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Matthew C. Gulotta – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the key challenges faced by collegiate aviation faculty members as they transitioned from in-person coursework to emergency remote teaching (ERT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interpretive phenomenological analysis of semi-structured interviews profiled four collegiate aviation faculty members' experiences with the…
Descriptors: Barriers, College Faculty, Aviation Education, Distance Education
Ropp, Timothy D. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Demand is high for graduates entering the professional aviation and aerospace workforce with resilience competencies like adversity persistence, contextual awareness, being self-directed and autonomous, handling change, and ability to establish peer relationships. Research shows resilience competencies are particularly emphasized as essential…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Competence, College Students, Aviation Education
Scholder, Tammy Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The dissertation in education administration represents innovative and relative research that provides administrators with a process that students may use to enhance their academic, social, and emotional development. This study gathered the perspective and experiences of recruited educators from a K-8 school who had recently engaged and interacted…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Aviation Education
Mayberry, Charles R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The United States Air Force (USAF) trains C-130H Loadmaster students at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB) through a civilian contract. The Aircrew Training System (ATS) contractor utilizes a Fuselage Trainer (FuT) to provide scenarios for the Loadmaster students to practice loading and unloading a simulated aircraft. The problem was the USAF does…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Air Transportation, Drills (Practice), Computer Simulation
Polstra, Philip A., Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Maximizing training efficiency is desirable in many areas of business. The ever increasing costs of flight training combined with a predicted shortage of pilots have resulted in steps being taken to improve flight training efficiency. In the past, the majority of airline pilots received their flight training in the military. Over time a growing…
Descriptors: Training, Air Transportation, Aviation Education, Statistical Analysis
Reyes-Dominguez, Pearl – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Research in the field of Emotional Intelligence (EI) has gained momentum in business and industry as well as in educational sectors. Many contributions from recent doctoral and graduate research studies have reported El skills as contributing factors in academic success, student retention, increased performance, and overall personal and…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Community Colleges, Industry, Educational Change