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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:

Yang, Hsiao-Hui

Title:

SEEKING THE DAO IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: READING WESTERN FANTASIES FROM A DAOIST PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Taoism
Daoism
fantasy
children literature
Chinese philosophy
Multiculturalism

File:

Download Seeking_the_Dao_In_Children_Literature.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Hade & Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
On Cho Ng, Committee Member

Author:

Manno, Jacqueline Lilja

Title:

K-5 Mentor Teachers' Journeys Toward Reform-Oriented Science Within A Professional Development School Context

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Science education
professional development school
science teaching

File:

Download MANNO_J_DISSERTATION_PSU_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Susan Mary Land, Committee Member
Susan Courson, Ph D, Committee Member

Author:

Bechtold, Joy Marie

Title:

EARLY-CARE AND EDUCATION TEACHERS’ PRECEPTION OF HIGH QUALITY EARLY-CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING IN RELATION TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL AND EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education
Early Childhood
Early Childhood Education

File:

Download Dissertation_Dec_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr James Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

DeCoste, Jennifer Michelle

Title:

Queering sex education: Rural sex educators' perceptions of queer issues

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sex education
rural
qualitative research
queer

File:

Download dissertation_final_decoste.pdf

Committee Members:

John Daniel Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Ann De Reus, Committee Member

Author:

Guillard, Julianne

Title:

The Twilight of our years: Text, identity, and reader subjectivity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

feminist
girlhood
critical discourse analysis
psychoanalytic theory
reader response theory
Twilight
reading
identity

File:

Download Guillard_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Katie Lauren

Title:

TEACHER-AS-WRITER AND WRITER-AS-TEACHER: AN INQUIRY INTO A COMMUNITY OF TEACHER-WRITERS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher education
writing communities
writing groups
professional development
writer-teacher
teacher-writer
writing for publication

File:

Download ANDERSON_final_thesis_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Whitney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cardimona, Kimberly Marie

Title:

IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES FOR ELLS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English language learners
mathematics instruction
ESL
social interaction

File:

Download kimcfinaldisseratation1.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Youb Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Dr Youb Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Ridgeman, Michael

Title:

Translating Overseas Student Teaching to First Year Teaching: An Exploration

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sustainability
worldview
Overseas student teaching
place
first year teachers

File:

Download finaltamale.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
George Richard Vahoviak, Committee Member
James Hamilton Iii, 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