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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 ...
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 ...
We Need A New Idea: The Need For Student Autonomy Because There Is No One Right Way
(2016-05-13)
In this thesis, I will argue that it is important to encourage empowered adaptability through developing autonomy in school. I believe that emphasizing the importance of unique individual experiences through life and ...
Using Young Adult Literature as the Cornerstone of Literacy: Pairing Young Adult Novels with the Classics
(2016-05-13)
English classes are still relying on novels taught consistently since the eighties if not earlier. Though our students have changed drastically since that time, our teaching methods and texts have not. And now, only 20% ...
Courage and Connection in Teaching
(2019)
Social-emotional learning has been shown to have a positive impact on student outcomes, but too little attention has been placed on how the social-emotional competence of teachers is integral to this process. This study ...