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Bacalis-Ariman, Patricia R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
THE PROBLEM. The purpose of the study was to determine whether faculty attitudes about infusing global perspectives into the curriculum were influenced by international living experience. The study also explored whether gender, years of teaching, or age influenced faculty members' attitudes towards global perspectives into the curriculum. …
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Statistical Significance, Teacher Attitudes, Institutional Mission
Galligan, Mark N. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This paper presents the research design, rationale, and the results of a historical document-based research project to answer the following two-part question: How do popular and dominant political, social, and economic forces affect the creation and delivery of American history curriculum in public schools between 1890 and 1920 and how is this…
Descriptors: Historical Interpretation, Educational History, United States History, History Instruction
Duncan, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined an elementary school, located in an urban school district, which was labeled as a Persistently Low-Achieving School (PLAS) by the federal government in 2009 in order to determine how the school planned to change leadership and staff; increase student achievement; and implement new approaches for changes in school climate. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Low Achievement, Urban Schools
Ivey, Tracey – ProQuest LLC, 2009
American higher education is striving to create the appropriate academic environment in order to prepare students to be interculturally competent for the realities of the twenty first century, and curriculum internationalization is part of this process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process by which the curriculum is becoming…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Global Approach, Global Education, Interpersonal Competence