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Author:

Abuya, Benta A.

Title:

UNDERSTANDING OBSTACLES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF POOR, URBAN GIRLS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Urban education
Secondary education
Social construction

File:

Download Abuya_Benta__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Cummings, Eric William

Title:

THE ROLE OF LOCAL CHANGE AGENTS’ BELIEFS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Education Policy
Policy Implementation
NCLB

File:

Download Eric_Cummings.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Clancy Blair, Committee Member

Author:

Fischel, Joshua Andrew

Title:

Education After Modernity: Dewey, Davidson and the Prospects for Overcoming Diremption

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Donald Davidson
formal schooling
John Dewey
education
modernity
diremption

File:

Download final_copyd.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Suri Prakash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member

Author:

Mishook, Jacob Joseph

Title:

How do schools and teachers mediate the influence of state testing policies on arts education? The case in Virginia

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

school reform
assessment
arts education
NCLB

File:

Download MishookDis7-19-06.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Dr Christine Thompson, 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:

Moyi, Peter Liboyi

Title:

Child labor and schooling in Ghana and Kenya: The roles of poverty and education policy

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

child labor
education policy
poverty
Ghana
Kenya

File:

Download Moyi_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Walsh, Rachael M.

Title:

BREAKING BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

adolescent intervention programs
Higher Education Act
postsecondary education
educational equity
propensity score matching

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member

Author:

Youn, Min-jong

Title:

Inequality from the first day of school: The influence of teachers' academic intensity and sense of responsibility on the learning growth gap

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

school readiness
academic intensity
sense of responsibility
learning growth gap

File:

Download DISSERTATION_7_3_Minjong_Youn_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Sensenig, Victor James

Title:

Libraries and Literacy in Ecological Perspective

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Literacy education
Public libraries
Ecological systems theory
Reading achievement gap

File:

Download VJSensenig_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member

Author:

Weimer, Alison

Title:

The Elementary Physical Education Program: Quality and Sustainability in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

high-quality physical education
elementary physical education programs
physical education reform

File:

Download Weimer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Deborah Lee Kerstetter, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member