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Alderman, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem this study explored was that despite the various methods of differentiating professional development content to meet the needs of K-12 teachers, teacher professional development programming does not meet the career growth needs of many professional educators. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how ten K-12…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Dávila, Brianne – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2015
This research draws upon critical race theory (CRT) to explore the experiences of Latina/o students in special education. It seeks to extend the theoretical construct of racial microaggressions and illustrate the additional layer of disability as I present data that are particular to the context of special education and the assigned label of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Disabilities, Ethnography
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McAfee, Myosha – Harvard Educational Review, 2014
In this research article, Myosha McAfee presents findings from her grounded theory and microethnographical study of math instruction in a racially and socioeconomically diverse public school. Her analysis puts forth a new theory-the kinesiology of race-which conceptualizes race as a verb rather than a noun. It centrally considers how racial…
Descriptors: Race, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Mathematics Instruction
Moquett, Kerry Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Over the past few decades, partnerships between school districts and post-secondary institutions have increased. The primary purpose has been to create and deliver dual enrollment programs for high school students. This case study focused on one partnership between a large school district in California and a private four-year non-profit college.…
Descriptors: Altruism, Social Capital, Charter Schools, Partnerships in Education
Sabharwal, Seema – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of the study was to examine if there was a significant difference between first-grade English Learners (EL) who constitute a majority (greater than 50%) of the English language mainstream classroom (homogeneous grouping) and first-grade EL who constitute a minority (less than 50%) of the English language mainstream classrooms…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Homogeneous Grouping, Heterogeneous Grouping, Grade 1