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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
McEady, Betty Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this research was to investigate the transformative learning experiences of formerly incarcerated participants in The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a three-level experiential training program in nonviolent conflict resolution. It explores participants' interpretation of changes in their mindsets about violence and…
Descriptors: Violence, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
de Souza Correa, Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A recent challenge for contemporary education has been to efficiently educate the increasingly diverse American population (Holley, 2013). Seeking to resolve the problems related to the education of a diverse student population, colleges and universities across the United States have begun to require students to enroll in diversity courses…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Diversity
Quagliaroli, Sara Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The environment in which higher education institutions are situated has been impacted by a number of disruptive forces since the early 1990s, including acceleration in the capability of information technology (Beagle, 2006; Bennett, 2003; Foster, 2014), changing attitudes about learning pedagogy (Barr & Tagg, 1995), and calls for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Leaders, Stakeholders, Library Facilities
Rogers, Tarsha – ProQuest LLC, 2017
TED Talks has become a worldwide phenomenon attended by many at its conferences, TEDx community-based events, TED.com, and YouTube videos. Previous studies have delved into TED Talks' impact in the educational sector, as it has been used by many educators and students alike in the classroom. Utilizing a qualitative exploratory approach, this study…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Lecture Method, Video Technology, Web Based Instruction
Holdway, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In response to the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity in US schools, in-service teachers are faced with the significant challenge of addressing both the linguistic and instructional needs of their multilingual learners (MLLs). This study provides evidence of the linguistic obstacles faced in the academic mathematics classroom and how…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Transformative Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development
Owens, Michael R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to better understand the perspectives of horizontal violence through the described experiences of new nurses during the transition from novice to professional nurse within the workforce. The focus of this study was on the new nurses' ability to recognize, report, and reduce the effects of horizontal…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing, Qualitative Research, Work Environment
Ghouse, Naseem F. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative case study relates to the area of word study. The research examines how specific strategies support academic progress when students are stunted at one orthographic stage on the language continuum. Teachers and reading specialists who support language development for students in first through third grades were interviewed as…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Transformative Learning
Battin, James Vernon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Today's academic and social environment creates uncertainties, new roles, frequent changes, and challenging situations for student affairs academic leaders. The purpose of this study was to explore how student affairs academic leaders described their recent challenging experiences in addressing student drug abuse in higher education. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Leaders, Transformative Learning
Himanen, Caren – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Corrective experiences (CEs) in psychotherapy are important curative factors and clients who experience transformation post rapid gains and thrive as a result. Although transformations are important indicators of growth, less than half of clients experience them. This qualitative study explored the experience of transformation in graduates of a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Psychiatry, Qualitative Research, Experiential Learning
Hsu, Albert Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study explored the transformative learning experiences of emerging adults through book reading in the context of the digital age. Qualitative in-person interviews were conducted with twenty-eight emerging adults, half of whom were seminary students and half of whom were campus ministry professionals. Half were women and half were men. The…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Young Adults, Christianity, Reading
Hetzell, Leah B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As calls for institutions of higher education to educate globally competent citizens have intensified over the last two decades, the field of international service learning (ISL) has responded resoundingly. ISL programs have been implemented at many institutions and there have been countless studies that demonstrate the great power for student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Reentry Students, Service Learning
Dapko, Richard Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the broad field of education, studies have been done to understand the ways in which adult learning, development, and transformation are fostered in travel contexts. Such studies mainly used the experiential learning and transformational learning theoretical frameworks to look at participants' lived learning experiences from travel. However,…
Descriptors: Travel, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Meiseles, Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this dissertation, I investigate how Israeli staff members understand the intercultural encounter they experienced in an overnight camp setting; how they navigated the experience; and how the intercultural encounter has impacted them. The research was conducted through qualitative methods of data collection, including elements of ethnography,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Summer Programs, Intercultural Programs
Bailey, Kristin Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As Christian faith-based institutions of higher education strive to uphold Christian values, there is a need to be intentional in identifying and developing future leaders. This study was viewed through the lens that women are underrepresented in senior-level positions in Christian institutions, they have unique leadership attributes to offer, and…
Descriptors: Christianity, Biblical Literature, Higher Education, Church Related Colleges
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