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Akst, Leslie Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation is a qualitative study of a curriculum I designed for composition students in the Fall of 2012. The curriculum I created is informed by the Freirean edict that a self-generated desire to "create knowledge" is far more likely to result in meaningful, holistic learning than simply "banking" information. In the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, College Faculty, College English
Harak, Philip J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although public school teaching by its inherent nature presents numerous classroom challenges, the public high school teacher today is faced in addition with multiple external mandates from several outside stakeholders. Given the established track record of professional learning communities (PLCs) to provide teacher support and development, I…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Legislation, Social Justice