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Author:

Ngomba-Westbrook, Nalova

Title:

Tensions of Teaching Media Literacy in Teacher Education

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy studies
media literacy
media studies
teacher education
survey research
case study

File:

Download WestbrookDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Lance Ernest

Title:

Cultivating Democratic Habits of Communication in the Social Studies

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

John Dewey
habits
communication
social studies
philosophy of education

File:

Download MASON_Dissertation_-_Cultivating_Democratic_Habits_of_Communication_-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Murry R Nelson, Committee Member
Alan M Sica, Committee Member
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Committee Member

Author:

Cone Hernbloom, Lisa Ann

Title:

Negotiating Race To The Top: An Intervention Teacher's Story

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

positioning
Race to the Top
intervention
autoethnography
critical policy analysis
agency

File:

Download Lisa_Ann_Cone_Hernbloom_Dissertation_The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Special Member

Author:

Huang, Hubert Khan

Title:

Examining youth attitudes toward civic engagement: A study of collaborative social entrepreneurship using a multi-user virtual environment

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

civic education
civic engagement
educational technology
issues-centered curriculum
deliberation
interdisciplinary literacy

File:

Download Huang_Dissertation_Revised_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Metzger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Rose Marie Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Pasterick, Michelle Le

Title:

Language and culture learning abroad: Mediating pre-service World Languages teachers' development of interculturality

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

world languages
interculturality
study abroad
foreign language
intercultural competence

File:

Download M_L_Pasterick_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Suyoung

Title:

Demystifying the Popular Narratives of English Fever in South Korea: From Mothers' Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English fever
globalization
education fever
Korean motherhood
neoliberal motherhood
intensive mothering

File:

Download SYKang_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mari Haneda, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Special Member

Author:

Kawai, Roi

Title:

Punishment, Resistance, and Hope in School: Political Narratives of Urban Youth

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Politics of School
Urban Education
Civic Education
Middle Level Education
Political Narratives

File:

Download 1-Kawai_R._Dissertation_Final_Draft._4.26.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member

Author:

Hults, Alaska Black

Title:

The Dialogic Cconstruction of Bilingual Literacies, Disability, and Inclusion by Content-area Teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

ESL
Disability Studies in Education
Positioning
Professional Learning
Professional Development
K-12

File:

Download HULTS_Diss_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Karen E Johnson, Special Member

Author:

Mooney, Angela J

Title:

(un)intended Outcomes of the Common Core English Language Arts Standards: A Narrative Inquiry into the Learning Experiences of English Learners' Teachers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult learning
elementary teachers
Common Core State Standards
English Learners
authoritative policies

File:

Download Angela_J_Mooney_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Susana Prins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Davin Jules Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Member

Author:

Rattner, Laura Esther

Title:

The Media(ted) Girl: Creating (feminist) Spaces

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girls' studies
feminism
media literacy

File:

Download Rattner_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Booker Stephen Carpenter Ii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Michelle Rodino Colocino, Committee Member

Author:

Kingkaysone, Judy Souchita

Title:

Reading Art: Multiliteracies and History Education

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

history education
historical thinking
multiliteracies
arts integration

File:

Download Judy_Kingkaysone_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Sherman, Brandon James

Title:

Agency, Ideology, and Information/Communication Technology: English Language Instructor use of Instructional Technology at a South Korean College

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Educational technology
English as a Foreign Language
Teacher Agency
Case Study

File:

Download Dissertation.BJS.10.02.pdf

Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Nguyen, Trung L

Title:

SUCCEED OR PERISH: THE STORY OF ONE CHARTER SCHOOL IN POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Hurricane Katrina
Charter Schools
New Orleans
Privatization
Neoliberal

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_july13.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Mary Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Karen Eppley, Committee Member
DAVID MCBRIDE, Outside Member