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Hendrickson, Danica L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While deep disciplinary knowledge will be required to develop next-generation clean energy technologies, the skills to work across disciplines and with diverse stakeholders will also be required. Providing authentic and explicit opportunities for graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to engage in the broader…
Descriptors: Energy, Fuels, Conservation (Environment), Graduate Students
Chalu Iila Harris-Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many students who enroll in online universities will never graduate. Attrition in higher education is accepted and expected; however, in exclusively online programs, it is prolific, with more than 80% of those students who begin an online program leaving before graduating. It is well known in the academic literature that isolation is related to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Distance Education
Christy M. Worhach – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students receive a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Yet, research shows that middle school teachers do not feel prepared to work with students with special needs in the inclusive classroom (Mackey, 2014; Nagro et al., 2017;…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Procter, Joe Don – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The focus of this study was to explore high school teachers' perceptions of self-directed professional development learning as participants in a community of practice. The questions for this study were: How did directing their own learning influence high school teachers' perceptions of their professional development? How did participating in a…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Knipp, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This research is an examination of a community of practice, how it generates teacher social capital, and the implications for school leadership. Grounded in situated learning theory and social capital theory, this case study of teachers in a small school analyzes how communities of practice can generate teacher social capital, and how school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communities of Practice, Social Capital, Instructional Leadership