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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"experience in schools"”.
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Finding Voice along the Appalachian Mountains: An Autoethnographic Journey of a Female Immigrant Student
Using autoethnography (Ellis, 2004), this study explores a female immigrant student's lived experiences in education in China, and in the United States. The theoretical framework of this study is critical autoethnography. In the study, I present my lived experiences in poems, narratives, and …
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To Leave or To Stay: The Stories of Five Elementary School Teachers' Experiences
… teacher retention and teacher resilience in the United States through the stories of five teachers. The researcher presents the research in two manuscripts. Finding My Way through Teaching: A Critical Autoethnographic Play combines critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970) with autoethnography …
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Serving Asian International Studetns in English-Speakign Graduate Programs in the United States
<p>When Asian International students (AISs) come to the United States (US) for graduate school, they face a lot of problems, such as culture shock. They face a lot of differences between their home country experience in schools and that experience in the United States. Some of these problems are …
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National parks as lifelong classrooms : a qualitative case study exploring visitors' dynamic learning experiences in America's national parks.
Although the national parks are a massive industry with millions of visitors annually, not enough is known about the learning experience when visitors are in a national park. The type of education in a national park, or other informal settings, follows principles of free-choice learning and …
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O CANADA, WHOSE HOME AND NATIVE LAND? AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE CRITICAL ROLE OF CURRICULUM IN IDENTITY AFFIRMATION
… of conscience, religion, thought, belief, and opinion. However, the interpretation of such freedoms, and the extent of accommodation within the context of secular public schools, is not always clear (Shariff, 2006). I am a mother of four children who hold multiple identities, languages, …
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An Analysis of the Administrative Behavior of Three Female High School Principals
… school leadership has been conceptualized in a variety of ways attempting to identify the critical elements necessary for effective school leadership. The expertise required for today's schools appears to be different from that required in the past, particularly as school leaders are …
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Making Schools 'Staff-friendly' - a phenomenological study of school buildings, organisation and working conditions, and their effect on the wellbeing of school workers
… of school architecture, organisation and working conditions, and their effect on the wellbeing of school workers. Approaching school life from the twin perspectives of ex-architect and ex-teacher, I ask what is it like – whether as teacher, support worker or administrator - to work in a …
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FINDING VOICE: NARRATING TEACHER POWERLESSNESS IN AN AGE OF NEOLIBERAL SCHOOL REFORMS
… 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 regulate the field of education by becoming invisible and taken for …