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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION: A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF A CRITICAL CURRICULUM ON STUDENT UNDERSTANDING
(2017-05-13)
Like many within the profession, my own beliefs and practices have been impacted by personal and professional struggles and experiences (Palmer, 2007), as well as the historical influences of physical education (Kirk, 1986; ...
Intertextuality and the social construction of meaning.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to examine intertextual links made by second grade students during a variety of reading experiences and how they create meaning through those links. The guiding questions for the study are: ...
An analysis of stage theory related to beginning social studies teachers: Research on professional development.
(1998)
With the consideration of the purpose and goals of this study, a qualitative research paradigm, with emphasis on using constant comparative analysis, was applied in this investigation. Data that were gathered in this ...
Professional moral development in student teaching: Constructing an ethos.
(2001)
Two case studies of the professional moral development of early childhood majors during the first eight weeks of their student teaching were reported. The case studies involved classroom and context observations, interviews ...
Historical development of social studies education in Jordanian secondary schools since 1921.
(2005)
An overall analysis of data reveals that some factors in the Jordanian culture have been considered hindrances to the development of social studies education and the adoption of the new teaching approaches. These include: ...
Three-Dimensional Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Understanding Science Learning in the Next Generation of Science Education
(2018-08-02)
This study focused on examining the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of teachers focused on transitioning to phenomena-driven, three-dimensional Learning as outlined in A Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) ...
Setting the standard: Perceptions and implementations of standards for mathematics teacher preparation programs
(2019-12)
The development and use of standards have become a key aspect of education.
Significant research has been conducted to understand the perceptions and implementations of standards in PK-12 school settings. There exists ...
Examining How QRIS Programs Ensure Quality, Access, and Availability of Services For All Young Children Including Those With Disabilities
(2015-07-30)
Nearly twenty years ago Oklahoma set the foundation for high-quality childcare in the state and across the country by creating the Reaching for the Stars program (STARs), a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) ...
A Model for Developing and Assessing Community College Students' Conceptions of the Range, Interquartile Range, and Standard Deviation
(2011)
Traditional curricular materials and pedagogical strategies have not been effective in developing conceptual understanding of statistics topics and statistical reasoning abilities of students. Much of the changes proposed ...