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Romero-Chandler, Sakima – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mindfulness practices are increasingly used in schools; however, there is a gap in practice when it comes to their use. The problem investigated through this basic qualitative study was the implementation of school mindfulness practice (SMP) of elementary school administrators in a large, urban area in the southeast United States. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Schools, Metacognition, Social Cognition
Brandon R. G. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Decades of established research have focused on the attrition, workplace trauma, and career burnout of student affairs (SA) professionals working at colleges and universities (see N. J. Evans, 1988; Herr & Strange, 1985; Perez & Bettencourt, 2024; Walterbusch, 2019). The purpose of this generic qualitative research study (Khalke, 2016) was…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services, Counselor Attitudes
Vergara, Mariana Ines – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This action research exploratory study sought to learn how to better develop my practice by using grounded theory. It explored the apparent cognitive transformational experience of nine participants over a period of four weeks after the implementation of an intervention called Mindfulness into Action. The informal intervention was used with the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Action Research, Grounded Theory, Stress Variables
Marquez, Genevive – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Psychology graduate students experience unique stressors resulting from academic tasks and regular exposure to emotional distress (Stratton, Kellaway, & Rottini, 2007). Pervasive stress may eventually lead to burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment (Maslach, 1986). Burnout impinges on academic…
Descriptors: Psychology, Graduate Students, Anxiety, Burnout
Durham, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study examined the role of arts instruction and arts integrated teaching in the development of cognitive process and personal dispositions of children with moderate to severe learning disabilities. Interviews, observations, and artifact data were gathered to gain a deeper understanding of what and how children learn in and through…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Private Schools, Visual Arts, Classroom Desegregation
Noro, Paul Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The significance of media literacy pedagogy in American public schools is crucial in helping teenagers comprehend the visual media world in which they live. The world is currently a place where our youth are inundated with visual messages that must be received, interpreted and critically analyzed. The dilemma is not so much in the reception of the…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Journalism Education, Self Concept, Beliefs