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1. Individual Excellence versus Collaborative Culture: A Cross-national Analysis of Professional Capital in the U.S., Finland, Japan, and Singapore

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Author:
Ikoma, Sakiko
Title:
Individual Excellence versus Collaborative Culture: A Cross-national Analysis of Professional Capital in the U.S., Finland, Japan, and Singapore
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
Professionalization of teaching
Cross-national analysis
Professional Capital
Collaborative school culture
File:
Download IKOMA_S_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Gerald K Letendre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Soo Yong Byun, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Special Member

3. The role of social capital at home and in school in academicachievement: The case of South Korea

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Hyunwoo
Title:
The role of social capital at home and in school in academicachievement: The case of South Korea
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
family socialcapital
school social capital
Korean education
academic achievement
File:
Download Master_Thesis__Hyunwoo_Yang_.pdf
Committee Members:
Soo Yong Byun, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Bringing Autonomy Back to the School Level: A Descriptive Analysis of the Philadelphia School Redesign Initiative

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Author:
Johnson, Catherine G
Title:
Bringing Autonomy Back to the School Level: A Descriptive Analysis of the Philadelphia School Redesign Initiative
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
school reform
redesign
elementary school
middle school
Philadelphia
school autonomy
File:
Download CJohnson_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mindy L Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools

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Author:
Worthington, Stephen Staley
Title:
Gaps in the Armor: Predictors of Civil Rights Complaints in Pennsylvania's Elementary & Secondary Schools
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
civil rights
education
discrimination
Pennsylvania
Office for Civil Rights
public schools
Title VI
Title IX
Section 504
race
disability
charter schools
educational equity
binary logistic regression
special education funding
special education disputes
dispute resolution
File:
Download Worthington_Thesis_-_Gaps_in_the_Armor.pdf
Committee Members:
Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. The Regulated Environment: Proposal for an Investigation of Discipline Policy as Symbolic Action

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Author:
Tyler, Alison Cathleen
Title:
The Regulated Environment: Proposal for an Investigation of Discipline Policy as Symbolic Action
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
regulated environment
discipline policy
ethnography
File:
Download Thesis_-_final.pdf
Committee Members:
David Alexander Gamson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
John Evan Roberts, Committee Member

9. Disrupting the Pathway: Girls' Education, Empowerment, and Equality Policy Discourses in the Millennium Development Goal Era (2000 - 2015)

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Author:
Anderson, Emily Williams
Title:
Disrupting the Pathway: Girls' Education, Empowerment, and Equality Policy Discourses in the Millennium Development Goal Era (2000 - 2015)
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
comparative education
policy discourse analysis
new media policy studies
girls' education
File:
Download Emily_Anderson_Dissertation_20160707.pdf
Committee Members:
Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Evan Roberts, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member
Alexander W. Wiseman, Special Member

10. Work and Other Factors Influencing Student's Likelihood of Working in College in the United States and the Republic of Korea

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Author:
Lee, Kristen A
Title:
Work and Other Factors Influencing Student's Likelihood of Working in College in the United States and the Republic of Korea
Graduate Program:
Educational Theory and Policy
Keywords:
College choice
Work
United States
Korea
File:
Download Kristen_Lee_CompleteDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Outside Member