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Michael Valenti – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study addresses the inadequacies of the traditional ninth-grade science curriculum at The Charter School of Wilmington (CSW) and proposes a focused initiative to enhance the curriculum's relevance and effectiveness. The current Integrated Science & Research curriculum lacks socioscientific inquiry, neglecting to incorporate social issues…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High School Students, High School Teachers, Grade 9
Shuttleworth, Jay M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many researchers cite living more sustainably as humans' most pressing long- term challenge. Living sustainably can be defined as meeting one's needs without interfering with future generations ability to meet their needs. Engaging students with the social causes and effects of sustainability issues may help to address and create…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Social Problems, Educational Strategies, Case Studies
Becker, Mallory K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Teachers need practices that can be implemented in the classroom to teach children how to address conflict and solve problems proactively. There are curricula available for teachers to use in promoting improvement in the social behavior of students and for further enhancing their ability to self-regulate their behavior (Smith, Lochman, &…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Research
Lamin, Sylvester Amara – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The importance of International social work education these days cannot be overstated as social work has been established in nearly every part of the world. Also, globalization has been pivotal as it has facilitated the movement of people, improved technology and other social problems as well. American higher education is challenged to expand and…
Descriptors: Social Work, Graduate Study, Global Approach, Accreditation (Institutions)
Freedman, Eric B. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In this design-based study, an eleven-week curricular module in recent American history was developed that departed from both the epistemology and ideology of traditional textbooks. The curriculum instantiated a constructivist epistemology by having students assess multiple historical narratives and sources of evidence. It instantiated a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Assignments, United States History, Social Problems
Tao, Sarah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teach For America (TFA) teachers are placed in urban, impoverished, and highly diverse schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges faced by TFA teachers (or corps members) in culturally and linguistically diverse schools in urban St. Louis. In examining how TFA teachers perceive and navigate these challenges, educators will…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Linguistics, Educational Improvement, Cultural Awareness
Platz-Wiechert, Lynn Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Given the growth in community colleges, the projected need for health career workers, and the central position of the department chair in higher education, this study explored dimensions of leadership as identified by health career department chairs in five Illinois community colleges. Areas of study included: (a) professional profiles of health…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Qualitative Research, Community Colleges, Leadership Training