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Author:

Berry, Ann Bassett

Title:

Sources of Work-related Support for Rural Special Education Teachers And Their Relationship to Teacher Satisfaction and Commitment

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

survey research
teacher satisfaction
special education
rural
teacher retention
teacher attrition
work-related support
teacher commitment

File:

Download _Ann_Berry_Dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Demetrius Thomas Farmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas W Farmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda Mason, Committee Member
Mary Catherine Scheeler, Committee Member
Elizabeth M Z Farmer, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Searfoss, Annette Louise

Title:

Family and Center-Based Child Care Providers' Beliefs and Concerns About Professional Development Opportunities

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child care
early childhood education
beliefs
concerns
professional development
Concerns-Based Adoption Model
expectancy-value theory

File:

Download Annette_Searfoss_Dissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Rogers, Amy Michelle

Title:

BECOMING MORE "CIVIC" THROUGH THE STUDY OF LOCAL HISTORY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

place-based education
civic engagement
civic mindedness
local history

File:

Download Final_Revision_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murry R Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member

Author:

Fleischer, Andrea H

Title:

Teacher Ratings of Intervention Acceptability in the Instructional Support Team Process

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

teacher ratings
intervention acceptability
IST
instructional support team
prerferral intervention
intervention acceptability

File:

Download ANDREA_FLEISCHER_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Leroy French, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Member
John T Neisworth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Ivrendi, Asiye

Title:

The influence of kindergarten teachers' and principals' supervisory association on curriculum and teaching

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

kindergarten teacher-principal supervisory associa
early childhood curriculum
supervision of kindergarten teachers
Developmentally appropriate practices

File:

Download asiyeDiss_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Baker, Betsy A.

Title:

The Role of Institution, Ideology, Interests, and Information in the Decision to Departmentalize in Elementary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

departmentalize
horizontal organization
self-contained
elementary
departmentalization
elementary departmentalization

File:

Download BetsyABakerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston Green, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Lylo, Brooke June

Title:

Effects of Concurrent Self-Monitoring on Special Education Teachers' Use of Learning Trials

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

self-monitoring
learning trials
graphing
goal setting
instructional behaviors
preservice teachers
teacher preparation

File:

Download Dissertation_Lylo_Final_8_11.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Member
Mary Catherine Scheeler, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Burke, Brigid Moira

Title:

Experiential Professional Development: Promoting Communicative Language Teaching with Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Design

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development
Outward Bound
Expeditionary learning
communicative language teaching
foreign language teaching
world language teaching
experiential education

File:

Download EPD_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Sandra J. Savignon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Sockman, Beth Rajan

Title:

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR TEACHING STYLE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE-TO-ONE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

teacher change
one to one
teachers and technology
teacher beliefs
teacher character
teacher values
qualitative disseration
laptop education
computers in education

File:

Download SockmanDissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jack Vincent Matson, Committee Member

Author:

Clapper, Christy Ann

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of High Performing Middle School Students and Their Experiences of The Development of Their Relationships with Their Teachers

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

teacher-student relationships
student experiences of relationships with teachers
developing relationships between teachers and stud
middle school student-teacher relationships

File:

Download Christy_Clapper_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member