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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:

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:

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:

Mecca, Cecelia Lee

Title:

NEGTIOATING INTERDISIPLINARY TEAMING IN A MIDDLE-LEVEL SCHOOL CONTEXT

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teaming interdisciplinary curriculum middle school

File:

Download 01dissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member

Author:

Penny, Christian Vincent

Title:

TEACHING, TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING IN A DIGITAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

digital
lived experience
teachers
phenomenology

File:

Download PennyDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Iris M Striedieck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Debra M Feedman, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member

Author:

Traister, Catherine Ann

Title:

The Perceptions of Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, and University Supervisors Regarding the Assessment of Student Teacher Performance

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Student Teaching Assessment

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Debra Freedman, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Reilly, Cole

Title:

Reading Gender(ing) through Pedagoggy in Action: A Multiple Case Study Employing Critical Discourse Analysis

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

feminist pedagogy
pedagogy
read-alouds
discourse analysis
gendering
gender
class discussions
social constructivism

File:

Download Reilly_Dissertation_Final_Draft_with_Revisions_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

J Daniel Marshall Ph D, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member

Author:

Schuster, Dwight A

Title:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Professional Development
Science Education
Nature of Science
Inservice Teachers

File:

Download DissertationFinal7-13.pdf

Committee Members:

William Carlsen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
William Boyd, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Savini, Denise Danielle

Title:

AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF A COLLABORATION WITHIN A SECONDARY CO-TEACHING INCLUSIVE SETTING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

secondary
collaboration
inclusion

File:

Download A_Collaboration_Savini.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member

Author:

Bozella, Devorah Lynn

Title:

An Examination of the Practices and Perceptions of Student Teaching Coordinators for Matching Student Teachers with Clinical Placement Sites in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Student teaching
matching
higher education

File:

Download Bozella_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hankin, Deborah Sue

Title:

INDIVIDUAL NOVICE TEACHER NEEDS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EVALUATION OF A WELL-RESPECTED INDUCTION PROGRAM

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

new teacher induction
new teacher support
novice teacher professional development
mentoring
induction
novice teacher needs

File:

Download DHankin_DissertationETD_12-06PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Debra Freedman, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Ballock, Ellen E.

Title:

The Development and Evaluation of a Self-Study Process for Critical Friends Groups

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional learning community
critical friends group
group development
professional development
self-study
goal-setting process

File:

Download BallockFinalThesisDocument.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Al Morshedi , Ghadah Hassan

Title:

ACADEMIC SOCIALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE EMIRATI AND SAUDI STUDENTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Culture Shock
Gulf Region Students
Disciplinary Socialization
Language Socialization
Academic Socialization

File:

Download Ghadah_Hassan__Al_Morshedi_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Freeman, Harry Paul

Title:

Case Study of Mentor and Intern Relationships in a Professional Development School Context at the Secondary Level

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mentor
intern

File:

Download hp_freeman_.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Dr John W Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member

Author:

Pyles , Jennifer Le-Ann Chestnut

Title:

Stories from Kindergarten: A Study of Teachers of Young Children in Public School Kindergarten Classroom Under the Standards Based Accountability Design

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher stories
accountability
assessment
kindergarten
teacher autonomy

File:

Download Jennifer_Pyles_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Lunt, Jana

Title:

The Effects of Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding of Addition and Subtraction Word Problems on Student Understanding

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher knowledge
student understanding
cognitive demand
word problems

File:

Download Jana_Lunt_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Glendon Wilbur Blume, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Kathleen Marie

Title:

Elementary teachers' perceptions of science inquiry and professional development challenges and opportunities

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elemenatary teachers and science
science inquiry
prfessional development in science education

File:

Download Kathleen_Jones_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member

Author:

Mbindyo, Margaret Ngina

Title:

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESILIENCE AND COLLEGE SUCCESS: CROSS-NATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF LOW-INCOME/FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Protective Factors
Upward Bound Program
TRIO programs
First Generation
Low income
Academic Resilience
Risk Factors
Academic Engagement
Social Engagement

File:

Download ETDS_II.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Susan Faircloth, Committee Member

Author:

Amond, Mary Beth

Title:

ENACTING AN INQUIRY STANCE: EXAMINING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF LEARNING TO TEACH IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL THAT FOSTERS TEACHER INQUIRY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development school
teacher inquiry
reflection
adaptive expertise

File:

Download MB_Amond_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member