Teaching, Learning, Policy & Leadership Theses and Dissertations

• MIDDLE GRADES PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ TASK SELECTION IN A MEDIATED FIELD EXPERIENCE METHODS COURSE 

  Anthony, Monica (2021)

  Task selection is a critical element of mathematics teaching because mathematical tasks differ in the mathematical opportunities made available to students. Thus, it is important to examine both the tasks that PSTs chose ...

• Factors that Influence Preservice Teachers' Planning and Leading of Text-Based Discussions 

  Hogan, Erin (2021)

  Text-based discussions are defined as the process of collectively building high-level comprehension of text among a group of students who use each other and text as sources of meaning. Teachers’ role in this process is ...

• The place of race in past and present: Student and state narratives of race in U.S. History 

  Lee, Justine Hwei Chi (2021)

  This three-study dissertation addresses the broader question of identifying a collective memory of race in the Northern United States. The studies are conceptually linked by a critical race perspective and are distinct in ...

• CHOICE IN TURBULENT TIMES: A CASE STUDY OF REFUGEE STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN QUASI-MARKETIZED EDUCATION SYSTEMS 

  Reedy, Timothy D (2021)

  Across the face of the globe, there have been unprecedented levels of migration from displaced men, women, and children due to political, economic, or religious persecution. Nearly half of the 70.8 million people that are ...

• THE INTERSECTIONS OF MASCULINITY, GENDER, AND RACISM: EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIONS OF BLACK MALE GRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING A PRIMARILY WHITE INSTITUTION 

  Perry, Jamar J (2021)

  Negative perceptions of Black boys and men have persisted and have been analyzed through numerous studies over the years, showcasing both educator’s low gendered schooling expectations of them and their racial trauma and ...

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