The Twilight Program: A Phenomenographic Study

<p>Alternative schools are an important concept in current education. This research describes the qualitatively different ways in which student’s experienced an alternative program, like Twilight. In these phenomenographic inquiry two current students, two Twilight graduates, and four Twilight teachers discuss the qualitatively different ways that students’ experience Twilight. The analysis yielded an outcome space of three qualitatively different ways of experiencing Twilight 1. <em>Culture,</em> 2. <em>Self-efficacy,</em> and 3, <em>Teacher impact</em>. Based on the findings of this research, the recommendation includes studying the shifting role of administrators in alternative education. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Teacher Leadership (Ed.D)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Crawley, Chanda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Susan Stockdale
• Dr. Mark Warner

• phenomenography
• at risk student
• culture
• self-efficacy
• teacher impact
• Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/teachleaddoc_etd/47

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:teachleaddoc_etd-1047