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How Three Middle School Reading Teachers Engender Interest in Reading
(2007-04-23)
Teachers are generally aware of the link between reading skills and academic achievement. They also recognize the connection between motivation and the learning of reading skills. What escapes many teachers, however, is ...
Re-Making the Namibian Teacher: A Study of Teacher Reflection in an Era of Social Transition and Policy Reform.
(2008-12-15)
After achieving independence from South Africa in 1990, the Namibian government began sweeping educational reforms. These reforms were built on a new philosophy of education that envisaged education as playing a transformative ...
Collaborative Processes of a Professional Development School Partnership
(2008-05-01)
This qualitative case study examined collaborative processes in the Professional Development School (PDS). Although central to successful PDSs, collaboration in PDS development and maintenance is not yet fully described. ...
The Light Cast by Someone Else's Lamp: Beginning ESOL Teachers
(2004-08-13)
This study was an in-depth exploration of the year-long journey of four first-year ESOL teachers who were women. The researcher asked about meanings of knowledge, pedagogy, and identity in the context of becoming a language ...
HOW L2 LEGAL WRITERS USE STRATEGIES FOR SCHOLARLY WRITING: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
(2010)
This dissertation research fills existing gaps regarding the practices and processes of teaching second language (L2) writers at higher ranges of proficiency in academic domain context. It is a mixed methods, longitudinal, ...
CAREER MOVES OF URBAN SCIENCE TEACHERS: NEGOTIATING CONSTANCY, CHANGE, AND CONFIRMATION
(2007-08-02)
This dissertation addresses the issue of teacher retention in urban science classrooms, in which a revolving door of new teachers leads to an inexperienced teaching force and reduced academic attainment for students. Urban ...
ENHANCING THE 'LEARNING PROFESSION'" IMPROVING NEW TEACHER RETENTION WITH TEACHER INDUCTION
(2005-01-20)
Induction programs are policy interventions designed to address organizational and professional issues that arise during novice teachers' transition into the workplace. These issues include high attrition rates, teacher ...
Intersections of Vision, Practice, and Context in the Development of Student Teachers as Reading Teachers for Students of Diverse Backgrounds
(2007-11-26)
The well-documented achievement gap and common cultural mismatch between teachers and their students underscore the need for culturally responsive teachers. Students of diverse backgrounds need teachers whose visions of ...
Stories of Teacher Identity: A Narrative Inquiry into East Asian ESL Teachers' Lives
(2005-11-28)
This study is a narrative inquiry into how our experiences as non-native English speaking (NNES), English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers construct and reconstruct our identities as persons and as teachers. While the ...
Increasing Black Student Participation and Achievement in Advanced Placement Courses: A Comparative Analysis of Two Schools
(2008-05-05)
Equal educational opportunity, especially as it pertains to Black Americans, has a long ideological history in the United States. As part of that history, the achievement gap has currently taken center stage in mainstream ...