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- Title
- A Sense of Preparation: Perceptions of Alternative Licensure Teacher Candidates
- Author
- Brigman, Marsha
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This study explored alternative licensure teacher candidates' perceptions of preparedness for the classroom based on the principles and standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) which serve as a common set ...
- Title
- Appropriate Measures of Effectiveness: Teacher Evaluations and Value-Added Measures in North Carolina
- Author
- Covington, Azure
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education and state
- Description
- The increased use of value-added measures is a result of policymakers viewing traditional measures of teacher effectiveness as obsolete and unrelated to student achievement. Additionally, literature lacks substantial findings examining the relatio...
- Title
- Civic learning in online courses: The experience of emerging adults at the community college
- Author
- Ritter, Gary Paul
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Civic learning is an important part of the mission of higher learning. The community college is a unique and integral part of the system of higher education in the United States. Digital technology has increased the options for students to take cl...
- Title
- Culturally and Linguistically Complex Classrooms, In-Service Professional Development, and the Mediation of Mainstream Elementary School Teachers' Professional Subjectivities in the North Carolina Piedmont
- Author
- Siefert, Barbara
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Multicultural education, Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Career development
- Description
- This dissertation study employed participatory methods of qualitative inquiry to understand how, in the setting of the North Carolina piedmont, a district-initiated multi-tiered professional development program mediated mainstream elementary schoo...
- Title
- FACTORS INFLUENCING BLACK FEMALE TEACHERS' JOB SATISFACTION AND INTENTION TO REMAIN IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM: A MIXED METHODS ANALYSIS
- Author
- Farinde, Abiola
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, current retention trends indicate a Black teacher shortage. Research shows that Black teachers' retention rates are often lower than White teachers'. In examining retention, job satisfaction has been ...
- Title
- Loving and Leaving the Classroom: Contextualizing the Attrition of Black Women Teachers From Urban Schools
- Author
- Lee, Shanique
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Teachers--Training of, Education and state
- Description
- Since the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling against school segregation, Black women teachers (BWTs) have had perpetually high rates of attrition, despite their legacy of providing high quality, emancipatory education (Acosta, 2019; Carver-Th...
- Title
- PREDICTORS OF BINGE EATING BEHAVIOR AND PERCEIVED HEALTH: SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK COLLEGE MEN
- Author
- Minnick, Alyssa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Clinical psychology
- Description
- Obesity is a significant public health concern that is associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes and approximately 41% of college men are overweight or obese. Given the impact of obesity in this population, research should focus o...
- 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 ROLE OF COURSE DELIVERY METHODS IN PERSISTENCE AMONG NONTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS FOUND IN TWO FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- Author
- Houchins, Carlie
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher--Administration, Adult education
- Description
- This dissertation investigated the association of course delivery method with persistence of first-time, beginning, and transfer nontraditional undergraduate students at two public universities over a 6-year period (2009–2015). Research exists on ...
- Title
- The association between first language status and second language teacher edTPA performance, perceptions, and preparation.
- Author
- Okraski, Cornelia
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Language and languages--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- Due to the shortage of World Language and English as a Second Language teachers, recruiting, retaining, and supporting aspiring second language teachers in the completion of their teacher licensure program is crucial. One barrier to the profession...