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Pestalozzian Influences on Female Education: The Work of Pestalozzi's Female Associates in Switzerland, Germany, and the United States during the Early Nineteenth Century
(2012)
Pestalozzi, the Swiss educational reformer of the early nineteenth century, changed the landscape of education for centuries to come. His praxis spread to European countries and to the United States. The reformer's influence ...
De-professionalized and Demoralized: A Longitudinal Examination of Teachers' Perception of Their Work and Teacher Turnover During the Accountability Era in the United States
(2018-04-27)
The purpose of this dissertation, presented in a three article format, is to describe the changes in teachers’ perceptions of their work, and how those changes relate to teacher turnover, through the state and federal ...
A Study of the Correlation Between Three Instructional Methods and Short-Term Knowledge Gain of Credit Card Debt Among College Students
(2014-05-09)
Consumer education, specifically information focusing on credit cards, is needed at all levels of society including students attending college campuses. Because financial decisions made can impact students’ progression ...
DISGUST AS A CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION FOR ART APPRECIATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT IN PRACTICE
(2018-05-11)
Reflecting on the history of art appreciation and viewing its current context within a community college, as a general education course that largely perpetuates cultural miseducation (Martin 2011) through preservation of ...
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 ...
Undergradaute Learning from Amateur Musicking: Rethinking the Music Academy's Deep-Gendered Hidden Curriculum through Narrative Inquiry
(2019-05-06)
U.S. higher education supports a deep-gendered view of art (Korsmeyer, 2004) perpetuated through the music academy’s cultivation of the individual artist for professional, competitive Western classical musicianship (Campbell, ...