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THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP: TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF WESTERN THOUGHT AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON EDUCATION IN DESIGN
(2017-05)
Criticisms of design education suggest that educational practices have failed to produce competent designers and, concurrently, failed to allow for participation in culture (Norberg-Schulz 1965, Rudofsky 1987, Ponce de ...
UNDERSTANDING A NONPROFIT FORM OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE ECOLOGICAL POLITICAL METAPHOR: THE CASE OF EL SISTEMA OKLAHOMA
(2017-05)
This is an educational studies dissertation substantiated in an emergent, empirical case. Over the past few decades, the fine arts, including music education, have increasingly been de-emphasized in PK-12 school environments. ...
Striving to Breathe and Balance on the Brink: Spirituality in the Lives of New Faculty in Transition
(2010)
The purpose of this study was to increase an understanding of spirituality's place in the holistic adult adjustment of new faculty members during their transitional years at a public research university. Many have been ...
The Effect of Increasing Intercollegiate Athletic Program Spending on Enrollment at Small Colleges and Universities
(2018)
This quantitative study focuses on ten small, private colleges and universities affiliated with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Association of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The research ...
Undergraduate International Students in Virtual Learning Communities: Exploring the Development of the "I-Me" Identity
(2015-08)
This qualitative study explored the experiences of twelve international students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds in virtual learning communities in university and college courses. Specifically, this study ...
Patterns of School Identification in an Urban School District: A Descriptive Case Study
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of school identification across grade levels, and whether certain factors contributed to students' feelings of identification with school in an urban district in the ...
Employee Beliefs Regarding an Energy Management Company's Transformational Program in Developing Energy Efficient Practices in Public Schools
(2014-05-10)
Public schools throughout the United States of America are experiencing financial hardship (Oliff, Mai, & Leachman, 2012), and due to the turbulence and fluctuation of state budgets, sound funding and competent budgeting ...
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT SIZE AND PATTERNS OF SCHOOL EXPENDITURES
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between school district size and spending for instructional and administrative costs. This report expands on existing research topical to school funding issues, ...
Examination of the Financial Costs of Teacher Turnover in Mid-Sized Urban School Districts
(2010)
It is estimated that 50% of beginning teachers leave the profession within the first five years on the job. When teachers depart, they take with them their knowledge of instructional techniques, students' learning styles, ...
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TITLE I FUNDING AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES OF TITLE I AND NON-TITLE I MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
(2013-12)
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative analysis utilizing a hierarchical multiple regression analysis and a one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was to investigate whether the allocation of Title I monies affect the ...