แบบกึ่งโครงสร้างวิเคราะห์โดยหาค่าร้อยละวิธี Priority Need Index (PNI) และวิเคราะห์เชิงเนื้อหา ผลการวิจัย พบว่าสภาพปัจจุบันของการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนด้านที่มีค่าเฉลี่ยมากที่สุด คือด้านการศึกษาวิเคราะห์และความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับหลักสูตรและเอกสารประกอบหลักสูตรมีการปฏิบัติมากที่สุดอยู่ในระดับมาก สภาพที่พึงประสงค์ของการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนด้านที่มีค่าเฉลี่ยมากที่สุด คือด้านการศึกษาวิเคราะห์และความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับหลักสูตรและเอกสารประกอบหลักสูตรอยู่ในระดับมากที่สุด ผลการทดสอบค่าดัชนีจัดเรียงลำดับความสำคัญความต้องการจำเป็นที่มีค่าสูงสุด คือด้านการจัดสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก แนวทางการบริหารหลักสูตรภาษาจีนของโรงเรียนมัธยมศึกษาสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน คือ 1) โรงเรียนควรส่งเสริมให้ครูภาษาจีนประชุมวิเคราะห์หลักสูตรร่วมกัน 2) โรงเรียนควรจัดชั่วโมงให้ครูชาวจีนสอนทักษะฟัง-พูดให้ครูไทย 3) โรงเรียนควรจัดชั่วโมงการสอนให้ครูไทยและครูชาวจีนอย่างเหมาะสม 4) โรงเรียนควรจัดแผนการเรียนตามความสนใจของผู้เรียน 5) โรงเรียนควรขอความสนับสนุนสถาบันขงจื่อสำหรับหนังสือเรียนและอุปกรณ์ 6) โรงเรียนควรจัดให้มีเทคโนโลยีที่ทันสมัย 7) โรงเรียนควรสนับสนุนให้มีการนิเทศการสอนครูภาษาจีนและติดตามการประเมินผลการนิเทศ 8) โรงเรียนควรส่งเสริมให้มีการประชาสัมพันธ์เกี่ยวกับหลักสูตรภาษาจีน


Supporting Novice Mathematics Teacher Educators Teaching Elementary Mathematics Content Courses For The First Time, Siobahn Suppa, Joseph Dinapoli, Eva Thanheiser, Jennifer M. Tobias, Sheunghyun Yeo Jan 2020

Supporting Novice Mathematics Teacher Educators Teaching Elementary Mathematics Content Courses For The First Time, Siobahn Suppa, Joseph Dinapoli, Eva Thanheiser, Jennifer M. Tobias, Sheunghyun Yeo

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In order to be effectively prepared by a teacher education program, prospective elementary teachers (PTs) need to experience high quality mathematics instruction in their mathematics content courses. The instructors of these courses typically consist of individuals (mathematicians and mathematics educators) with ranging experiences, from tenured faculty members to first-year assistant professors or graduate students. This paper explores how to support novice mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) who are teaching elementary content coursework for PTs for the first time. We detail and describe how to implement three systems for supporting novice MTEs: working with a mentor, being provided with educative curriculum materials, …


Culturally Relevant Pedagogy : The Views Of Latinx Students Inform Teacher Professional Development On Critical Consciousness, Florita Cotto Jan 2020

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy : The Views Of Latinx Students Inform Teacher Professional Development On Critical Consciousness, Florita Cotto

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The number of Latinx K-12 students has grown dramatically over recent years. There are approximately 12.5 million Latinx students in U.S. public schools. Despite these large population gains, inner city Latinx students continue to struggle academically. Their dropout rate is almost two times higher than that of white students, making it the highest of all ethnic and racial groups. In the past several decades, there has been a focus on accountability, school choice, and various other educational reforms that have been implemented with an aim to improve student performance. However, these reform efforts have not yielded the desired change and …


Understanding Epistemic Cognition : Aspects That Emerge When Early Childhood Teachers Consider Materials And Plan Instruction For Literacy Learning, Kit Marie Saiz De La Mora Jan 2020

Understanding Epistemic Cognition : Aspects That Emerge When Early Childhood Teachers Consider Materials And Plan Instruction For Literacy Learning, Kit Marie Saiz De La Mora

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain insight into early childhood teachers’ engagement in epistemic cognition in the context of literacy instruction practices. Early literacy instruction was an important context to examine epistemic cognition because of the complexity of the teaching task. Early literacy instruction involves the simultaneous consideration of knowledge about multiple components of language structure in addition to knowledge of pedagogy, child development, and understandings of immediate socio-cultural context.

