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Direct linkChang, Ethan; Glass, Ronald David – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2022
Purpose: This paper conceptualizes a just leadership learning ecology through an analysis of one nontraditional site of leadership preparation: the Highlander Research and Education Center (originally founded as the Highlander Folk School). Methodology: Drawing on cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and institutional theory (IT), we examine…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Residential Programs, Social Justice, Democratic Values
Lee, Susan Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study was designed for the purpose of quantitatively examining the significant elements of reform-based professional development and their relationship to teachers' self-efficacies for inclusion. The theoretical frameworks for this study were drawn from Bandura's (1997) self-efficacy and social cognitive theory in addition to pre-existing…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Adair, Jennifer Keys – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
This article examines whiteness at the intersection of immigration and early childhood education as it was made visible during interviews with 50 preschool teachers in five US cities as part of the Children Crossing Borders (CCB) study. Findings show whiteness acting not only as a construct of privilege but also as an idea that manifests itself in…
Descriptors: Whites, Immigration, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Dorris, John Peter – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify the workforce skills perceived to be critical in the Chattanooga region, and to explore how colleges and businesses can partner to effectively develop those skills. Data from a June 2011 survey of workforce stakeholders in the Chattanooga region were analyzed. The 78 survey respondents…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Labor Force, Statistical Analysis
Bean, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
African American students are one of the historically disadvantaged groups by the public education system. Related to this phenomenon is the overrepresentation of African American children in special education due to disability diagnoses, which has been referred to as disproportionality. It has been hypothesized that disproportionality is due to…
Descriptors: Special Education, African American Students, Outcomes of Education, Child Behavior
DeYoung, Alan J.; McKenzie, Roberta C. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Reviews economic and social science theories on the role of the school in economic development. Presents a case study of an underdeveloped rural Tennessee county where school improvement efforts were unsuccessful because of the sociological, political, economic, and cultural setting in which the school system operates. (KS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Role, Economic Development, Educational Change
Allen, Charlie Joe – 1986
Using techniques of the reputational method to study community power structure, this report identifies components of power structure in a Tennessee school district, demonstrates that proven methodologies can facilitate educational leaders' reform efforts, and serves as a pilot study for further investigation. Researchers investigated the district…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Leaders, Community Study, Decision Making
