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Author:

Tekin, Ali Kemal

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF TURKISH PARENTS’ BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

beliefs and perceptions
parent involvement
young children
Turkish
early childhood
child development

File:

Download Ali_Kemal_Tekin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Ogrenir, Burcin

Title:

Investigating the Relationships between Emotional Intelligence and Preservice Teachers' Views of Teacher Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher effectiveness
emotional intelligence
preservice

File:

Download burcinogrenirdissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Posey, Catherine Ruth

Title:

READING BEYOND: CHILDREN’S LIVED SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES OF FANTASY LITERATURE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children's literature
spirituality
language arts
reader-response
elementary education

File:

Download cposey_dissertation_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann M Trousdale, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Ammon Jr., Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Chieh-Lan

Title:

THE EMERGENCE OF FAIRY TALE LITERACY: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY ON PROMOTING CRITICAL LITERACY OF CHILDREN THROUGH A JUXTAPOSED READING OF CLASSIC FAIRY TALES AND THEIR CONTEMPORARY DISRUPTIVE VARIANTS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

critical literacy
fairy tales

File:

Download PS_Thesis-Chieh-Lan_Li-ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Benedicte Marie Christine Monicat, Committee Member

Author:

Hopkins, Elisa

Title:

Sharing Multicultural Poetry with Elementary Education Students: A Teacher Inquiry into Developing Critical Consciousness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher inquiry
elementary education students
multicultural poetry
critical consciousness

File:

Download ElisaHopkinsFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member

Author:

Yun, Eunja

Title:

POSTMODERN INTERROGATION OF CHILDREN¡¯S LITERATURE AND POSSIBILITIES IN LITERACY EDUCATION BY MEANS OF POSTMODERN PICTURE BOOKS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children literature
postmodernism
postmodern picture books
deconstructive approaches
literacy education
multiliteracies

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Patricia Marie Amburgy, Committee Member

Author:

Tekin, Gokce

Title:

TURKISH MOTHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREARING PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Istanbul
childrearing attitudes
Turkish mothers
parental attitudes
early childhood education
Turkey

File:

Download Gokce_Tekin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Hsin-Chun Jamie

Title:

IMAGINING A DIFFERENT WORLD: TRANSFORMING AND RE-VISIONING IN CHILDREN'S FANTASY NOVELS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

transform
revision

File:

Download Thesis_final_draft_0717.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Reiko Tachibana, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Hsiao-Hui

Title:

SEEKING THE DAO IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: READING WESTERN FANTASIES FROM A DAOIST PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Taoism
Daoism
fantasy
children literature
Chinese philosophy
Multiculturalism

File:

Download Seeking_the_Dao_In_Children_Literature.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Hade & Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
On Cho Ng, Committee Member

Author:

Ferguson, Larry

Title:

VOICE, POWER, TECHNOLOGY: JOINING THE TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CLUB VIA A JOURNEY FROM THE PROJECTS TO A PH.D.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Feminist Theory
Discourse Theory
Autobiography
Technology
Technology Literacy Club

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member

Author:

Su, Min

Title:

PLAY AND SEFL-REGULATION DEPICTED IN PICTURE BOOKS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

picture books
social learning
self-regulation
play

File:

Download Mindissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Min-Ju

Title:

GUIDING TAIWANESE KINDERGATENERS' EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND EMOTION REGULATION: THE EFFECTS OF CHILDREN¡¦S PICTURE BOOKS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children's picture books
emotional understanding
emotion regulation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Patricia Kay

Title:

A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S LITERACY IN PLAY BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN RELATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BASED ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

full day kindergarten
play and literacy
emergent literacy
early c hildhood education
writing
play

File:

Download dean.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member

Author:

Fillman, Robin M

Title:

THE ROLE OF A READING FIRST READING COACH IN A RURAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PERCEIVED BY THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy coach
reading first
rural schools

File:

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Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Ulker, Riza

Title:

A Study of Turkish Kindergarten Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Two Instructional Models: Direct Instruction and Child-Initiated Instruction

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child-initiated instruction
direct instruction
classroom social behavior
kindergarten

File:

Download Riza_Ulker.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Abdel Kader, Shereen Adel Ibrahim

Title:

ENHANCING CREATIVE BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS: THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND A CENTER FOR CREATIVITY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Creative Product
Descriptor Behavior
Achievement
Creativity
Classroom
Early Childhood
Children
Recognition
Teacher
Center for Creativity
Education Reform
School System
Behavior Expression
Creative Behavior
Creative Process
Identification
Curriculum
Instruction
Assessment
Indicator
Factor
Misconception

File:

Download Final_Thesis_04-17-08.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member

Author:

Santiago, Teresita

Title:

Children’s Perception of the Learning of English as a Second Language and the Textbooks Used in the Classroom in the Colonial/Postcolonial Context of Puerto Rico

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy
critical pedagogy
bilingual education
postcolonialism colonial

File:

Download Teresita_Santiago_Dissertation_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member

Author:

Chou, Wan-Hsiang

Title:

The Strange Case of Disconnection: Co-sleeping, Attachment, and the Imported Picture Books about Bedtime in Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Taiwan
childrearing practices
fear
transitional objects
children's literature
picture books
attachment theory
parent child relations
sleep

File:

Download wan_hsiang_chou_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Member
Dr Mary Galbraith, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Yen-Chun

Title:

Parents' Perceptions of Child's Play and the Relation to Children's Development of Social Competence and Creativity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child play
social competence
creativity

File:

Download Yen-Chun_Lin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tomas Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Robert Lee Burgess, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Ying-Chi

Title:

A story of the past makes its way to the present: Mobility in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Alice in Wonderland
media adaptations
mobility
picturebook
pop-up book
e-book

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

The Nation's Child: Childhood, Children's Literature and National Identity in Modern China

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Childhood
Children's Literature
National Identity
Modern China

File:

Download Xu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Shuang Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Suzanne Elizabeth

Title:

children, imaginary companions, and narrative skills:two case studies of the potential developmental benefits of imaginary companion play for the narrative skills of young children

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

decontextualized language
dynamic systems theory
imaginary companion play
narrative skill
play-literacy nexus.

File:

Download SwartzS.E.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Fischer, Sarah Beth

Title:

The Experience of Place in Child Literacy Life-worlds: A Phenomenological Study of Readers as Place-makers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy life-worlds
reader identity
children's special places
place-conscious education
literacy curricula

File:

Download Fischer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member
Christine Marme Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Aguilo-Perez, Emily R

Title:

TRACING PUERTO RICAN GIRLHOODS: AN INTERGENERATIONAL STUDY OF INTERACTIONS WITH BARBIE AND HER INFLUENCE ON FEMALE IDENTITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girlhood studies
play practices
identity
Puerto Rico
Barbie
race class and gender

File:

Download Aguilo-Perez_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline J A Reid-Walsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid-Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Courtney Desiree Morris, Committee Member
Christine M Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

D'Aveta, Laura A

Title:

IN SEARCH OF ALAGAËSIA: EXPLORING THE CONJUNCTION OF READER, AUTHOR AND PLACE IN CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI’S THE INHERITANCE CYCLE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Fantasy map
Projective Worlds
Secondary Worlds
Fantasy Landscapes

File:

Download D_Aveta_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member