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"I Learned That I Was Better...Than I Thought I Was": A Case for New Methodologies to Understand the Narratives of Black Boys along the K-5 Pathway
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Eliot Bryant Sykes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research literature focused on Black boys along the K-6 pathway objectifies them and results in their developmental capabilities and capacities being ignored while their acts of self-definition are impeded. This is evidenced by researchers solely focusing upon external factors and/or using adult-completed surveys and datasets as sources for data.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Student Attitudes, Personal Narratives
A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Elementary Teachers' Value of and Responses to Their Professional Development
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McFarlan-Price, Regina A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A challenge that professional development coordinators and instructional leaders face is designing and implementing professional development that is the most effective for improving teaching and learning in their school. To determine what is the perceptions and beliefs of elementary teachers' value of and responses to their professional…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
Digital Storytelling in Primary-Grade Classrooms
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Foley, Leslie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As digital media practices become readily available in today's classrooms, literacy and literacy instruction are changing in profound ways (Alvermann, 2010). Professional organizations emphasize the importance of integrating new literacies (New London Group, 1996) practices into language-arts instruction (IRA, 2009; NCTE, 2005). As a result,…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Grade 1, Grade 2, Elementary School Students