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Author:

Poehner, Priya Maria

Title:

DRAFTING A NEW CHAPTER ON CRITICAL FRIENDS GROUPS: EXPLORING TEACHER LEARNING FROM A VYGOTSKIAN PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher professional development
Critical Friends Groups
Sociocultural Theory
teacher learning

File:

Download final_dissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Childs, Sharon Smith

Title:

LANGUAGE TEACHER COGNITION: TRACING THE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

sociocultural theory
sociocultural perspective
language teacher education
teacher learning

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Final_Draft_-_CHILDS.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen E Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Tohill, Kimberly Lynn

Title:

Exploring Discourse and Knowledge Sharing in Online Affinity Spaces for Teachers

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

informal learning
affinity spaces
continuing professional learning
professional development
discussion boards
teacher learning
knowledge sharing
online discourse

File:

Download Kimberly_Tohill_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Flarend, Alice Marie

Title:

Identifying and Supporting Productive Collaborative Teacher Talk

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science teaching
teacher professional development
teacher learning
teacher discourse

File:

Download Alice_Flarend_Dissertation_March_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott P. McDonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott P. McDonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie L. Knight, Committee Member
Julia Plummer, Committee Member
Susan Strauss, Outside Member

Author:

Bateman, Kathryn

Title:

Assembling policy dilemmas: Science teacher responses to educational policy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

educational policy
science education
communities of practice
dilemmas
sense-making
teacher learning

File:

Download Bateman_Kathryn_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Scott McDonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Scott McDonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Gregory Kelly, Committee Member
Dr. Richard Duschl, Committee Member
Dr. Tanya Furman, Outside Member

Author:

Mc Causland, Jonathan

Title:

White Shame, White Ambivalence, and Learning to be a White Anti-racist Ambitious Science Teacher

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

science education
white supremacy
whiteness
practice-based teacher education
teacher learning
critical whiteness pedagogy
critical whiteness studies
design-based research
storytelling
teacher education

File:

Download McCausland_-_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Greg Kelly, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies