Browsing The University of Oklahoma by Author "O'Hair, Mary John,"
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At-risk high school students examine practices, obstacles, and action plans for democratic school reform.
Allen, Ann Marie. (2002)This study examines the perceptions of at-risk high school students to the application of the nine practices of the high achieving schools (O'Hair, 1999). The research method was qualitative naturalistic. Data sources ... -
Authentic instruction: A comparative case study of three urban high schools.
Dennis, Jennifer Jo Johnson, (2005)All five of these teachers were part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored (grant #0086415) Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) which involved public school teachers, graduate and advanced undergraduate fellows, ... -
Building school and community connections through leadership, technology, and professional learning community development: A case study of two elementary schools.
Pierce, Jo Ann. (2004)As in any other profession, schoolteachers, principals, and other administrators need a vision to help them toward their goals. The intent of this research was to examine schools that have connected their vision for ... -
Cultural characteristics and Native American student achievement in Oklahoma public schools.
Huston, Cynthia Ray. (2004)Indian students have the lowest level of academic achievement, and the highest dropout rates in the nation according to the United States Department of Education. Additionally, Indian students are disproportionately placed ... -
Elementary principals' perspectives in developing and sustaining professional learning communities.
Stevens, Craig. (2007)The purpose of this study was to answer through the perceptions of experienced elementary principals, how do elementary principals develop and sustain an evolving professional learning community? Based on the interviews ... -
Emerging leadership among African American female educators.
Leggett, Allyson Rene. (2002)The purpose of this study is to understand the process of why African-American female teachers seek administration early in their teaching career. This study examines the chronological stages of five women teachers that ... -
Evolution of a high-achieving school: Building community through learning, leading and practices.
Cate, Jean L. Mcgregor. (2004)The achievement gap of ethnic and poor students has haunted educators, and some schools have narrowed the gap through building learning communities. The purpose of the study was to understand how changes occurred in a ... -
From conventional school to democratic school community: A case study of a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans.
S√ʻhez, Ra√∫nt, (2001)The purpose of this study was to examine and document a principal's practices, obstacles, and action plans in facilitating a school's movement from a conventional school to a democratic school community. Specifically, the ... -
High school students as stakeholders in school-wide decision making: Reality or rhetoric.
Dauway, Martha Carroll. (1999)This study examines one school culture in terms of information gathered from individual students and focus group interviews. The study attempts to answer a critical question: What is the scope of involvement for high school ... -
The influence of technology integration on high school collaboration through the development of a professional learning community: A mixed methods study.
Williams, Leslie Ann. (2006)Today's traditional school structures result in isolation that negatively impacts systemic school change. The school's physical organization of a collection off disconnected, separated classrooms where a group of students ... -
Perceptions of teachers and administrators in an Oklahoma school district regarding a safe school environment.
Foote, Clifton T. (2000)The topic of school violence and its causes are at the forefront of educational issues today. The purpose of this study was to measure teachers' and administrators' perceptions of violence within a public school district ... -
A phenomenological study of leadership: Developing a shared school vision.
Averso, Randy Scott. (2004)Identified principal behaviors supported empowering the vision, modeling support for the vision, building vision coherence, and monitoring vision. This study seeks to examine these behaviors from the perceptions of the ... -
School initiatives as means for teachers' inquiries and considerations of changes toward their own instructional practices.
Myers, Ron. (2004)A naturalistic research method, phenomenology, permitted this researcher to examine the perspectives of these five participants. The qualitative nature of the study provided a forum to gather participant data. Through ... -
Schools as learning organizations: Relationships between professional learning communities and technology-enriched learning environments.
Atkinson, Linda Cole. (2005)During the last decade there has been a significant increase in the availability of technology in schools; unfortunately, research indicates the integration of technology in the teaching and learning process has been minimal ... -
Sexual harassment policies, training and perceptions of the problem in the educational setting: A survey of Oklahoma middle level public school principals, counselors and teachers.
Dzialo, Linda Giles. (1999)The researcher mailed a survey to 155 Oklahoma middle school principals, 188 middle school counselors and 160 middle school teachers. Largely a rural state, Oklahoma has a wide range of school district size, school size ...