Teacher educators need to know how teachers think about knowledge in these multiple areas when they are planning early literacy instruction so they can effectively prepare them …


Institutional Racism And The Transformative Practices Of Black Women Educators In New York City Alternative Education, Gail M. Perry-Ryder Jan 2020

Institutional Racism And The Transformative Practices Of Black Women Educators In New York City Alternative Education, Gail M. Perry-Ryder

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

How does a teaching practice meet structural violence and oppression? And, how do teachers navigate systems they wish to change, in which they are also participating? This study is a qualitative investigation of institutional racism and power in U.S. alternative educational settings, and the knowledge and experiences of six Black women educators working to counteract the problem from the inside. There is a vast literature on preparing teachers for diverse classrooms; however, it has not adequately represented teachers who deploy transformative practices to directly challenge institutional racism in nontraditional educational settings, nor has it addressed the costs associated with doing …


Instructional Strategies Manual, 4th Edition: For The Helpful Entry Level Skills Checklist, 4th Edition, Beth S. Rous Jan 2020

Instructional Strategies Manual, 4th Edition: For The Helpful Entry Level Skills Checklist, 4th Edition, Beth S. Rous

Educational Leadership Studies Faculty Publications

The Instructional Strategies Manual, 4th Edition is a companion resource for the Helpful Entry Level Skills Checklist. The manual provides teachers, families, and early childhood teams with strategies, activities, and adaptations to support young children’s development of social, behavioral, communication, classroom, work, and self-management skills during the transition from preschool to school-age programs. The manual is organized around five major skill areas: classroom rules, work skills, communication skills, social behavior skills, and self-management skills. It includes strategies that can be embedded into daily classroom routines, family activities, and individualized supports, with adaptations for children with hearing, vision, cognitive, physical, speech/language, …


Examining The Effects Of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Of Educators, Lenore Thompson Jan 2020

Examining The Effects Of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Of Educators, Lenore Thompson

Doctor of Education Dissertations

This dissertation was designed to examine how experiences, education, and professional development informed culturally responsive pedagogy and influenced teacher beliefs in their ability to guide students to success when employing culturally responsive teaching practices. The research school district was located in the piedmont region of North Carolina. It was determined after reviewing the district’s historical student achievement data there was a trend of underachievement by marginalized groups of students. Licensed educators completed the Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy (CRTSE) Scale and the Culturally Responsive Teaching Outcome Expectancy (CRTOE) Scale in order to determine their level of preparedness to teach students from …


Be Creative Now: Seeking Creativity, Sam Kulla Jan 2020

Be Creative Now: Seeking Creativity, Sam Kulla

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

A self-guided framework for professional and personal creative development including a series of five lesson activities geared towards developing a personal concept of creativity, with links to creativity videos, inclusive design features, and an annotated bibliography. In addition to guiding self-study, this document could be adapted into a syllabus for an online course.


How The Change To Online Learning Affected Chinese Language Teaching In California Schools Due To The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, Jing Ren Jan 2020

How The Change To Online Learning Affected Chinese Language Teaching In California Schools Due To The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, Jing Ren

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This research study investigates how Chinese language teachers in California made the change from in-person learning to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, how they set up and taught virtual classes and what their reactions were to the online transitions. Teachers utilized various interactive tools and strategies to teach students in their virtual classrooms. Parental involvement with the child’s education at home increased. Some public school district polices caused greater reductions in student participation than others. Teachers applied various communication strategies to engage students in creative ways while teaching online. This together with curriculum development and assessment design required that …


Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Reflections In Using Excelets As A Tool For Modeling, Mary C. Enderson, Ginger S. Watson Jan 2020

Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Reflections In Using Excelets As A Tool For Modeling, Mary C. Enderson, Ginger S. Watson

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

With widespread adoption of technology for all into schools across the U.S., teachers need to be prepared to integrate these tools into classroom instruction. For mathematics, modeling problems with technology provides a key opportunity for students to experience the active nature of such tools in making sense of mathematics concepts. In order to gain insight into incorporating these tools into modeling tasks, preservice teachers need exposure to them as along with reflection on their use. This case study of 12 preservice secondary mathematics teachers enrolled in a mathematics methods course focused on a modeling task that was presented in an …


Partnering Undergraduate Engineering Students With Preservice Teachers To Design And Teach An Elementary Engineering Lesson Through Ed+Gineering, Kristie Gutierrez, Stacie I. Ringleb, Jennifer Jill Kidd, Orlando M. Ayala, Pilar Pazos, Krishnanand Kaipa Jan 2020

Partnering Undergraduate Engineering Students With Preservice Teachers To Design And Teach An Elementary Engineering Lesson Through Ed+Gineering, Kristie Gutierrez, Stacie I. Ringleb, Jennifer Jill Kidd, Orlando M. Ayala, Pilar Pazos, Krishnanand Kaipa

