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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"urban teachers"”.
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Deficit Discourse, Urban Teachers' Work and the Blame Game
<p>This 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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Urban Teachers Program: Culturally Responsive Middle School Teachers Describe Their Competencies
… purpose of this study was to document ways that Urban Teachers’ candidates enact culturally responsive teaching practices in an effort to combat the opportunity gaps in education and increase students’ achievement rate. This study focused on documenting responses to the questions: How do Urban …
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Palpable teacher preparation: Preliminary and professional evolvement of prospective urban teachers
… qualitative inquiry of seven beginning teachers' teaching experiences in urban schools and the sources of their knowledge. The purpose of this study was to describe the socially constructed and contextual nature of an internship in urban schools for preservice teachers and their …
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Persistence and Commitment to Teaching: The Stories of Three Suburban and Three Urban Teachers
… examines the topic of teacher retention in K-12 urban and suburban schools and sheds light on why highly qualified educators continue to serve in these institutions for extended periods of their careers. A small sampling of classroom teachers from a high poverty urban school district in a …
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Urban teachers' understandings and uses of student funds of knowledge in the development of global competence
… collaboratively on important global issues. In urban settings comprised of racial, ethnic, and/or linguistic-minority students, especially, a logical but seemingly underutilized facilitator of global competence would be instruction that draws from students’ funds of knowledge--the home-based …
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Perceptions of Urban Teachers About Specific Characteristics in Their Work Environment That Relate to Need Deficiencies
… of this study was to examine the perceptions of urban teachers about specific characteristics in their work environment that relate to the satisfaction of individual psychological needs. In order to accomplish this task, the following research questions were developed: (1) What are the perceived …
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The urban classroom : views and lived experiences of early-career teachers
… inquiry, this study explored the views of urban teachers’ experiences teaching in an urban classroom. The main question this study sought to examine was: How did recently certified teachers placed in an urban setting view their early-career experiences? This study focused on lived …
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Teachers' Perceptions Of Professional Development In Urban And Rural Schools In North Dakota
… steps to ensure equity in education between urban and rural schools, addressing funding issues and the implementation of regional education associations. This research investigated those efforts by examining professional development as one indicator of equity. This research focused on three …
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"It's Like Professional Food": Sustaining Urban Educators Through Service-Learning
… the assumptions and motivations that shape teachers’ participation in a service-learning practice and community of practice and how their participation affects their professional practice and identity. Framed by Santoro’s (2013) model of teacher integrity, defined as an educators’ ability to …
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The impact of teaching residency programs on burnout in urban schools
This doctoral research investigates burnout of urban educators in a large southeastern district for a mixed methods study. Research questions one and two investigate demographic and organizational variables to determine if they are predictors of burnout or any of the three subcomponents, …
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The relationship between culturally responsive teaching practices and teacher's self-efficacy in K-8 urban choice schools
… of color and White students, specifically in urban schools. Education has sought to close this gap through a variety of school improvement efforts, yet this gap remains today. The classroom teacher has the greatest impact on student achievement and urban teachers need to be able to connect …
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Fostering culturally responsive teaching in an urban preschool: a qualitative case study
… are significantly important for students in urban districts. Early childhood helps set the foundation for learning about school culture. Students who are able to connect their home environment to the school environment tend to do better in their academic setting. Fostering a pedagogy that is …
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Impacting teacher mindset through professional development
… According to several sources, almost half of new teachers leave teaching within five years, and the rate is significantly higher in historically underserved, urban school districts. This statistic has been true for decades. The Social-Emotional Learning and Mindset Movements have gained recent …
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Dispositions of Effective Elementary Teachers in an Urban District in Southeastern Virginia
… Act (2001) mandated that only "highly qualified" teachers be hired to teach beginning in the 2005 school-year (U.S. Department of Education, 2002). Highly qualified is defined by a teacher's background characteristics that include state certification, a bachelor's degree and subject area …
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Primary teachers' conceptions of giftedness amongst schoolchildren
… The present study sampled two class teachers, teaching nine and ten year old children, from each of 24 schools in the County of Northamptonshire. The schools chosen were large, small, rural and urban. Teachers were invited to respond to an unstructured, tape recorded interview which …
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A Narrative Study of The Perceptions Of Education for Globalization Held by Teachers in the Urban Core
… the thoughts, perceptions and experiences of urban K-8 educational professionals regarding education for globalization. The goal of this study is to collect the understandings and perceptions of education for globalization held by urban teachers in the 21st century as it relates to their …
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Teachers' perceptions of school climate: Implications for professional development
Teachers' perceptions of school climate influence attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that directly impact the teaching and learning environment. The purpose of this formative research study was to assess urban teachers' perceptions about school climate, and their perceived level of preparedness' to …
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Beyond Survival to Thrival: A Narrative Study of an Urban Teacher's Career Journey
… early career exit. At least half of all new K-12 teachers leave the profession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career- long educators.</p> <p>This qualitative study is an in-depth look into one 40-year …
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