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High School Social Studies Teachers Beliefs and Education for Democratic Citizenship
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
with related research relevant to perceptions about social studies and its goals, conceptions of citizenship, ideas about education for citizenship and influences on teacher decision-making. A tenth finding emerged from this study: teachers' levels of personal...
Alternative certification science teachers' understanding and implementation of inquiry-based instruction in their beginning years of teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this phenomenographic study was to: (a) understand how beginning science teachers recruited from various science disciplines and prepared in an Alternative Teacher Certification Program (ATCP) implemented inquiry during their initial...
Pre-Service Teachers' Dispositions Toward Sexual Orientation: The Before and After a Multicultural Education Course
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
The impetus for this study emerged from recent stories pertaining to bullying within
America’s education institutions. While harassment has always existed, its severity has taken
center stage in recent years, with a ...
Wild leaves and narrow stems : case study of a school garden in transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Elementary school gardens have grown popular and abundant in recent years, and are established with goals ranging from addressing childhood obesity to improving test scores. With this garden-based learning movement come questions of school garden...
Talking beyond the text: identifying and fostering critical talk in a middle school classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
prompted by literature. Four themes emerged from the data: teacher's knowledge, processing time, various forms of scaffolding, and oral rubrics. During in-depth analysis of ten selected transcripts, additional themes of the nature of critical talk emerged...
Mental health education in New York state schools : the teachers' perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In response to the rise in mental health issues among youth, New York State (NYS) now requires all schools' curriculums to include mental health education. The purpose of this study was to understand the perspectives of high school teachers in NYS...
Virtus et disciplina : an interdisciplinary study of the roman martial values of courage and discipline
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This thesis discusses Roman martial values, principally virtus and disciplina, and their literary characterization. This is an interdisciplinary study that employs data and methodologies from anthropology, evolutionary biology, moral philosophy...
Where are the boundaries of mathematics education (policy)? : Comparing two school districts and their subject-matter contexts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
To achieve ambitious and equitable mathematics education, districts will likely have to extend their improvement efforts beyond the bounds of classroom teaching and learning. However, the literature has yet to explore the ...
A study of the elementary math program utilized by a mid-Missouri school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This qualitative study focused on one Mid-Missouri school district and was designed to collect and analyze teachers' and administrators' perceptions regarding the elementary math program for the purpose of program improvement. ...
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 31, number 30
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2010)
A history of 'in loco parentis' in American high education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
the evolution of the role college administrators played in loco parentis over three centuries, and how higher education itself evolved as American society changed. As schools grew in size and expanded in scope, administrators retreated from, or were stripped of...
Alternatively certified mathematics teachers : factors that contribute to changes in instruction over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
chosen to document the changes over time and reveal associated factors. Six distinct instructional practices emerged from the data. The analysis of the changes over time revealed four types of teachers. Of those using a variety of practices, the factors...
Constructing children : one educator's dichotomy between ideology and pedagogy regarding children and achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
as lacking ontology; a premise that guides educational policy and practice. These discourses become problematic since they shape the way educators view and treat children and, in turn, their experiences. Working toward a (re)imagining of schooling...
Media literacy education in higher education policy : pedagogical choices and learning outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study proposes a participatory pedagogical framework founded on critical thinking as a method for analysis, reflection, and creative production of media through an understanding of the ways in which media literacy is ...
A Narrative Inquiry and Self–Study of Practice Investigation into Experiences with Older Adults and Aging via an Online College–Level Gerontology Course
(2016)
The population of older adults in the United States is increasing to new heights.
Society members trained in gerontological education, health care of elders, and service
providers for older adults will be needed in the ...
Heuristic Descriptive Case Study of Math and Language Arts Teachers' Past and Current Experiences in the Implementation of the Missouri Learning Standards
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
Teacher retention and attrition continues to be relevant areas of concern for school
districts as many reports are surfacing correlating the performance of students with the
attrition rate of teachers. The focus of ...
Administrators' perceptions of teacher effectiveness in rural northwest Missouri secondary public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to help identify administrators' perceptions of effective teaching in rural Northwest Missouri in secondary public schools in order to increase teacher and administrator ...
The relationship between accountability mandates, school leadership, and school improvement: exploring the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on one school's efforts to bring about and sustain reform
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
improvement and reform. The research design was an exploratory case study of one Missouri elementary school. The researcher explored: (1) what school improvement looks like within the context of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; within this one school...
A Narrative Case Study Exploring The Preparation Experiences of Novice Teachers In Urban Elementary Schools
(2023)
experiences. This study examined the question: What stories do novice teachers tell about their preparedness to teach in an urban school? Data were collected from six novice teachers who were within the first three years of their teaching career. Data...
Principals' perceived challenges and barriers to recruit and hire Teachers of Color : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
study seeks to answer the question: What are the principals' perceived challenges and barriers to recruit and hire Teachers of Color? The study focused on the principal's point of view, since they are the ones that are responsible for the hiring...