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Author:

Cimsir, Elif

Title:

The Influence of Attitudes toward Students with Disabilities and Counselor Training on School Counselor's Perceptions of Preparedness to Provide Services to Students with Disabilities

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Students with Disabilities
School Counselor Preparation
School Counselor Training

File:

Download Dissertationpdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Connell, Sherri Lee

Title:

WHY PARENTS, IN THE PENNS VALLEY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHOOSE CYBER CHARTER OR CHARTER SCHOOLS OVER THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

charter school
cyber charter school
enrollment
traditional public school
parental choice
parental decision making

File:

Download 05102016_Dissertation_CONNELL_SL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reeves, Philip M

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF HELP-SEEKING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Help-seeking
Self-regulated Learning
Entrepreneurship Education

File:

Download Reeves_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Audrey Sperling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
Sarah Elizabeth Zappe, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Outside Member

Author:

Hobbs, Alisa Rhoades

Title:

Policy at Work: An Insider's Critical Discourse Analysis of Texts Surrounding A School Bill in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

school vouchers
critical discourse analysis
social practices
discursive events
education policy

File:

Download Ali_Hobbs_Dissertation_July_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Williard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member

Author:

Kane, Colleen

Title:

Building Collaboration Capacity for RTI: Principal Voices

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Educational Leadership
Response to Intervention
RTI
MTSS
principal leadership
collaboration
RTI sustainability

File:

Download Colleen_Kane_Building_Collaboration_for_RTI-Principal_Voices_7-16Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Charles Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Edward Fuller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Douglas Dexter, Committee Member
Dr. William Hartman, Committee Member
Dr. Edgar Yoder, Outside Member

Author:

Aguilera Hermida, Ana Patricia

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN A LEARNING INSTITUTE: A CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Lifelong learning
Neuroplasticity
U3A
Lifelong learning institutes
Community Well-being
Older adults
Social Capital
Subjective well-being and seniors
Brain Reserve
Cognitive training
Learning institutes for older adults
Senior learners
Elderly

File:

Download Aguilera_Dissertation_Older_adults.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr. Clemmie E. Gilpin, Committee Member
Dr. Sarah Bronson, Outside Member

Author:

Adams, Nancy Ellen

Title:

Dialog About Psychosocial Issues in Problem-Based Learning Sessions in Medical Education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

problem-based learning (PBL)
psychosocial aspects of health care
cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT)
dialog
medical students

File:

Download Nancy_Adams_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Carol Whitfield, Committee Member
Gregory Alan Crawford, Outside Member

Author:

Breon, Amy

Title:

THE PRINCIPAL’S ROLE IN LEADING INSTRUCTIONAL CHANGE A CASE STUDY IN NEW PROGRAM ADOPTION

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Instructional Leadership
Principal's Role
Program Adoption
Instructional Change

File:

Download Amy_Breon.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member

Author:

Selvaraj, Shivaani Aruna

Title:

The Quest For Really Useful Knowledge: An Institutional Ethnography of Community Adult Education in the Digital Age

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

institutional ethnography
radical education
social relations
digital literacy
broadband adoption
neoliberal funding regimes

File:

Download Selvaraj_Dissertation_11.17.16.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W. Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini M. Grahame, Committee Member
Peter R. Grahame, Committee Member
Andrea Tapia, Outside Member
Sasha Costanza-Chock, Special Member