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A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Latina/o teachers are underrepresented in the educational workforce. As such, the
purpose of this narrative inquiry is to explore the experiences of Latinas/os who are
teaching in urban school districts. The central ...
The power of teacher-student relationships in determining student success
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-11)
The purpose of this ethnomethodological exploratory descriptive case study was to
investigate and understand teacher perceptions of the relationships between teachers and
students and how those teachers perceive relationships ...
Dynamic agent safety logic : theory and applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Modal logic is a family of logics for reasoning about relational structures, broadly construed. It sits at the nexus of philosophy, mathematics, software engineering, and economics. By modeling a target domain as a relational ...
A Heuristic Narrative Inquiry on the Conceptualization and Cultivation of Relational Trust Between Secondary Teachers and Administrators
(2020)
The interactions of teachers and administrators may not account for as much time as the interactions between teachers and students, but there is great potential value in examining this relationship and examining its ...
Constructively managing conflict about open government : use of ombuds and other dispute resolution systems in state and federal sunshine laws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
People seeking access to public records and meetings under state and federal open government laws have the right to sue in court to enforce them. But several jurisdictions also have alternative systems to handle disputes ...
Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the ...
The evolution of a beat: a case study of changes in environmental reporting from the 1970's to today as evident in coverage of three disastrous oil spills
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The field of environmental journalism has significantly advanced since environmental issues emerged as topics of social and journalistic importance in the 1970's. Environmental reporters have become essential investigators ...
Genealogies of affect among a young veterinarian's public letter : an exploratory study of hidden curricula in a college of veterinary medicine
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Contemporary research in veterinary medical education indicates alarming rates of depression and anxiety among veterinary students. Yet, the focus of this scholarship is primarily on mental illness as effects of a social ...
Non-genomic control of neuronal calcium signaling by the steroid hormone estrogen leads to neuroprotective effects
(2020)
It has been well documented that the onset of menopause correlates with an increase in the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Estrogen supplementation was used as treatment/prevention for a ...
Shame shapeshifters masking as disengagement: a grounded theory study examining academic achievement-related emotions in high school
(2019)
-mail or text messages in several Midwestern states. Snowball sampling involved asking a number of people who else to talk to about their high school experiences (Patton, 2015). Creating spaces to hear from those directly involved with the phenomena...
Underrepresentation of Non-white Students in a Secondary Gifted Program: The Students’ Experience
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Non-white students are underrepresented in gifted education. The purpose of this narrative case study is to describe the stories of non-white students who have graduated from the gifted programs in a Midwest suburban ...
“Now there's a good woman”: how rural life course events shape the response to cognitive decline in older women
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-22)
Aims: This dissertation aimed to: (1) analyze the life-course experiences of rural, older women and the impact of those experiences on their values, health-illness behaviors and decision-making, particularly surrounding ...
The development and implementation of a heuristic for teaching reflective scientific skepticism within a socio-scientific issue instructional framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Science ideas are frequently miscommunicated or distorted. In our digital age, a social media post may provoke an emotional response triggering a cascade of replies that spread...
Gender Perceptions: A Narratological, Social Constructivist, Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of Urban African American Male Elementary Students
(2014-09-30)
The purpose of this critical, narratological, social constructivist case study was to
explore the literacy experiences of African American males and their relationships to
masculinity in a third grade public school ...
Praire Madness
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Prairie Madness is a collection of fiction and non-fiction that examines the impact and power of loneliness, both lifelong and momentary. In some of this work, loneliness fuels acts of courage; in others it triggers denial ...
Elucidation of the genetic control of carbohydrate partitioning in Zea mays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
family and their function across a number of plant species. In this review I was responsible for the generation of a 15 angiosperm protein phylogenetic analysis describing the relationship and structure found in the transporter family. Chapter 6 builds...
Things We Once Knew
(2013)
Nostalgia looms large in the stories and essays of this collection. Many of the characters find it hard to reconcile their current selves with who they used to be. A mountain climber loses his nerve and with it his sense ...
A Narrative Study of The Perceptions Of Education for Globalization Held by Teachers in the Urban Core
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
The purpose of this social constructivist narrative study is to understand the thoughts,
perceptions and experiences of urban K-8 educational professionals regarding education for
globalization. The goal of this study ...
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of School Administrators’ Participation in Personal Learning Networks and Privacy Issues
(2014-07-18)
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand how
school administrators made sense of their experience utilizing social networking tools to
participate in personal learning networks (PLN) while ...
Firm strategy and knowledge management in strategic supply chain relationships : a knowledge-based view
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Using the knowledge-based view, this study seeks to understand the relationship between firm strategic orientation and interorganizational knowledge management in strategic supply chain alliances of high technology firms. ...