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Catheryn Shaw Foster; Melody Causby – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary instrumental music education in rural Mississippi. This descriptive study investigated the experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions that rural instrumental music educators ("N" = 58) held about their schools, students, and communities. Furthermore, we examined how…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Musical Instruments, Teacher Attitudes
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Griffith, Kimberly Grantham; Jones, Kevin; Winship, Jodie; Howard, Esther – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
Skill sets have been identified as the abilities needed by an individual to perform a job or task. In this mixed methods study, an online survey was developed to collect data identifying those skill sets and the barriers to effective inclusion in rural schools in the Black Belt region of Alabama and Mississippi. For rural administrators, this…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Skill Development, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
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Sornson, Bob – Preventing School Failure, 2015
This study explores the efficacy of using the Essential Skill Inventories (ESI) to increase high-quality instruction in the early learning years. Kindergarten and first- and second-grade teachers, who were identified as using the ESI with fidelity, assessed their own teaching skills and behaviors, reflecting on these before and after use of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers