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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Women teachers"”.
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Care in the Lives of Women Teachers
… Title of Dissertation: CARE IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN TEACHERS Jennifer Lynn Hauver James, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation directed by: Professor Jeremy Price Department of Curriculum and Instruction This is a study of care in the lives of six women elementary school teachers. It expands …
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Women teachers career advancement: an exploration of choice in context
… investigates the career choices of seven female teachers in mesolevel leadership positions at three Western Cape schools. It explores their decisions to apply or refrain from applying for senior leadership positions through an examination of the interplay between their leadership disposition, …
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Trade Winds: A Critical Narrative of 'Black' Caribbean Immigrant Women Teachers
… characters are three 'black' Caribbean immigrant women elementary school teachers. The women's stories are used as a channel through which their worldviews and agency are explored. Specifically, this study explores these questions: How do 'black' Caribbean immigrant women teachers interpret their …
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Teachers Without Borders: Exploring Experiences, Transitions, and Identities of Refugee Women Teachers from Yugoslavia
… and settlement experiences of refugee female teachers from Yugoslavia who immigrated to Canada during and after the Yugoslav wars; to document the ways in which socially constructed categories such as gender, race, and refugee status have influenced their post-exile experiences and identities; …
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TEACHING IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT: THE LEGITIMATE KNOWLEDGES OF BLACK WOMEN TEACHERS ENACTING ACTIVIST LITERACIES
… the experiences and knowledge of six classroom teachers who engaged in teaching practices that sought to transform the educational experiences of students in urban public schools. The study examined the educators’ life histories and experiences in traditional teacher preparation programs. The …
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Perceptions of Care: Self Reflections of Women Teachers of African Descent Who Teach in Urban Settings
… study focused on 10 African American female teachers and their perceptions of caring in the classroom and themselves as caring teachers. It is important to collect and share the experiences of African American females and how they define and practice care in their classrooms. Understanding …
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THE TRANSNATIONAL NARRATIVES AND STRUGGLES OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN TEACHERS IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
<p>Between 2001 and 2003, 1500 Caribbean teachers were recruited to teach in New York City’s low income and primarily immigrant/student of color school districts. Using ethnographic research methods through interviews, observations, focus groups, and document analysis, this dissertation documents …
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A Story Only We Can Tell: The Lived Experience of Black Women Teachers in White Rural Schools
… Only We Can Tell: The Lived Experience of Black Women Teachers in White Rural Schools captures the stories of five women including the researcher, who teach in rural White school districts. The researcher employed a rigorous, consistent heuristic method for gathering the data. The process began …
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On the front lines in the classroom: The careers of white and American Indian women teachers at the Carlisle Indian school, 1875-1933
… careers and lives of white and American Indian women teachers who taught at the first federal off-reservation Indian boarding school, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1875-1933. It analyzes the ways teachers responded to federal Indian educational policies of the late nineteenth and early …
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Challenging Intersectional Racism: A Women of Colour Feminist Account of Chinese Teachers in the Private ELT Industry
This Women of Colour feminist research illuminates Chinese women teachers’ experiences and understandings of how intersectional racism has produced and sustained a “chain of contempt” (*bishi lian* or 鄙视链) in China’s private English language teaching (ELT) industry. This research examines the lived …
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A Study Of Issues And Problems Women Face In Attempting To Pursue Careers In Educational Administration In Kenya
<p>Problem</p> <p>In Kenya, the majority of women in education occupy classroom teaching positions. Educational officers, in their hiring practices, appear to overlook women as resources, thereby depriving the schools of the skills and talents of potentially capable leaders. Students are also …
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Professional preparation and perceptions of Indiana senior high school women teachers relative to the perceived opportunity to pursue an adminastrative career at the senior high school and/or central office level
… of the last degree earned of senior high school women teachers in Indiana and their motivation to pursue administrative careers. A second purpose was to report the opinions of women teachers relative to perceived opportunity to actively seek a position in administration at the senior high. school …
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Women Teacher Turnover Problems in the Lutheran Schools of the Northwestern Sector of the United States
… nucleus of the hypothesis of this problem. 1. Women teachers in Lutheran schools are underpaid. 2. The absence of desirable working conditions for women prevails. 3. The absence of desirable working relationships exists. These contributing factors of women teacher turnover may or may not be …
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Their Story, My Story, Our Story: Oral Histories of African American Women Educators Paradoxical Navigation of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
… lives of three generations of African American women teachers in my family, my mother, Carolyn T. Sims, my aunt, Natalie T. Woods, and myself. Using Critical Race Theory (e.g., Delgado & Stefancic; 2001; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995; Parker, Deyhle, & Villenas, 1999) as the theoretical framework …
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A Study of Teacher Absences in the Elementary Schools of the Highline School District of King County, Washington
… (2) to compare frequency of absences in men and women teachers; (3) to determine months of the year and days of the week showing the greatest number of teacher absences; (4) to compare absence patterns in married and unmarried teachers; (5) to determine age groups of teachers having the greatest …
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Patterns and similarities in the career paths of Native American women elementary teachers
A significant number of American Indian women have taught and still teach children in both public and government Indian schools. Yet there is very little written about these Native American women teachers, how they view themselves, and their relationship to their professional teaching careers …
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Exploring Teachers’ Experiences of Parental Leave Policies in One School Board in Ontario
… to examine the experiences of secondary school teachers with parental leave in one school board in Ontario. The purpose of the research was to understand the policies that govern parental leave and teachers’ perceptions about the power dynamics in how these policies are enacted. This qualitative …
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Empowering women to become superintendents in Oklahoma: A constructivist grounded theory
… identified was the great underrepresentation of women as superintendents in Oklahoma. This qualitative dissertation in practice sought to understand the empowerment process experienced by women who became superintendents in Oklahoma. The constructivist grounded theory research design aligns to …
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Childlessness in a child-centered environment : the experiences of voluntarily childless female teachers /
… of research on the types of occupations held by women who choose not to mother and how their fertility choice influences their occupational experiences. At the same time, the experience ofwomen with regard to the childfree choice has not been adequately addressed in contemporary feminist …
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Social cultural factors affecting sex imbalance in school administrative positions in Lundazi district
… district education board office, head teachers and teachers’ perceptions on the influence of social-cultural factors on sex imbalance in school administrative positions; to investigate social-cultural factors that are perceived to cause sex imbalance in school administrative positions …
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