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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Teach for America"”.
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ADDRESSING FEMA’S RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES: LESSONS FROM TEACH FOR AMERICA
This thesis is a single-case study of Teach for America's model for recruitment and selection of young adults. The civil service has struggled with recruitment, which is becoming increasingly urgent as its workforce ages. Human capital challenges are at the center of mission failures in government. …
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Adapting Teach For America to Taiwan: A Case Study of Social Entrepreneurship in a Rural Educational Setting
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Leveling the Field Is Not Enough: Promoting Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teach for America Through the Evaluation of Intercultural Competence, Colorblindness, White Racial Identity Attitudes, and the Belief That Culture Matters in Education
… and beliefs essential to culturally responsive teachers for the purpose of understanding corps members’ needs and promoting culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) in the Colorado region of Teach for America (TFA). This study employed a transformative, sequential mixed methods design with a …
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Applying Behavior Change Theory to Building the Teacher Pipeline
… of the “stage of change” a professional is in before implementing recruitment activities. Purpose: There is limited research available exploring the backgrounds and mediating experiences that influence a career changer’s decision to leave their primary profession to become a teacher, thus making …
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FINDING VOICE: NARRATING TEACHER POWERLESSNESS IN AN AGE OF NEOLIBERAL SCHOOL REFORMS
The discourse of neo-liberal school reform is centered on the push for accountability measures and the emphasis on schools of choice (Ravitch, 2013). Accountability measures have resulted in standardized testing, curriculum and teacher practice. Standardization and standard practice come to …
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An examination of Teach For America's impact on the teaching profession, hiring practices, and educational leadership
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Deficit Discourse, Urban Teachers' Work and the Blame Game
… dissertation explores how urban public school teachers navigate the contradictory social position of having little power over their work and considerable power over their students. This qualitative interpretive study begins from a perspective that is attentive to and critical of both (a) …
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Neoliberalização e Reforma Educacional: Ensina! Brasil e os ensaios da rede global Teach For All no país
… de estudos que têm procurado discutir as transformações ocorridas desde a crise de acumulação e reestruturação capitalista desencadeada no último quartel do século XX, que encerrou o que ficou conhecida como sua era de ouro. Partindo principalmente de Bob Jessop, Neil Brenner, Jamie Peck e Nik …