Browsing by Department "Education Foundation, Leadership, and Technology"
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A Study of the Implementation of Professional Learning Community Practices and Their Relationship to Teacher Practices and Student Learning Outcomes
(2014-10-30)
The present study was designed to examine the PLC elements identified by the leadership team at Angel Primary School. The three features of the school’s implemented innovation were common formative assessment, the school’s ...
A Study of the Professional Role Identities of Experienced University Instructors of English for Speakers of Other Languages
(2017-04-19)
Little is known about how experienced university instructors of ESOL in the United States construct their identities as teachers. Due to their administrative tasks and their de facto positions as a service provider to ...
A Study of the Relationship Between Indicators of Georgia Alternative School Effectiveness and Measures of Student Success as Perceived by Alternative School Administrators
(2010-04-30)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Georgia alternative school administrators' perceptions of student success factors and the three domains of essential elements of effective alternative ...
A Study of the Relationship between Parental Involvement and Mental Health of College Students
(2010-03-10)
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of parental involvement and mental health in a sample of traditionally aged college students and investigate the variance parental involvement predicts in mental ...
A Study of the Relationship Between the Preferred Area of Clinical Practice of Registered Nurses and their Learning Style Modality Preference
(2011-04-01)
Learning styles are a major consideration in the education process. Knowledge of an individual’s learning style can be helpful in assisting the individual to be successful in educational undertakings. Nursing is a discipline ...
A Superintendent’s Trust-Building Practices with Principals: A Case Study
(2020-08-03)
Researchers have identified the benefits of trust within school organizations from various perspectives, but little is known about trust between a superintendent and campus principals. School districts are under great ...
Support Staff Perceptions of the Campus Climate at a Southern University
(2010-04-23)
The purpose of this study was to investigate university support staff members’ perception of the campus climate at a Southern university. Differences among support staff members were examined by age, gender, level of ...
Teacher Absenteeism and Student Reading Growth and Achievement
(2021-07-19)
This study aims to explore the association between teacher absenteeism and student achievement. Specificially, this study aims to determine if an association exists between teacher absenteeism and elementary student reading ...
Teacher-efficacy as a complex web: Lessons from a qualitative case study on the transition of military faculty to emergency remote teaching during COVID-19
(2021-07-15)
Although scholars have well-established the benefits of higher teacher-efficacy, the lack of literature regarding the sources and influences of these self-beliefs has led to an overly-reductionistic view of the construct. ...
Teachers and school leaders’ deficit thinking and dysconsciousness as hindrances to educational equity: A multi-method exploration
(2021-07-19)
Providing a high-quality rigorous educational experience for all students should be the goal of all schools. However, the determination of quality and rigor varies widely as it is interpreted and applied from school to ...
Teachers as Technology Leaders: A Case Study of a One-to-One Laptop Initiative
(2012-07-27)
Starting in 2005, Laptop Junior High School implemented a laptop program as a means of preparing students with 21st century skills. Leadership is the starting point for creating a school culture that embraces technologically ...
Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions About A Leadership Capacity Building Program
(2010-08-05)
This study examined teacher leaders’ and administrators’ perceptions of a leadership capacity building program. The need for developing teacher leaders and enhancing the skills of practicing school administrators has gained ...
Teachers’ Concerns, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Pedagogical Practices as it Relates to Technology Integration
(2012-07-02)
Education is the catalyst for preparing students to become productive members of society. Developing skills and knowledge students will need to compete globally is the charge excepted by educators at every level. The ...
Teachers’ Perception of the Presence of Teacher Leadership and ARMT+ Percent Proficient in Alabama’s Public Elementary Schools: A Correlation Study
(2013-04-23)
For over four decades, the concept of teacher leadership has been debated nationally and internationally with a view of establishing its role in student learning and achievements in schools. Over this period, a sizeable ...
Teachers’ Perceptions of ESL Students’ Diversity, Linguistics, and Cultural Needs
(2021-04-27)
This study investigated equity-based instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (CLD) by examining public school teachers’ perceptions and preparation on diversity and inclusion. Preparing pre-service ...
Teaching Style Preferences of Nutrition Education Assistants for Cooperative Extension Systems in the Southern Region
(2015-12-10)
Extension provides non-formal education and learning activities to people throughout the country. The largest non-formal adult education organization in the world, Cooperative Extension takes knowledge gained through ...
There’s a Rhythm to Our Method: An Endarkened Narrative of Four Black Women Teachers’ School Discipline Practices
(2022-11-21)
Due to Black women teachers’ cultural and historical legacies, Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2002) suggested
that Black women’s form of care is often demonstrative of a womanist ethic of caring, which is
defined by three ...
To Comply or Not To Comply? That Is Not The Question: A Multi-Content Analysis of Title IX Policies at Historically Black Land Grant Universities
(2019-04-23)
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While Title IX is directed towards the prevention of discrimination ...
Toward a Theory of Black, Rural Praxis
(2024-05-02)
This study explores how outreach-oriented practitioners (OOPs) across the interdisciplinary field of higher education support Black, rural students and communities in Alabama. It asks two questions: (1) How do practitioners’ ...
Training Needs of a Regional Extension Agent
(2020-11-12)
Based on the research by Reid in 1997, the needs of the County Extension Agents in the agriculture/natural resources/forestry, family consumer sciences, and youth programs were addressed. The Alabama Cooperative Extension ...