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Major challenges in engineering education include retention of undergraduate engineering students (UESs) and continued engagement after the first year when concepts increase in difficulty. Additionally, employers, as well as ABET, look for students to demonstrate non-technical skills, including the ability to work successfully in groups, the ability to communicate both within and outside their discipline, and the ability to find information that will help them solve problems and contribute to lifelong learning. Teacher education is also facing challenges given the recent incorporation of engineering practices and core ideas into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and state level standards of …


Writing The Rainbow: Facilitating Undergraduate Teacher Candidates’ Lgbtqia+ Allyship Through Multimodal Writing, Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Julia Morris, Valerie Taylor Jan 2020

Writing The Rainbow: Facilitating Undergraduate Teacher Candidates’ Lgbtqia+ Allyship Through Multimodal Writing, Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Julia Morris, Valerie Taylor

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This yearlong qualitative descriptive case study conducted by an interdisciplinary team of education faculty with pre-service elementary teacher candidates sought to disrupt heteronormativity and to increase candidates’ awareness and preparedness for inclusivity with future LGBTQIA+ elementary students. Central to our findings was that in researching and authoring multimodal texts addressing topics and concerns faced by the LGBTQIA+ community for their future classrooms, there was a shift in the perceptions and preparedness of the candidates toward working with children identifying as LGBTQIA+. However, we also encountered resistance and/or apathy that led us to develop an analytical framework for disrupting teacher candidate …


Characteristics Of Critical Friendship That Transform Professional Identity, Signe E. Kastberg, Melva R. Grant Jan 2020

Characteristics Of Critical Friendship That Transform Professional Identity, Signe E. Kastberg, Melva R. Grant

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

We met at CASTLE 2018, two trained mathematics teacher educators (MTEs), interested in mathematics, and teaching elementary mathematics methods to preservice teachers (PTs). Melva’s self-study research, focused on improving her online methods course, was approaching its second year and her second critical friend had lost interest in continuing. Melva invited Signe to be her critical friend (Schuck & Russell, 2005) and Signe agreed. Explicit expectations of our critical friendship included weekly meetings. Our critical friendship seemed to follow an expected trajectory for, “supporting/coaching the transformation of another’s teaching” (Stolle, et al., 2019, p. 20). However, there were implicit ways our …


The Digital Literacy Practices Of Transfronterizx Esol College Students: Los De Esol, Laura E. Mendoza Jan 2020

The Digital Literacy Practices Of Transfronterizx Esol College Students: Los De Esol, Laura E. Mendoza

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation aims to contribute knowledge to the literature about ESOL students' digital literacy practices related to educational purposes. I studied the varied digital literacy practices the students used as mediating tools to perform their university activities (e.g., crossing to come to school, communicate with classmates/instructors about assignments, completing assignments). This study takes place on the U.S. side of the borderland area of El Paso, Texas-Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The participants were 43 transfronterizx ESOL college students, who were young adults between 18-25 years of age enrolled in the ESOL program at Sun University. I draw on ethnographic and netnographic …


Substance Use Among 7th - 9th Grade Adolescents: The Role Of Risk- Related Variables In The Probability Of Use Involving Tobacco, Alcohol And Marijuana, Susana A. Villalobos Jan 2020

Substance Use Among 7th - 9th Grade Adolescents: The Role Of Risk- Related Variables In The Probability Of Use Involving Tobacco, Alcohol And Marijuana, Susana A. Villalobos

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The role of schools in preventing substance use among adolescents is a priority for public health advocates across the United States. In recent years the United States has seen an increase in prescription medication overdoses in adults and adolescents. A lack of research exists of adolescents in middle school substance use (Welsh, & Rappaport, 2018). Trends of adolescent substance use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana continue to rise. Early onset use of legal and illegal substances has proven to increase the odds of long-term use of adolescence into adulthood. Parents, educators, community advocates and law enforcement have long tackled the …


Impact Of Positive Psychology In Pk-12 Settings, Daniel Paul Butler Jan 2020

Impact Of Positive Psychology In Pk-12 Settings, Daniel Paul Butler

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Educator burnout is threatening the well-being of society, having a financial impact on the United States, as well as influencing the optimal growth of students and the quality of our educational system. Overexposure to stress while trying to meet countlessdemands can lead to burnout and jeopardizeworkforceretention. Stress, burnout, and teacher attrition have reached alarming levels, threatening quality instructionand subsequent student achievement (Steinhardt et al., 2011). The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding ofthe effect of the Happiness Advantage | Orange Frog positive psychology framework and whether schools that employ these techniques experience a significant difference in their …