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Reformation of the teaching profession: A genealogy of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation as a regulatory standards board .
(2006)
Utilizing public and private archives, media reports, state and federal reports, literature of professional organizations and oral history interviews, the second portion of the paper presents the case---the Oklahoma ...
A history of Cascia Hall Preparatory School: A Catholic, Augustinian school in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1924--2006).
(2006)
The Augustinian Tradition of Education dates back to St. Augustine (354-430 A.D.) himself as an educator and philosopher of the late fourth and early fifth century. Friars from the Augustinian Order (founded in 1244) were ...
Fancy and imagination: Cultivating sympathy and envisioning the natural world for the modern child.
(2006)
This dissertation examines the attitudes that scientists, educators, and nature-writers held toward fancy and imagination in nature-study and nature books for children around the turn of the century. In a period where ...
Coming of age in Oklahoma: Stories girls tell about learning to live wisely and well.
(2006)
These questions arise in response to new scholarly and popular literature on girls (Harris, 2004; Brown, 1999; Pipher, 1994) and to the reported comparatively low status of women in Oklahoma (Community Council of Central ...
Exploring the transition from a pre-modern to modern conceptualization of the natural world: Implications for a more connected approach to contemporary education.
(2006)
Modernist science is a discourse that separates us externally from our environment, socially from one another, and internally within ourselves. This study not only examines the role education plays in developing our ...
Strategies in the formation of piano technique in elementary-level piano students: An exploration of teaching elementary-level technical concepts according to authors and teachers from 1925 to the present.
(2006)
In spite of the hundreds of books and articles written on the subject of piano technique throughout the 20th century, no consensus has been reached concerning the materials and procedures that should be used to teach basic ...
Dr. Gary Garner, Director of Bands at West Texas A&M University, 1963--2002: His career and teachings.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to provide insight into the career and teachings of Dr. Gary Garner who served as the Director of Bands at West Texas A&M University from 1963 to 2002. His legacy as a director began after he ...