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Author:

Baker, Betsy A.

Title:

The Role of Institution, Ideology, Interests, and Information in the Decision to Departmentalize in Elementary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

departmentalize
horizontal organization
self-contained
elementary
departmentalization
elementary departmentalization

File:

Download BetsyABakerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston Green, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Clapper, Christy Ann

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of High Performing Middle School Students and Their Experiences of The Development of Their Relationships with Their Teachers

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

teacher-student relationships
student experiences of relationships with teachers
developing relationships between teachers and stud
middle school student-teacher relationships

File:

Download Christy_Clapper_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Ackerman, Christine Marie

Title:

Zero Tolerance: Development of an Instrument to Measure How Zero Tolerance is Defined and Implimented in Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school discipline
zero tolerance

File:

Download ackerman.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Puri, Dipali

Title:

The Formation and Development of Moral Literacy as a Component of Pre-service Teacher Identity

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

moral literacy
teacher education
pre-service teachers
professional socialization

File:

Download Puri_Dipali-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Paul Begley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member

Author:

Frasca-Stuart, Edwina

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of Systemic Literacy Change

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

School Improvement
Literacy
Systemic Change

File:

Download Edwina_Frasca_Stuart_dissertation_Pauletta_Leathers_July_26_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Brelsford, Jeannette L.

Title:

Recess: Follow the Bounding Ball

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Vitamin D Deficiency
Wellness Policy 246
Positive Behavior Support
Cognitive
Ethic
Socialization
Case Study
Phenomenology
Physical Activity
Play
Recess
Childhood Obesity
History
PSSA

File:

Download JBrelsford_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Preston Green, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kurelja, John Michael

Title:

Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Charter Schools: The Responses of Three Pennsylvania School Districts

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Charter Schools
Case Studies
Competition

File:

Download Kurelja_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Emily Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Easley II, Jacob

Title:

Contextualizing Pedagogical Capacity: The Nexus Between Teaching and Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

comprehensive school reform
urban school reform
Capacity
reconstitution
teacing and learning innovations

File:

Download Easley_Contextualizing_Pedagogical_Capacity.pdf

Committee Members:

John Daniel Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Debra M Freedman, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Jinai

Title:

CHINESE AS "SPECIES" IN THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL: AN ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Mandarin
Chinese
language ecology
language planning
organizational theory
school board politics
foreign language

File:

Download Jinai_Dissertation-7-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Preston C Green, Committee Member