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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"School Portraiture"”.
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Elementary Principals' and PTA Parent Representatives' Perceptions about the Effects of Parental Involvement on Student Achievement in Georgia Title I Schools
… on student achievement in three Georgia Title I schools. This particular study evolved from firsthand experiences while working with less fortunate students in a Title I school setting. The affective factors include but are not limited to the perceptions of the elementary principals and parent …
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An Inquiry into Secondary Teachers' Knowledge of School Law in One Rural Southwest Georgia County
<p>State policymakers and school district administrators need to know that their teachers are competent educational professionals, and teachers need to be able to educate students without fear of falling into legal quagmires. This study explores the stories of teachers' knowledge of school law …
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Cultivating Passion in Teaching English Language Learners: A Critical Analytical Inquiry
… ever increasing number of diverse students in US schools along with the demand for standardized learning and assessments has created a range of challenges for educators that I seek to attend to with the writing of this dissertation. I use the terms second language learners (L2), English Language …
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An Inquiry into the School Wide Enrichment Model at Mercer Middle School
<p>This inquiry is a qualitative study of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) at Mercer Middle School and its impact on the participants - the students, teachers, parents and administrators. There are three strands for the theoretical framework of my research: narrative inquiry, critical inquiry …
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Inquiry into the Writing Pedagogy for Middle School Language Arts
… inquiry into writing pedagogies of middle school language arts teachers and an administrator. Six teacher participants were interviewed and observed, their lesson plans were analyzed, and their instructional practices and writing philosophies were examined. Overarching research questions …
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Race, Class, and Tracking: What Keeps African American Males from Pursuing College Degrees?
… group interviews in a predominantly Black high school in middle Georgia. Additional methods included school portraiture, participant profiles, and a researcher journal. Participants stories and counternarratives to the dominant metanarrative (i.e., the narrative that prescribes either failure or …
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What Influences Girls' Mathematics Achievement? The Stories of Six High Achieving Middle School Females
… in mathematics in a rural South Georgia middle school. This particular study evolved from a quantitative pilot study that caused me to begin thinking about the attitudes and beliefs of my students. The affective factors addressed include attitude toward success, math as a male domain, influence …
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A Narrative Inquiry of the Accelerated Reader Program: Contributions, Concerns, and Future Directions
… curriculum. Data collection methods included school portraiture, AR artifacts, observational field notes, reflective journals, structured interviews, and focus groups.</p> <p>Findings from this study authenticated Advantage Learning's claim the AR Program increases reading comprehension, and …
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Using Multicultural Literature to Develop Empathy and Compassion in Preservice Teachers: A First Step in Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers
… Education Program in the John H. Lounsbury School of Education at Georgia College & State University (GC&SU). Concern for the lack of diversity in the teaching population increased when the demographics for preservice teachers were examined. Reports by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Danne Davis, and …
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Untold Stories and Silenced Voices: Lives Inside a North Georgia Elementary School
… in a rural/suburban North Georgia elementary school. I explore the obstacles and challenges they face as they experience the negative and crippling effects of the policies and practices forced upon them in their teaching and learning environments. Drawing upon the theoretical works of Dyer …