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A Veteran Social Studies Teacher's Journey To Meet The Needs Of Her Students
(2023-05)
This autoethnography discusses the ways in which I, a veteran and ambitious social
studies teacher, can evolve as a teacher and learner to meet all the needs of her students. The
literature shows that being a social ...
The Oklahoma Canon: A Need for Multicultural Literature in the ELA Classroom
(2020)
This study examines the frequency with which Oklahoma English teachers include multicultural literature into their curriculum. In addition, this study explores teachers’ attitudes and beliefs toward multicultural literature, ...
TEACHING FOR CITIZENSHIP WITHIN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
(2016-05-13)
The purpose of this study was to learn more about elementary social studies instruction and its role within citizenship education. In particular, this study focused on gaining insight into the nature of social studies ...
Positive Teacher-Student Relationship Building and Its Effects on Motivation, Learning, and Teacher Well-being
(2019-05-10)
This study investigates the ways in which teachers in secondary education settings build positive teacher-student interpersonal relationships (TSRs) and how those relationships may affect student motivation, learning, and ...
A Historical Examination of the Transformation of Poetry Teaching in the English Classroom from 1912-2016
(2017-05)
Poetry has been a consistent in the English classroom for well over 100 years. In the course of that time the poets, poems, methods of teaching, the teacher, and the students have all changed. The English Journal has been ...
HOW CAN TEACHERS INTEGRATE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN INTO THEIR MAINSTREAM SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES?
(2020-05-08)
Women are often underrepresented in traditional social studies courses. In this qualitative study I sought to understand how current teachers were integrating the history of women into their mainstream social studies ...
CREATING A PERSONALIZED LEARNER-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS: ONE MIDDLE-LEVEL LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER'S JOURNEY
(2017-05)
Teachers create conditions within the classroom that strongly shape the nature of their students’ academic performance and future success. The purpose of this study was to describe and systematically analyze the changing ...
Family Involvement in the Early Childhood Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Strategies and Applications
(2019-05)
Family involvement is an important component of child development and leads to various positive outcomes. There are many programs that exist to provide parents with resources and support but there is a gap in the literature ...
Ideological Literature: The Ideological Biases of Commonly Taught Works and Their Implications Vis-a-Vis the School System
(2016-12)
Michael Schiro posits the existence of four “curricular ideologies,” conflicting viewpoints about education’s purpose. This thesis attempts to link those ideologies – scholar academic, social efficiency, learner centered, ...
Teachers' Perspectives of Supporting Children with Trauma
(2019-05-10)
Childhood trauma is impacting children and teachers across the nation. According to attachment theory, when children do not form secure attachments with parents, they will seek out attachments from other adults. Teachers ...