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Author:

Ogden, Anthony Charles

Title:

Education Abroad and the Making of Global Citizens: Assessing Learning Outcomes of Course-Embedded, Faculty-Led International Programming

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

education abroad
global citizenship
academic development

File:

Download Dissertation_A.Ogden.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerry Le Tendre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Duarte Morais, Committee Member

Author:

Sanders, Felicia Charron

Title:

A CURRICULAR POLICY FORTY YEARS IN THE MAKING: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COURSE IN THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

policy evaluation
policy implementation
multicultural education
urban education

File:

Download Felicia_Sanders--Final_Dissertation_Thesis-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Kimberly Griffin, Committee Member
Emilie Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, John

Title:

Intelligent Design and Educational Policy: The Case in Kansas

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

evolution
intelligent design
educational politics
educational policy
school boards
Kansas
politics

File:

Download Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Hiroshi Ohmoto, Committee Member

Author:

Boggess, Laurence Bradley

Title:

Home Growing Teacher Quality: District Partnerships with Urban Teacher Residencies

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

urban education
district reform
teacher quality

File:

Download Boggess_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Emily Boyd, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Movit, Marcela A. K.

Title:

Equal Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students from Diverse Backgrounds: An Assessment

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

diversity
language minority students
second langauge acquisition
equal educational opportunity
limited English proficienty

File:

Download FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Oster, Maryjo M

Title:

Prevention & Politics: An Investigation of Sex Education Policy in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

sex education
teen pregnancy
STIs
prevention
adolescents
morality policy
culture wars

File:

Download Oster_Dissertation_-_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Eckert, Sarah Anne

Title:

Preparation, Teacher Efficacy and Retention: How Novice Teachers Negotiate Urban Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Teacher Efficacy
Urban Schools
Teacher Preparpation
Teacher Retention

File:

Download Eckert_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member

Author:

Adair, Suzanne C.

Title:

Challenging Public School Resegregation: The Use of Small-Scale Social Movements to Preserve the Promise of Brown

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

desegregation
resegregation
neighborhood schools

File:

Download thesis.pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Dr Sean Reardon, Committee Member
Dr Dena Swanson, Committee Member

Author:

Jenkins, Toby S

Title:

IN FULL COLOR: UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS OF COLOR THROUGH CULTURAL SELF PORTRAITURE

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Culture
Portraiture
Multicultural
Students of Color

File:

Download Dissertationfinalpdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shaun Harper, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Committee Member

Author:

Frick, William Charles

Title:

An empirical investigation of secondary principals' perspectives on "the best interests of the student" as a viable professional ethic for educational leadership

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

ethics
education administration
education leadership
values
decision making
moral practice

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member