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Anna V. Gonzalez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this dissertation was to experiment with qualitative research methodologies while exploring the complexities of doctoral education, research practices, philosophies of inquiry, and other topics intersecting with(in) educational scholarship. My vision for this work was fueled by postmodernist critiques of humanist education,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Research Methodology, Educational Experiments, Qualitative Research
Hyejin Park – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A need for current science education has emerged in enhancing students' deep involvement in scientific practices in core disciplines. Students are encouraged to improve crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas through authentic science practice through constructing theories about the real world, generating questions, conducting…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Research and Development, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Barriers
Webb, Horace P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Doing and learning science are social activities that require certain language, activities, and values. Both constitute what Gee (2005) calls Discourses. The language of learning science varies with the learning context (Lemke, 2001,1990). "Science for All Americans" (AAAS, 1990) and "Inquiry and the National Science Education…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Mentors, Federal Legislation, Discourse Analysis