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School initiatives as means for teachers' inquiries and considerations of changes toward their own instructional practices.
(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 ...
An analysis of meaning, malaise, mattering and marginality and their relationship to discretionary effort among regional university staff employees.
(2004)
Recommendations for administrators and other practitioners included: increase the awareness of the various perceptions of the university that different groups hold; provide opportunities for staff to be involved in the ...
Building school and community connections through leadership, technology, and professional learning community development: A case study of two elementary schools.
(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 ...
Exploring the differences between traditional and alternative schools for educationally disengaged students.
(2004)
The intent of both programs is to intervene with students whose academic and social behaviors are indicators of at-risk characteristics for not graduating from high school. The E.D.G.E. and F.A.M.E. Academies are both ...
A phenomenological study of leadership: Developing a shared school vision.
(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 ...
Evolution of a high-achieving school: Building community through learning, leading and practices.
(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 ...
Teaching with the data in mind: Using Oklahoma achievement test results to close the gap for No Child Left Behind.
(2004)
This qualitative study investigated successful practices of "highly effective" elementary teachers as they used Oklahoma State achievement test data to close the gap for all student subgroups in fulfilling the mandates of ...