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Direct linkErin E Riley-Lepo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative, instrumental case study examined how a mentor inquiry community can serve as a space for mentors to articulate their knowledge and what about the inquiry community, its characteristics, might harm or help that development. Using Design-Based Research as the methodology, a mentor inquiry community, composed of three…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Mentors, Inquiry, Formative Evaluation
Trent J. Swanson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Utilizing the Symbolic Cultural Theory as espoused by Deal and Kennedy (1982), Deal and Peterson (1999, 2016), Bolman and Deal (2003, 2013) and Harris (2005, 2015), this qualitative study explored how cultural symbols support academic and social needs of at-risk students in a selected alternative education setting. The study focused on the…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Nontraditional Education, Student Needs, Social Development
William Todd Dauterman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) each year. Given the complexity of ASD and how it is manifested in individuals, the execution of proper interventions is difficult. One major area of concern is how individuals with ASD who have limited communication skills are…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Allied Health Personnel
Klein, William Francis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
We now exist in an era where for the first time, symbolic representation may precede the natural world in human experience. Aristotle's a priori terrain has been upstaged. We are changing the nature of our own evolution in profound ways. The question becomes, "How do we transcend the chaos of meaning in this post-modern condition or…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Praxis, Ecology, Symbolic Language
Young, Ira George – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the utility and application of the framing devices identified by Fairhurst (1993) and Fairhurst and Sarr (1996) in the college/university setting as evidenced through college/university presidents' speeches. Fifty-seven college/university presidents' speeches were collected from institution…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Public Speaking, Speeches, Discourse Analysis
Spratley Burtin, Anika – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Secondary student performance in the domain of reading has been a cause for concern for educators and scholars alike. To understand the demands placed on students we must first understand how reading changes within content areas and across grades. Furthermore, we must have an understanding of teachers' conceptions about the texts they teach. This…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Symbolic Language, Figurative Language, Literature
