Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Education Foundation, Leadership, and Technology"
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Beyond The Leader: Examining the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Coaching among Professional Coaches
(2019-11-22)
Goal-focused coaching is being used to assist individuals to set and reach personal and workplace goals (Grant, 2007). Thus, organizational leaders are increasingly investing in developing employee performance and well-being. ...
Black Paths to White Boards: Black Alumni Service on PWI Governing Boards
(2023-08-03)
Governing boards of universities are tasked with upholding university principles and promoting university ideals, including those pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, many university governing boards, ...
Black Teachers in Urban Schools: Why do they Stay?
(2020-05-18)
Academic achievement for students, specifically students of color, is negatively affected when teacher turnover in urban schools continue to rise (Ng & Peter, 2010; Ronfeldt, Lowb, & Wyckoff, 2013). Therefore, the goal of ...
Boundary Spanners and Community-University Engagement Networks: A Mixed Methods Ethnographic Study
(2022-12-07)
Modern conceptions of land grant institutions have shifted focus from community outreach to community engagement, with focus on more egalitarian partnerships that place community members in active response to university ...
Brick by Brick: A Narrative Account of Black Undergraduate Men Thriving at Historically White Institutions
(2023-08-07)
Black labor at historically white institutions is commonplace without reward. The overwhelming majority of this labor is coming from Black male students who are associated into spaces where they must act on behalf of a ...
Building Occupant Evacuation Response to Multiple Perceived False Fire Alarms
(2016-05-04)
There is a lack of information on the relationship between nuisance alarms and occupant attitudes toward evacuation of a building due to a fire alarm. This research study compared attitudes based on gender, faculty/staff, ...
Bystander Intervention: Examining Recognition and Response to Sexual Violence on a College Campus
(2018-07-24)
The prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses is well documented with findings revealing both men and women experience victimization. Sexual assault often results in physical and mental issues, poor academic ...
A Case Study Analysis of Rural Middle School Science Teachers: The Perception of Culture to Inform Pedagogical Practices in the Classroom
(2019-12-09)
Since the early 1980’s, a push for equitable learning practices has resulted in the creation
of culturally centered pedagogy to counter educational disparities targeting marginalized
populations across disciplines—particularly ...
A Case Study of a Career Academy: Toward a Conceptual Framework of School-Industry Partnerships
(2015-04-06)
School-business partnerships that provide authentic learning for students have been a well-documented part of our history. This study examined one such educational partnership developed to create a career academy. The ...
A Case Study of an Innovative Pharmacy Curriculum and Leadership Behaviors
(2023-07-24)
Change is constant in higher education, and innovation is central to change. Facilitating innovation requires the influence of leaders. Transformational leadership is a prominent leadership construct which has been shown ...
A Case Study of Military-Connected Principals' Trauma-Informed Decision-Making
(2023-10-24)
A substantial body of research spanning almost two decades has demonstrated that
widespread trauma from adverse childhood experiences and toxic environments exists within the
American population and is predictive of ...
A Case Study: Perceptions of Rural School Principals that Utilized the Transformation Turnaround Model for School Success and Sustainability
(2021-04-23)
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This qualitative case study identified how rural school principals utilized the transformation turnaround model in conjunction with the eight turnaround principles to promote and sustain academic success within ...
Caught in the uncivil war: How equipped are school leaders to navigate custodial rights in the educational setting?
(2021-07-13)
The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between knowledge of protocol and familiarity with the application of custodial situations in the educational setting. This study assessed ...
Charter Schools in Alabama: Superintendents' Perceptions in Relationship to Competitive Education Marketplace and the Impact on Traditional Public School Funding
(2020-07-31)
After 20 years of taking a clear stand against charter schools, Alabama turned the tables in March of 2015 when Senate Bill 45 was passed. This bill opened the door for charter schools to enter the state. The Alabama School ...
Charting the Volunteering Characteristics of College Students in a Land-Grant University
(2019-12-14)
Volunteerism in the undergraduate years can be a predictor highly correlated with remarkable increase in social integrity, civic-mindedness, (Astin & Sax, 1998; Eyler & Giles, 1999; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Vogelgesang ...
Chinese American Adolescents' Self-Perceived Identities and Their Language Behaviors
(2010-05-12)
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between self-perceived identities of Chinese American adolescents and their language behaviors. The self-perceived identities were measured by the Chinese ...
Chinese School Principals’ Behavioral Intentions in Relation to Green School Practices
(2013-04-16)
This elicitation study explored Chinese school principals’ beliefs and practices associated with sustainability and green school practices. Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the theoretical framework, this study ...
Closing the Gap: Culturally Competent Principals and African American Students' Success
(2015-07-29)
African American students are not achieving at the rate and in a manner consistent with
their peers. News headlines continue to report a dismal future for the American education
system as a whole and for students of ...
Community College Student's and Faculty's Perception of Teaching Excellence
(2019-12-02)
This study examined the relationship between community colleges faculty and students perceptions on the teaching behaviors necessary for excellent teaching. The research questions looked at what faculty’s perceptions were ...
Community College Students’ Attitudes toward Postsecondary Science Education
(2011-07-28)
Students in the United States are avoiding taking the higher level science courses in secondary and postsecondary academic institutions (Ball, 2000; Braund & Reiss, 2006; Lee & Frank, 1990). There are many careers that do ...