This study sought to explore the lived experiences that influence veteran teachers' decisions to remain in the teaching profession within a North Texas school district. While the field of education faces numerous challenges, including teacher attrition, this study focuses solely on understanding why some educators choose to persist, rather than on…

This study investigates the impact of instructor-student relationships on student learning outcomes in higher education settings. The problem addressed by this study is student learning is negatively impacted by poor instructor-student relationships. The purpose of this qualitative interpretive descriptive study was to examine instructors'…

The research presented explored the relationships between the purposeful use of humor by high school instructors and the development of immediacy, or relationships, with their students. This research compared the humor styles of high school instructors with the level of immediacy reported by their students via a quantitative study that utilizes…

This study investigated teacher-driven change efforts. A review of existing literature posits that the current education system is largely driven by top-down mandates, such as the implementation of evidence-based practices generated by large scale and randomized controlled trials. While these approaches provide the field with important knowledge,…

Institutions have experienced an increase in enrollment of Black male veteran students, while also encountering a decline of this population throughout the academic year. There is a gap in the literature regarding the experiences of Black male veterans and their levels of engagement in higher education, which could assist with retention. This…

In the United States, educators are tasked with responding to the increased needs of diverse K-12 students in mainstream classrooms through co-teaching roles that require collaborative partnerships. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand how students in teacher preparation programs within the United States describe the…

The purpose of this study was to explore how teachers' perceptions and professional development experiences influenced their sense of efficacy regarding their impact on student learning with diverse populations of students. Data collection for this study was conducted with a mixed methods approach. The Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale was the…

Current research into Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredited counseling programs has provided data that counselor educators and supervisors (CESs) who conduct themselves in an unprofessional manner affect their colleagues, peers, and students. Although there is an existing problem of…

In higher education, the focus on student success often takes center stage in research and the professor-as-teacher practice. While numerous empirical studies concentrate on the growth and development of undergraduate students, this dissertation delves into professors' relational and felt experiences in positive teaching-learning relationships.…

Mentoring has long been a strategy leveraged to support college students' development and academic success. The majority of studies on mentoring have focused on formal mentoring programs that involve a structure and the support of a program administrator. Studies have focused on mentorship outcomes such as increased academic achievement,…

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between student self-efficacy, student motivation, student-teacher relationship, and teachers' perceptions of student motivation in the science classroom. Using a relational correlational design, the researcher utilized teacher and student surveys to measure student motivation in a…

This dissertation investigated the relationship between students and teachers in the context of writing pedagogical practices and writing curriculum. This study sought to extend the understanding of classroom relationships, specifically centered around writing instruction. Three dyads of teachers and students were observed as they interacted and…

Bullying is a social phenomenon that involves more participants than the bully and the victim. Since the identification of other bullying participant behaviors, endeavors have been made to explore what inclines a person to defend a victim of bullying. With the social cognitive theory in mind, the current study examined whether students' level of…

This dissertation research explores how college instructors perceive and demonstrate care toward students. This research also seeks to consider how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced instructors' caring behaviors. Although instructor care has been linked to several positive student outcomes, including persistence, little research has examined caring…

Teacher-student relationships (TSR) have been linked in research to a positive correlation with Student Academic Achievement (SAA). However, few of these studies have used empirical data to quantitatively link TSR to SAA. This study used an explanatory sequential mixed method design model to explain quantitative results through semi-structured…