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Author:

Mattes, Bilita Searls

Title:

EDUCATION ACTION RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION AS FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

faculty development
action research
education action research
higher education
adult learning

File:

Download Bilita_Mattes_Dissertation102908.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Rudy, Bruce Samuel

Title:

Organizational Learning and Disaster Management in a County Coroner's Office: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Organizational Learning
Disaster Management

File:

Download Bruce_Rudy_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member

Author:

Jensen, Daniel

Title:

THE MALE ADULT WORKING-CLASS STUDENT IN FORMAL HIGHER EDUCATION: AN IDENTITY CRISIS?

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Social Class
Working-Class
Higher Education
Adult Education
Identity
Male Students

File:

Download DJDissertation_UMI.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniele D Flannery, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member

Author:

Simmons, Danis Temofonte

Title:

The Relationship among Types of Aggression, Pro-Social Behavior, Sex, and Perceived Emotional Distress

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Children
Sex Differences
Emotional Distress
Aggression Types
Aggression

File:

Download Danis_Simmons_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Hazler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Mellin, Committee Member

Author:

Kucukaydin, Ilhan

Title:

Counter-Learning Under Oppression

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Turkey
Kurds
Frankfurt School
critical constructivism
counter-learning
learning
oppression
Marcuse
Women

File:

Download cluo_Kucukaydin.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniele D Flannery, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member

Author:

Piekarski Loughlin, Jodi

Title:

FOSTERING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT: A CRITICAL ACTION RESEARCH STUDY OF TITLE I PARENTS' PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

critical action research
parent participation
Title I
parental involvement
parent involvement
elementary school

File:

Download JPL_DISS_FINAL_1_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Jane B Keat, Committee Member
William R Freed, Committee Member

Author:

Parente, John M

Title:

STUDENT ATHLETES’ PERCEPTIONS OF TITLE IX COMPLIANCE

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Gender Equity
Title IX
Athletic Policy

File:

Download Parente_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Reason, Committee Member
Fern Kaley Willits, Committee Member
Robert Scott Kretchmar, Committee Member

Author:

Butterfield, Jay Vance

Title:

THE PERCEIVED EFFICACY BY EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS OF THE MOVE TO SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES FROM LARGER COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

SCHOOL SIZE REFORM
STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS
CHANGE
REFORM
COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES
SWAS
SWS
LEADERSHIP

File:

Download jvb115_dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Brady, Karen Lynn

Title:

EXPLORING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING AND CLINICAL REASONING: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY WITH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

clinical reasoning
problem based learning
action research
occupational therapy

File:

Download Dissertation_Karen_Final_72408.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Carol F Whitfield, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member

Author:

Lalley, Kristine

Title:

Learning in context in a short-term education abroad program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

education abroad
study abroad
short-term study abroad
situated learning theory
qualitative study
learning in context
processes of learning

File:

Download Kristine_Lalley_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ian E Baptiste, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Richard Francis Devon, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member

Author:

Maguire, Loreal

Title:

Developing Distance Education Policy within a State System of Higher Education: The Faculty Perspective

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

distance education
policy development
faculty participation

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniele D Flannery, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

REITZ, MATTHEW

Title:

THE COST OF PROFICIENCY: ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NCLB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ingredients Model
School Finance
Accountability
NCLB

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_-_Reitz_11-11-07.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily Boyd, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Stamm, Mark Edward

Title:

Exploring Two Drug and Alcohol Policies: Where are the Best Interests of the Student?

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

policy
best interests of the student
student drug policy

File:

Download Mark_Stamm_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member

Author:

Vonada, Nicholas A

Title:

Returning to College: A Study of a Federally Funded Retraining Program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Trade Adjustment Act and outsourcing
globalization
retraining
Adult Education
dislocated workers

File:

Download Vonada2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Louise Falkenstern, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Thompson, Patricia Marie

Title:

PROFESSIONAL ENTRY EXPERIENCES OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

medical education
adult development
professional development
organizational entry

File:

Download Microsoft_Word_-_Thompson.dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Steven Melnick, Committee Member

Author:

Kordel, Richard

Title:

EXPLORING THE ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM AS A LEARNING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

information presentation
electronic education
learning systems
mental models

File:

Download RichardKordel-ExploringTheElectronicClassroom.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
William Dryden Milheim, Committee Member
Richard Robert Young, Committee Member

Author:

Reed, Sandra Marlene

Title:

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES OF OLDER PERFORMING MUSICIANS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

older musicians
artistic ways of knowing
bandsmanship
band as community
individuation
mature spirituality

File:

Download Reed_S_Dissertation_04_10_08_V3.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member

Author:

Melincavage, Sharon Marie

Title:

ANXIETY IN STUDENT NURSES IN THE CLINICAL SETTING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

anxiety
student nurses
clinical setting
nursing education
phenomenology
qualitative

File:

Download MelincavageSharon.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member

Author:

Mwaura, John N.

Title:

BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

international students
adult students
nontraditional students
Black africans
phenomenology
heuristic

File:

Download John_Mwaura__final_diss_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member