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Monet A. Barmore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research examines teachers' perceptions of cultural diversity training in a suburban school district. While there is an impressive amount of research on how large urban school districts deal with culture and equity in their schools, there is room for more research on how the smaller suburban school districts handle it. This study will add to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Student Diversity, Teacher Attitudes
Stephanie Smith-Jeffery – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between a teacher's teaching methods and the social and emotional learning (SEL) of elementary classroom students during discussions about race. This is an urgent need in the U.S. as the silence about race has caused harm in various ways. By exploring ways of creating an environment in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Emotional Learning, Correlation, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Andrehina Salinas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined teachers' current knowledge on trauma and trauma-informed practices. More specifically, the purpose of this study was to identify whether teachers and staff within the school setting feel confident in being able to work with immigrant and refugee children and whether teachers would benefit from having training on trauma and…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Immigrants, Refugees, Trauma Informed Approach
Ingrid Weland – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this multiple case study was to understand the perspective of early childhood Montessori Guides about quality in an early childhood classroom. Guides' perspectives on and use of early childhood observation tools, the ECERS and the CLASS were explored. As most states implement Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS), it is…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Early Childhood Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Paraprofessional Personnel
Joseph Ruben Guerrero Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The current correctional education model provides educational access for students enrolled in educational programming. Nevertheless, some scholars argue that correctional education programming and teacher pedagogical practices do not align with the specific academic and emotional needs of the correctional education adult student population. In…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Adult Students, Student Needs, Psychological Needs
Roybal, Diana M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Through interviews with the principal, teachers, and parents, the researcher describes how teacher training and implementation of culturally responsive education (CRE) has influenced the climate in a Title I school. Educators teaching in schools that serve racially diverse students from low socio-economic communities face challenges that lead to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Duvall, Jacqueline L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is no question that we live in a global society. The ability to compete successfully in the global marketplace is a fact facing our world today as it never has before. American education must prepare students for a world where the opportunities for success require the ability to compete and cooperate on a global scale. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Skills, Global Approach, Outcomes of Education
Srisurichan, Rachaya – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology is promoted as a way to produce a meaningful view of mathematics for students, but to date, there is still no consolidated view of how to appropriately or effectively implement technology in teaching activities. Using a large-scale teacher survey and a multiple-case study of four different mathematics classrooms, this study explores the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Surveys, Case Studies
Lasky, Dorothea Shawn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the US continues to strive toward building capacity for a workforce in STEM fields (NSF, 2006), educational organizations and researchers have constructed frameworks that focus on increasing competencies in creativity in order to achieve this goal (ISTE, 2007; Karoly & Panis, 2004; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007). Despite these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Case Studies, Creativity, Teaching Methods
Drits, Dina – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined patterns of change in the science teaching practice, beliefs, and content knowledge of 15 upper-elementary teachers from three Title I schools during their participation in a yearlong, reform-based science professional development program and during the year following the program. Further, this study sought to understand the…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Faculty Development
Jonett, Connie L. Foye – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Motivation of Teachers to Assume the Role of Cooperating Teacher This study explored a phenomenological understanding of the motivation and influences that cause experienced teachers to assume pedagogical training of student teachers through the role of cooperating teacher. The research question guiding the study was what motivates teachers to…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Incentives, Focus Groups, Motivation