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Porter, Donna Otterman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of three female superintendents in Texas in regard to their leadership qualities and to provide women information to assist in conceptualizing female leadership qualities that are needed to lead a school. Through a postmodern feminist lens, the study explored the history of women and their…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Females, Leadership Qualities, Feminism
Galindo, Amanda Muniz – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Literature lacks the documentation of students' perceptions of classroom community, connectedness, and learning among freshman students in a first year seminar course. First year students enrolled in college have faced many challenges and difficulties throughout the years that continue to spark inventive measures to address them within higher…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen, Program Effectiveness
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Fránquiz, María E.; Leija, María G.; Garza, Irene – Bilingual Research Journal, 2015
This article centers on the significant practices identified by bilingual teachers who participated in Proyecto Bilingüe, a specialized master's degree program. The notion of bidirectional theory of bilingual pedagogy and the theoretical construct of the continua of biliteracy are utilized to illustrate how the teachers centered home and school…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Bilingual Teachers, Parent Surveys, Masters Programs
Mann, Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive case study was to describe the experience of adjunct novice clinical nursing faculty who has less than three years teaching experience or feels novice in this setting. The nursing shortage in the United States is well documented and is forecasted to have significant impacts on the health care delivery…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Adjunct Faculty, Medical School Faculty, Case Studies
Brock, Kathleen Patrice – ProQuest LLC, 2013
American higher education institutions, specifically public universities and colleges, have reached a key point in their histories and it is within this moment that these institutions must transform operations, deliver education in new ways, and demonstrate unquestionable social and economic impact. Universities and colleges must increase…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Policy, State Policy, Educational Innovation
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Willson, Angeli; Falcon, Lori; Martinez, Miriam – Reading Horizons, 2014
This qualitative research study explored second graders' use of visual information to understand characters in picturebooks. Students participated in whole class read-alouds of three picturebooks. Immediately following each read-aloud, students were individually interviewed and invited to talk about the visual text in pre-selected illustrations.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Reading Skills, Literary Devices
Kelsey, Cheryl; Allen, Kathy; Coke, Kelly; Ballard, Glenda – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2014
The purpose of the research was to inform professional practice pertaining to the preparation of female administrators as future school superintendents. Twenty female superintendents in Texas were interviewed using a qualitative research approach. Strategies, career experiences and perception of barriers were identified using open-ended questions.…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, Career Choice, Career Development
Stoves, Douglas R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of the qualitative study was to identify the ways in which Student Affairs professionals in higher education in South Texas experienced and negotiated compassion fatigue through their everyday responsibilities. Research questions explored the development and experience of, and coping with, compassion fatigue. Grounded in Constructivist…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Altruism, Fatigue (Biology), Qualitative Research
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Bond, Nathan – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2016
Teachers often do not interact with legislators when educational policy is being developed. As a way to facilitate more interaction between the two groups, scholars are calling for teacher leaders to step forward and participate in legislative advocacy. The invitation is not limited to in-service teacher leaders. Preservice teacher leaders can…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Advocacy, Student Organizations
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Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Fan, Hannah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Exceptional Children, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carter, Erik W.; Hedges, Susan; El Zein, Farah; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The outcomes of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are driving the field to address how secondary education might be optimally designed and delivered. We conducted 28 focus groups across four states to explore the contexts, considerations, and complexities associated with delivering and combining evidence-based interventions to meet the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Student Needs
Urbina, Martin Guevara; Wright, Claudia Rodriguez – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2015
While the black and white racial experience has been delineated over the years, the ethnic realities of Latinos have received minimal attention. Therefore, with Latinos projected as the upcoming U.S. population majority, the central goal of this book is to document the Latino experience in the world of academia, focusing primarily, but not…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Racial Bias
Gratch, Jonathan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Project-based learning has long been used in the educational realm as it emphasis a student-centered strategy which promotes meaning, enriched learning that enhances inquiry and problem-solving skills in a rich, authentic environment. The relevance and authentic design of projects may further be enhanced by the use of technology in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Secondary Education, Qualitative Research
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Kaster, Elizabeth C.; Rogers, Charles R.; Jeon, Kwon Chan; Rosen, Brittany – Health Educator, 2014
Introduction: For those with certain blood or bone cancers, bone marrow donation can mean the difference between life and death. The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) operates the largest bone marrow registry of potential donors; however, at times when potential matches are identified, many donors opt not to donate. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: College Students, Cancer, Recruitment, Donors
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Holme, Jennifer Jellison; Diem, Sarah; Welton, Anjalé – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: Suburban school districts have undergone significant demographic shifts over the past several decades. The research literature to date, however, has yet to explore how suburban district leaders are responding to such changes, or examine the factors that shape response. In this article, we apply a "zone of mediation" framework to…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Suburbs, Demography, Population Trends
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