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Author:

Knisely, Andrew Jon

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINABÉ CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE PASTORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY IN ADULT EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
spirituality
spiritual development
African studies
contextual theology
pastoral education
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Burkina Faso

File:

Download AndrewKniselyDissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

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:

McQuiggan, Carol

Title:

Preparing to Teach Online as Transformative Faculty Development

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
faculty development
teaching online

File:

Download McQuigganDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member

Author:

Hayduk, Dina

Title:

USING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS A FRAMEWORK TO EXPLORE WOMEN AND RUNNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
women
running
narrative inquiry

File:

Download Final_Formatted_Aug_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Carol A Smith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Thompson, Diane S.

Title:

No More a Stranger: The Development of Academic Literacy in Adult English Language Learners in Community College

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

developmental education
community college education
adult education
composition studies

File:

Download THOMPSON._ADTED_FINAL_DISSERTATION_FOR_SUBMISSION_6.3.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Shanetia Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Janice Elaine

Title:

The Meanings of Teaching from the Perspective of Exemplary and Experienced Teachers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
narrative inquiry
meaning-making
Kegan
constructive-developmental
teaching
teacher professional development

File:

Download Smith_March_25.pdfDownload Janice_Smith_Errata2.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Jarecke, Jodi Lynn Turner

Title:

TEACHER-LEARNER RELATIONSHIPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF THE THIRD-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

relational-culural theory
Teacher-learner relationships
adult education
clinical education
medical education
communities of practice

File:

Download JARECKE._ADTED_FINAL_DISSERTATION_FOR_SUBMISSION_4.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Carol F Whitfield, Committee Member
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Mei-Fang

Title:

TAIWANESE YOUNG CHILDREN'S PLAY IN ECE SETTINGS: A STUDY OF TEACHER AND CHILD BEHAVIORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

socio-cultural perspective
children's play
self-regulation
executive function
theory of mind
early childhood education

File:

Download Dissertation--Mei-Fang_Cheng_eTD_Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lee Burgess, Committee Member
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member

Author:

Turley, Matthew William

Title:

FRIENDS OF BILL W.: THE STORIES OF HOW EIGHT MEN FOUND “A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES” THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformational learning theory
Alcoholics Anonymous
storytelling
spiritual development
narrative analysis

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Bowers, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Hatten, Jr., Norman E.

Title:

Responses by Small, Rural, Low Income School Districts to Fiscal Pressures

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

fiscal pressure
school finance
revenues
expenditures
rural schools
small schools

File:

Download Norman_Hatten_Dissertation_11.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Nancy S.

Title:

Who is the self that teaches? Perspectives of faculty as they learn to teach Spanish as a heritage language

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

teaching Spanish as a heritage language
Spanish speaking heritage learners
university faculty development
adult education
scholarship of teaching and learning
culturally responsive teaching
experiential learning theory

File:

Download resubmit_final_with_corrections_may_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Gloria Bodtorf Clark, Committee Member
Jo Victoria Goodman, Committee Member

Author:

Plageman, Paula M.

Title:

Adult Women in Higher Education: The Perceived Influence of Families

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

influence
family
postsecondary education
women
adult
persistence

File:

Download Plageman_Dissertation_Finalpdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Chiara Sabina, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Weiler-Timmins, Rebecca A.

Title:

Authenticity and Lesbian Health Educators

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
health education
lesbian
authenticity
self-disclosure
teachers

File:

Download R_WEILERTIMMINS_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Gilman, Sharlene Elinor

Title:

"You Never Undo that Promise to Yourself": Identities and agency in an anti-bias, interactive theatrical troupe

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

African American teachers
Boal
activist theatre
performing arts
tolerance
adolescent identity
anti-bullying activism
bullying
secondary performing arts
adolescent leadership

File:

Download Never_Undo_that_Promise.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Yvonne Madelaine Gaudelius, Committee Member

Author:

Lutter, Stacy Lynn

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF REGISTERED NURSES’ INTENTIONS TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

intentions to leave
gender
poststructural feminism
registered nurse
nursing shortage

File:

Download Dissertation-Final_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Helfrich, Scott M.

Title:

Understanding the Relationship Between Undergraduate Housing Environments and Academic Self-Concept

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

student affairs
student housing
residence life
academic self-concept
student development
outsourcing

File:

Download Helfrich.HIED.973508161.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly A Griffin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
Robert D Reason, Committee Member
Pricilla Karen Murphy, Committee Member

Author:

Foley, Shawn Thomas

Title:

THE EFFECT OF A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) ON UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORIAL INTENTION TO USE AN EHR

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

nursing
ehr
BEHAVIORIAL intention
nursing
learning environment
education
adoption

File:

Download foleyDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan M Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wei Fan Chen, Committee Member
Dee Mc Gonigle, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Glade, Tyrone H

Title:

FY 2010: The Response of the In-House Lobbyists at the State-Related Research Universities of Pennsylvania to an Economic Crisis

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

state appropriations
research universities
lobbying
lobbyists
political perspective
in-house lobbyists
Pennsylvania

File:

Download June_17a_2011_Draft--Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dorothy H Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member