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SCHOOL COUNSELORS’ LEADERSHIP PARTICIPATION AND THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS
(2017-12-16)
This dissertation examines the perceptions of Oklahoma school counselors’ participation in school leadership and the effect their individual demographics or school organizational characteristics have on these perceptions. ...
The Academic-Athletic Divide in NCAA Division II: A Phenomenological Study of Intercollegiate Athletics Directors' Experiences
(2011)
Intercollegiate athletics has promoted the capacity to develop personal growth and development within participants for over a century but at times is littered with scandal and abuse on campuses (Thelin, 1996). Public ...
AN EXAMINATION OF MENTORING AND INDUCTION EFFECTS ON RETENTION, TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
(2017-12)
The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study with a non-equivocal groups design is to explore how mentoring and induction variables influence teacher retention, and the effect of mentoring on student achievement ...
The Tangible Impact of School Finance Litigation on Student Achievement
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to address the extent to which adequacy litigation functions as a means for improving student achievement, particularly among low income and minority students. The study extended theory ...
Organizational Structure, Leadership, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
(2015-05-08)
A plethora of research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) exists. However, there is a limited amount of research examining this construct within schools. This study examined the OCB phenomenon in schools. More ...
The Ontological Miseducation and Ontological Reeducation of African Americans: Race, Resistance and Transformation
(2017-12-16)
Carter G. Woodson’s insight that “If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action” inspired this dissertation, which critically studies theories of miseducation by Woodson (1933), Jane Roland ...
An Investigation Into Factors Contributing To Effective Board Behaviors Within Consolidated Rural Districts
(2014-05)
The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of two rural consolidated districts through the consolidation process, as well as board effectiveness (post consolidation), in actions using relevant behaviors taken ...
To The Angel of Schooling, Write: Redeeming the Telos of Schooling as a Liturgical Institution, And the Role of the School Administrator as Peace-Weaver, Through the Lens of Prophetic Imagination
(2015-05-08)
The purpose of this dissertation is to critique the institution of mass schooling by holding up the failure of both its liturgy and its pedagogies as part of the larger failure inherent in the overarching telos of the ...
Coming Out of the Shadows: A Social and Educative History of Male Same-Sex Sexualities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1836-2006
(2016-05-13)
This dissertation presents an educative history of male same-sex sexualities in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Using archival sources and oral history interviews of men who
experienced some of these turbulent times, it provides insight ...
TURNING WORDS INTO ACTION: A CASE STUDY EXPLORING HOW IDEOLOGY LINKS CONTEXT AND CHANGE
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to examine how context affects the ideological content of school district leadership as it enacts change. The political pressure which demands public school reform has created an environment ...