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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:

Crary, Foy Matthews

Title:

Why Are African American Parents Choosing Charter Schools: New Evidence from North Carolina

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

charter schools
choice in education
minority choice
African American choice in education

File:

Download FoyCrary.pdf

Committee Members:

Emily Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member

Author:

Polizzi, Joseph Aragona

Title:

Transformational Learning: The Preparation of New Teachers through Experiential Professional Development

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

experiential learning
teacher preparation
Professional Development Schools
transformational learning
immersion

File:

Download PolizziFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Richard M Kubina Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Oluwole, Joseph

Title:

Public Employment-Free Speech Jurisprudence: Proposal of a New Constitutional Test for Disciplined Whistleblowing Teachers.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

public schools; public employment; whistleblowing;

File:

Download Joseph_Oluwole.pdf

Committee Members:

Preston C Green, Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Committee Member
Daniel Robert Cahoy, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Laura Josie

Title:

The Relationship of Personal Characteristics of Educational Leaders On Their Interpretation of Policy And Decision Making Regarding Zero Tolerance Weapons Violations In K-12 Environments

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Educational Leaders
Zero Tolerance Policy
Locus of Control
Trait Anxiety
Decision Making

File:

Download LauraMoore.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Movit, Marcela A. K.

Title:

Equal Educational Opportunity for Language Minority Students from Diverse Backgrounds: An Assessment

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

diversity
language minority students
second langauge acquisition
equal educational opportunity
limited English proficienty

File:

Download FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Potter, Robert Lance

Title:

A Legal Analysis of the Legitimate Pedagogical Interest of Teaching Alternatives to Evolution in Public Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

evolution
intelligent design
creationism
teaching science
public school
Establishment Clause
freedom of speech

File:

Download R_L_Potter.pdf

Committee Members:

Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Soojeong

Title:

PRESTIGE-ORIENTED VIEW OF COLLEGE ENTRANCE AND SHADOW EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA: FACTORS INFLUENCING PARENT EXPENDITURES ON PRIVATE TUTORING

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

private tutoring expenditure
shadow education
Prestige-Oriented view of college entrance
school quality
student achievement
education fever

File:

Download SoojeongLee.1.pdf

Committee Members:

William L Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member

Author:

Frick, William Charles

Title:

An empirical investigation of secondary principals' perspectives on "the best interests of the student" as a viable professional ethic for educational leadership

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

ethics
education administration
education leadership
values
decision making
moral practice

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member