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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Educational history"”.
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An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. The dissertation concludes with a chapter about the opening of a new school in August 2021 called the Global …
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Dual Immersion Programs and their Implications: Focused Analyses on the Educational History
… seen cycles leading to different immigration, educational, and economic policies. This paper analyzes dual immersion programs, which have been treated as a controversial topic due to its implications on national security and identity. Dual immersion programs are a method of educating students …
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“All the forces of heaven and earth”: An educational history of Black protestant congregations in northern states, 1787-1885
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Citizen or Laborer? The Social Purposes of Black Schooling in Reconstruction Mississippi, 1862--1875
… researches, from the freedmen's perspective, the educational history of Mississippi's postbellum black masses between 1862--1875; the period commonly referred to as the Reconstruction era. It has a twofold purpose. First and foremost it highlights Mississippi blacks' educational progression within …
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Bad Medicine: The History Of Métis Education in Northern Alberta
… regarding Métis education. So much of Métis history has been “lumped” in with First Nations educational history or ignored because “they are half white.” This Indigenous group of Canada, the Métis, shall be accounted for as an Indigenous group of Canada by our educators. If we educate in, …
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A Comparative Analysis of Education Reform and its Impact on Socio-Economic Reform in the Twentieth Century
… focusing on the impact that these had upon educational structures and curricula. Critical theory, particularly as conceptualized by Jürgen Habermas, and the Culture of Poverty thesis advanced by Oscar Lewis, form the methodological frameworks that underpin the research project. The …
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Evolution of the Schoolmarm Stereotype: The Impact of the Feminization of Education On Two Male Teacher Cadets
… The study is framed by multicultural education, educational history and elementary education gender studies. Classroom observations, journal entries, portfolios, and curricular artifacts were triangulated with responses from a semi-structured interview protocol that was designed to gather data on …
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State policy on school physical education in, Ireland, with special reference to the period 1960-1996
… of selected issues in contemporary social and educational history. The use of both qualitative and quantitative measures is employed to outline the evolution of policies in school physical education and sport. For the core elements of the study a heavy reliance is placed on the use of primary …
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The National Council of Teachers of English and Federal Education Policy, 1958-1966
… its formal mission to accommodate popular educational rhetoric. Ironically, after achieving federal funding for curricula research one outcome was a recommendation for the teaching of English to shift its focus back to as it was in earlier eras.</p><p>This dissertation uniquely applies …
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Tracing the Threads: A Curriculum Study of the Dialogue of Otherness in the Histories of Public and Independent Schooling
… distinction that is traditionally drawn in educational history and theory by examining the histories of public schools and independent schools around the topics of identity politics, accountability, and globalization. Although there is much literature and research regarding these topics …
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Render unto Caesar, render unto God : Texas denominational colleges and universities and the politics of the Civil War era.
… and universities, church leaders, and key educational pioneers. Analysis is limited to three specific denominations: the Baptists, the Methodists, and the Presbyterians. Its central argument is that Texas denominational colleges and universities reflected and promoted the social and …
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S. John Davis: a thematic history of public education in Virginia as interpreted through the professional career of the sixteenth superintendent of public instruction
… era of innovation and change in Virginia's educational history. Davis' state superintendency is first analyzed by a description of the developmental influences which shaped his career. These influences include personal, educational, professional, and historical elements. The second factors …
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The sweet, sweet sound of liberty: black settlers and their early education initiative in Liberia, 1820-1860
This dissertation examines early educational initiatives in Liberia, West Africa, from 1820–1860: a period where colonization to Liberia was voluntary, supported by the American Colonization Society, and therefore attracting many colonists. The traditional narrative of Liberia's unique history was …
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The educational system of Cyprus since 1960 with particular reference to the relationship with the European Union
… of the European Union. A brief analysis of the history of education in Cyprus is provided, with the literature being used to provide a model of the factors and processes affecting Cypriot educational history, especially since independence in 1960. There were two samples and research methods used …
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A History of the Mississippi Freedom Schools, 1954-1965
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a history of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools. The primary research questions ask why and how the Freedom Schools developed in Mississippi during a social movement for civil rights. As such, this dissertation reconstructs the story of local people …
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Doing homework: negotiations of the domestic in twentieth-century novels of teaching
… from feminist and cultural studies, as well as educational history. The works I discuss include the following: The Blackboard Jungle; Good Morning, Miss Dove; To Sir, With Love; Spinster; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Up the Down Staircase; and Election.
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Perennial Educational Tensions: Saint Gregory Palamas’s Approach to Byzantium’s Exothen and Kath’imas Educational Traditions & Its Consequences for Thinking with Byzantium in a Contemporary Context
… to help fill a long-standing gap in the field of history of education with respect to studies on the Eastern Roman Empire of Byzantium. In particular, this study examines a crucial episode in the thousand-year tension between the exothen (pagan/secular) and kath’imas (Christian/spiritual) …
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Where’s My Teacher? Factors Influencing Teacher Retention/Attrition in a Post-COVID Landscape
… pandemic was an unprecedented event in modern educational history that resulted in a dramatic upheaval of the traditional school system. The shift from brick-and-mortar to virtual instruction resulted in profound anxiety and demand (Kush et al., 2021). As the quarantine ended, the return to the …
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An Examination of the Underrepresentation of African American Faculty in Illinois Institutions of Higher Education
… have African Americans had throughout their educational career to encourage their pursuit of the professoriate? and (4) How can faculty diversity be obtained among institutions of higher education? The study employed a mixed-methods research design to examine the experiences of African …
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