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Michael Samuels – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study examined the perceptions of Caribbean immigrant college students on the teacher-student relationship on engagement. The study was conducted at a community college located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The study focused on the lived experiences of these students who have had schooling in the Caribbean and…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Immigrants, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty
Barrios, Victor M., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of the present research was to examine how five self-identified Cuban-American social studies teachers in Miami, a city where they are considered the dominant culture, described their ethnic and cultural identity, expressed educational beliefs on teaching and learning, promoted culturally inclusive pedagogy, and approached the official…
Descriptors: Cubans, Hispanic Americans, Social Studies, Teachers
Morris, John Calvin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Theological education among Latin American Baptists began during the epoch of colonial missions as a part of the long-range strategy developed by missionaries primarily from North America. Beyond translation, contextualization had little importance in those beginning stages. Over time, the seminaries were nationalized, yet today the earlier…
Descriptors: Theological Education, Clergy, Spanish, Christianity
Schwartz, Tomoko – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that promote transformative learning experiences of college-level adult learners of foreign languages. This study was conducted to analyze how college-level adult learners of foreign languages experience transformative learning through educational and non-educational experiences. Mezirow's…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, College Students, Adult Students
Malcolm, Zaria T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the ethnic identity experiences of Caribbean international students in the context of the over-generalized and homogenous aspects of their institutional discourse on international students. It also sought to consider their identification with their native backgrounds and the United States in view of their…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Journals, Foreign Students
Cox, Michelle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Motivation to teach is essential to educating all children in the public schools. This study examined the anticipated self-determination of pre-service teachers to teach in classroom settings that varied in the ethnic and racial composition of the students in the classes. Additionally the cultural responsiveness of participants was measured to…
Descriptors: African American Students, Racial Composition, Classes (Groups of Students), Motivation