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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Diverse student populations."”.
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Novice Teachers’ Preparedness Towards Successfully Interacting with Culturally Diverse Student Populations
… effectiveness is the most influential factor to student achievement. Systems of public education in the United States have traditionally centered on White, middle class norms, as suggested by the founding arguments of Critical Race Theory. However, in the past decade, national population trends …
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Self Portraits: How The Arts May Be the Key to Equitable And Authentic Engagement For Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Student Populations
… searching for ways to meet the needs of their students. The linguistic and cultural resources our students bring are a tremendous asset, yet our country has not been able to fully realize the potential of a diverse population. While multilingual students are often perceived to lack background …
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The Impact of Culturally Diverse Student Populations on High School Mathematics Teachers’ Preparations and Practices in Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… and belonging in classrooms, particularly for students from racially, ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse communities. Evidence indicates that when schooling practices overlook students’ cultural identities or normalize a single cultural frame, students can experience …
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The multicultural awareness, knowledge, skills and attitudes of prospective teachers: a quantitative and heuristic phenomenological study
Moule (2005) suggest diverse students suffer isolation, invisibility and inappropriate labeling in many educational institutions. This mixed-methods study explores the multicultural awareness, knowledge, skills, and attitudes of prospective teachers. The research questions are: (1) what are the …
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Developing Culturally Responsive Preservice Teacher Candidates: Implications For Teacher Education Programs
… responsive teaching change as a result of their student teaching experiences. Third, it was designed to examine how teacher educators prepare preservice teachers to teach culturally diverse student populations? Finally, how are teacher educators preparing elementary preservice teacher candidates …
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An exploration of teacher philosophies, preparedness, and lived experiences within 21st-century inclusive classrooms.
… led to a significant increase in the number of students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Now more than ever, teachers face the challenge of educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms (McLeskey & Waldron, 2011; Smith & Tyler, 2011). A pervasive call …
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A class piano course of study for music industry majors based on popular music and jazz
Tens of thousands of music students enroll in group piano classes each year in colleges and conservatories in the United States. Degree programs related to Music Industry are attracting increasingly diverse student populations and in turn are requiring curricular and instructional modifications …
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FlourishU: A University First-Year Seminar for Student Success
… and declining retention rates among college students, FlourishU was developed as a semester-long, credit-bearing first-year seminar designed to promote student well-being, academic success, and retention through the application of positive psychology. The seminar was developed in response to …
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"There's no school like Freedom School!" : a qualitative exploration of the experiences and values of educators who are former Servant Leader Interns
… are one of the core components in providing students a quality educational experience. Due to the growing diverse student populations across the country, it is imperative that teachers have a myriad of strategies that will reach all students. Children's Defense Fund's (CDF) Freedom Schools …
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Intellectual and Psychosocial Predictors of Success in the College Transition: A Multi-Ethnic Study of Freshmen Students on a Predominantly White Campus
… well-being for a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 449 college students. Stress and coping models offered a coherent conceptualization of how non-cognitive factors may operate. Cross-ethnic comparisons revealed both similarities and differences between African Americans, Latino, …
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Examining Social Studies Teachers' Cultural Competence In A South Carolina Suburban Public High School
… numbers of racially, ethnically and culturally diverse student populations in public schools, and decreasing numbers of racially, ethnically and culturally diverse faculty, the teachers' level of cultural competence is critical to the students' engagement in class and their academic success …
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Creating a Welcoming Learning Environment Through Communication Between ELL Families and School Districts
… Language Learner (ELL) families to support student achievement and engagement? The gap of communication and collaboration between ELL families and districts is a growing area of concern as diversity in the United States population continues to rise. Districts with diverse student populations …
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Study of collective efficacy in award winning schools in Illinois serving racially diverse elementary students
… level of collective efficacy present in eight diverse elementary schools. Through a series of interviews in the second and third phases of the study, I investigated the nature of collective efficacy in those schools and the possibility that underlying belief systems such as deficit thinking may …
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Embracing A Diverse Curriculum In University Teacher Preparation Programs
<p>Student diversity in public schools has escalated dramatically, and it is a reality that must be accepted by university teacher preparation programs. Teacher candidates need to be taught the necessary skills to successfully teach diverse student populations. Children come from many different …
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A Plan for Improvement of the School Climate in a Middle School in Southwest Georgia
… successful in meeting the various needs of the diverse student populations they serve. Schools in the 1990's are being viewed as the public institutions that are responsible for solving many of the social dilemmas that are occurring as a result of a rapidly changing society. Andrews and Parks …
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What matters in data use: examining equity and data driven decision making in diverse elementary schools
… the achievement gap between black and white student populations, little scholarly attention has focused on the ways DDDM for instructional decision making has been used to address issues of inequality within schools. This thesis explores the ways in which DDDM for instructional decision …
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Enhancing teacher preparation: first-year teacher use of culturally relevant pedagogy
… cultural landscape of society is becoming more diverse, the teaching population continues to remain largely white and female. Teacher preparation programs must prepare future teachers for the diversity with which they will work and training in culturally relevant pedagogy provides teachers with …
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The role of principal leadership in special education: a Delphi study
… coupled with the demands of leading programs for students with disabilities has resulted in the need for school principals to understand and apply leadership skills that will result in successful achievement for all students. The purpose of this qualitative Delphi study was to explore the …
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Effective Principal Leadership Practices of National ESEA Distinguished School Principals to Minimize Achievement Gaps
As achievement gaps persist among some groups of students, school leaders are identifying strategies and implementing plans to support the academic needs of diverse student populations. The purpose of this research study was to identify the leadership practices and strategies used by National ESEA …
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Courageous School Leadership: Rural Principals’ Perception and Self-Efficacy in Implementing Culturally Responsive Leadership (CRL)
… areas’ demographic and economic state— increased student diversity, high poverty, little parental involvement, lack of technological infrastructure, low student achievement, and difficulty hiring and retaining teachers (Gutierrez, n.d.). In increasingly diverse populations, rural school leaders …
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