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Author:: Anderson, William George
Title:: Interaction and control in asynchronous computer-mediated communication in a distance education context.
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: asynchronous
control
computer-medicated communication
interaction
distance education
higher education
teacher edcuation
File:: Download diss.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Grahame Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Hyde, William Garland
Title:: DETERMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NONTRADITIONALLY PREPARED AND TRADITIONALLY PREPARED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: Career and Technical Teacher Education
Career and Technical Education
in-service
nontraditional
File:: Download Hyde2007.pdf
Committee Members:: Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member

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Author:: Hsieh, Wen-Lan
Title:: THE EFFECTS AND PROCESS OF USING DIFFERENT STORY-INDEXING STRATEGIES WITHIN A CASE LIBRARY ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO SOLVE ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEMS
Graduate Program:: Instructional Systems
Keywords:: story telling
problem solving
story index
case library
experts and novices
Case-based reasoning
File:: Download Thesis_WenlanHsieh.pdf
Committee Members:: Brian K Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member
Susan M Land, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Mwaura, John N.
Title:: BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: international students
adult students
nontraditional students
Black africans
phenomenology
heuristic
File:: Download John_Mwaura__final_diss_May_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member

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Author:: Chu, Yun-Fen
Title:: RETELLING THE STORY OF HUA MU-LAN: MILITARY EXPERIENCES OF UNIFORMED WOMEN FROM ONE TAIWANESE SERVICE ACADEMY
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: gender performance
the gendered division of labor
Taiwanese servicewomen
nationalism
Confucianism
subjective experiences
subject positions
File:: Download Dissertation_fianl1.pdf
Committee Members:: Marnina Gonick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Ventresca, Melissa Weida
Title:: Understanding The Role Of Storytelling In The Transformation of Female Cocaine Addicts In Narcotics Anonymnous
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Storytelling
Tranformation
Narcotics Anonymous
File:: Download Ventresca_Dissertation_Final_with_Formatting.pdf
Committee Members:: Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Swartz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Bowers, Committee Member

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Author:: Kramer, Lorie Renee
Title:: The role of relationships between adults and canine companions: The impact on personal growth and well-being
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult education
human-animal bond
anthrozoology
learning through relationships/connections
attunement
attachment to pets
File:: Download Dissertation-final_for_Thesis_Office.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member

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Author:: Sauer, Michael Paul
Title:: Storytelling by Adults Diagnosed with Terminal Illness: Narrative Identifying through Dialogical Research
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Dialogical Research
Storytelling
adult education
Listening
terminal illness
terminal diagnosis
narrative
narrative identifying
narrative learning
narrative medicine
narrative identifying
dialogism
meaning in life
end stage
good death
worldview construction
lifestory
unfinalizable
File:: Download sauer_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

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Author:: Wenrich, Jill Trostle
Title:: How Teacher and Principal Beliefs Inform Inclusive Practice in the Secondary Classroom Through Co-teaching
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: Co-Teaching
Team Teaching
Inclusion
File:: Download Jill_Trostle_Wenrich.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan C Faircloth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

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Author:: Zorrilla, Ana Carlina
Title:: More Than Meets the Eye: Adult Education for Critical Consciousness in Luis Camnitzer's Art
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult education for critical consciousness
critical public pedagogy
Luis Camnitzer
Stuart Hall
systems of representation
art
File:: Download Ana_Zorrilla_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Special Member
Fred Michael Schied, Special Member

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