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Title: Conceptualizing Value: African American Mothers' Perspectives on School-Community Partnership, Parental Involvement, and Faith
Author: Cuthbertson, Shanitria
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education and state
Description: Over 30 years of research on parental and community engagement in schools highlight the positive impact of school-family-community partnerships on academic achievement, social and cultural enrichment, and overall school climate (Blank, Jacobson, &...

Title: Concrete Roses: An Exploration of the Parallel Lived Experiences of Black Girls and Women in K-12 Schools
Author: Davis, Alicia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: ALICIA W. DAVIS. Concrete roses: An exploration of the parallel lived experiences of Black girls and women in K-12 schools. (Under the direction of DR. BETTIE RAY BUTLER)The schooling and leadership experiences of Black girls and women are overloo...

Title: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN AN URBAN SETTING
Author: Reynolds, Richard
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This study examined the impact of culturally responsive problem-based learning on the instructional engagement of African American students in an urban high school setting. The study explores how culturally responsive pedagogy and Problem-based Le...

Title: Experiencing the crux of agency and structure in urban education: On becoming a teacher educator
Author: Salyers, Bethany
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Teachers--Training of
Description: This research seeks to understand the experience of agency among those being prepared to be teacher educators and education scholars. It investigates how doctoral students negotiate their agency when they discover a difference between the promise ...

Title: Putting Equity to Work: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Teacher Candidates Perceptions on Equity and Social Justice Pedagogy in a Teacher Preparation Program
Author: Jones-Fosu, Stephanie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: For decades, White supremacy and Whitewashed teacher preparation curriculum have been used to prepare a majority White female teacher workforce. This same workforce has had limited exposure to diversity and a lack of cultural competence and critic...

Title: THE FIGURED WORLD OF ADVOCACY IN A HIGH IMMIGRANT POPULATION URBAN SCHOOL IN THE NEW SOUTH
Author: King, Elena
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Description: This participatory qualitative inquiry explored the fluctuating subjectivities of, and advocacy performed, by three content area teachers in a high-immigrant population, urban high school in the New South. Using a neo-Vygotskian theoretical framew...

Title: Through Students' Eyes: Using Photography to Explore At-Risk Middle Schoolers' Perceptions of Self and School
Author: Britt, Heather
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education, Education, Teachers--Training of
Description: ABSTRACTHEATHER M. BRITT. Visual ethnographic case study of school through the eyes of students using Photovoice, cameras, writing and agency artwork. (Under the direction of DR. JEANNEINE JONES)Everyone goes to school but everyone does not have t...

Title: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER: IMPLEMENTING THE SIOP MODEL INTO AN URBAN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
Author: Collins, Jennifer
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Curriculum planning
Description: Research points to many factors that contribute to the achievement gap between white and minority students however; one important issue that is often overlooked is the academic language status of the student. Knowing that lack of familiarity and p...

Title: “Re-membering” History to Counter Miseducation: Explorations of Curriculum Development and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Urban Education
Author: Teasdell, Annette
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: ABSTRACTANNETTE TEASDELL. "Re-membering" History to Counter Miseducation: Explorations of Curriculum Development and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Urban Education. (Under the direction of DR. GREG WIGGAN) Excellence in education is based on a ...