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Experiential & High Impact Learning as Catalysts for Change: Exploring the Historical Inquiry Process and Experiences of High School and College History Educators
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Brian Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores how high school and college history instructors' perspectives of experiential learning opportunities and high-impact practices influence their epistemic beliefs as history teachers. The research considers educators' pedagogical practices to align inquiry and historical thinking with experiential learning opportunities and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Practices, Inquiry, History Instruction
Progressive Employment: A Pathway to Better Employment Outcomes for Students with Disabilities in Career and Technical Education
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Elizabeth Perkins – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite completing Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, Students with Disabilities (SWD) are less likely than their nondisabled peers to secure middle-skill employment related to their training. This discrepancy is due to insufficient support and interagency collaboration to help overcome transitional barriers and build relevant work…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Employment Potential, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Disability Discrimination
A New Experience: An Ethnographic Study of Students Who Transfer from a Low-Performing Public School District to a Better-Performing Public School District in Missouri
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Campbell, Yolanda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School districts in Missouri are responsible for public K-12 education and must be accredited to educate children. As a result, there is an evoking interest, demanding attention in Missouri public schools' quality and the students who transfer from unaccredited, critically low-performing schools to accredited, significantly better-performing…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Educational Quality
African American Women in Public Higher Education Administrative Leadership in the State of Missouri: Perspectives on a Half Century of Progress
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Mays, Vida A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores the lived experiences of six African American female administrators in Missouri public higher educational institutions. The Black Feminist Thought theory as espoused by Patricia Collins is the framework with which this research examines their leadership. The conceptual lens of race, gender, and class offers an opportunity to…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Women Administrators, Higher Education
Catholic Educator Perceptions about Brain Compatible Instruction
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Koenen, Amie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This document reports the findings of a doctoral project regarding the perceptions held by administrators and teachers of comprehensive Catholic schools in one Midwestern diocese. With the recent explosion of research in the area of the brain and brain compatible instruction it is valuable to know and understand the perceptions held by current…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Likert Scales
Addressing the Lack of Male Elementary School Teachers: Factors that Influence Grade-Level Preference
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Patrick, Michael David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine which, if any, specific factors are deterring male teachers from pursuing elementary education. The number of male elementary teachers in America's public school systems had continued to decline, and this survey sought to discover what specific factors had contributed to this. This study surveyed 231 male…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Education, Employment Opportunities, Public Schools