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Jasmine Lenay Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how educational leaders in the Northeast region of the United States describe the influence of their childhood experiences and attachment styles on their current leadership behaviors. Bowlby's attachment theory provided the theoretical framework for the study which aimed to address…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Attachment Behavior, Principals, Administrators
Janice Denice Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how church members describe the influence of pastoral transformational leadership to achieve the church's organizational vision and goals. The theoretical foundation for this study was Bernard Bass' (1985) transformational leadership theory. The research was guided by four questions,…
Descriptors: Clergy, Churches, Transformational Leadership, Organizational Objectives
Christina Harper – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study considered how adventure education leaders can utilize the natural outdoor environment combined with appropriate leadership techniques to catalyze spiritual experiences among participants. Considerations included the impact of outdoor adventure best practices as well as the effects of situational leadership behaviors,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Spiritual Development, Educational Benefits, Religious Factors
Catherine Ann Blair Skena – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This case study explored the experiences of alumni of a private boarding school for low-income children who had informal mentors to understand the long-term effects of informal mentors among a diverse population. Guided by the memorable message framework, the study retrospectively focused on relationships alumni identified as having made a…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Boarding Schools, Private Schools, Alumni
Ming Yi; Jingxin Cheng; Xiaodi Li – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Previous studies have presented a clear link between teachers' professional identity construction and teacher effectiveness and have considered the teacher professional identity as a pivotal factor to teachers' effectiveness, decision-making about their career, commitment to the profession, as well as engagement in professional development…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Identity, Practicums, Foreign Countries
Jingxin Cheng; Xiaodi Li; Ming Yi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Previous studies have presented a clear link between teachers' professional identity construction and teacher effectiveness and have considered the teacher professional identity as a pivotal factor to teachers' effectiveness, decision-making about their career, commitment to the profession, as well as engagement in professional development…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Identity, Practicums, Foreign Countries
Laquanda Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
African American women are not retained or advanced in the community college system, resulting in an underrepresentation of African American women in administrative decision-making roles. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine the experiences of African American female leaders in the community college setting and to explore the…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Women Administrators, Community Colleges
Misti D. Gossett-Thrower – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study aimed to understand the lived experience of marginalized young men who transformed from low academic achievement to academic success in obtaining post-secondary education. Boys have a long history of underperformance in secondary and post-secondary institutions, especially when they face additional barriers such as first…
Descriptors: Males, Low Achievement, Achievement Gains, Success
Duncan, Brittney H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this descriptive qualitative content analysis study was to identify not only how Alabama assistant principals define instructional leadership, but what facilitating factors and barriers they face in the role as an instructional leader. Data sources for this study included five focus group interviews among 39 Alabama assistant…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Definitions, Instructional Leadership, Affordances
Reed, Francia I. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Nursing literature is replete with calls for innovation to address the needs of the twenty-first century nurse. However, innovation in nursing education in the United States and the subsequent impact on nursing clinical practice is poorly understood and minimally explored in the literature. This empirical study was designed to explore the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Education Work Relationship, 21st Century Skills, Clinical Experience
Muser, Heather M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The context and experiences of student-parents is an important topic for higher education. Educators need to know who these adult students are and where they come from. Due to the additional responsibilities that student-parents carry, educators are challenged by the fact that most of these adult students are enrolled in higher education on a…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Parents, Parent Responsibility, Undergraduate Students
Mitchall, Allison Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Low-income, first-generation students face numerous barriers on the path to college. However, millions of these students persevere and ultimately enroll. How do these students remain motivated on the road to higher education despite these challenges? This collective case study explored influences on the motivation of low-income, first generation…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, Student Motivation, Influences
Key, Lynne A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study's purpose was to investigate the importance of mentoring functions and behaviors for lifelong career development as perceived by protégés. The population included individuals in middle to late adulthood (age 40 years and older) who reported they had been a protege in at least one mentoring association perceived as beneficial to their…
Descriptors: Career Development, Mentors, Adults, Administrators
Chapman, Stephen J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify principal actions and strategies that support teachers in the development of social capital as perceived by teachers in high performing Dallas County elementary schools. This study addressed the following research questions: 1. What principal actions or strategies help teachers develop…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Social Capital, Elementary School Teachers, Trust (Psychology)
Bland, Anthony D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
African American male students at an Arkansas College inspired this investigation of their life experiences and the affects of literacy enablers and obstacles African American males face in an Arkansas College. The selection process for participants incorporated convenient sampling of African American male students at an Arkansas College. The…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Phenomenology, College Students
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