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- Title
- #RatchetQueerTeacher: Social, Emotional Well-being and Liberation Through Mindfulness and Hip Hop Thearapy
- Author
- Wheatley, Torie
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Queer studies
- Description
- There is a growing mental health concern among Black Ratchet queer womxn in educational and criminal justice realms and the Covid-19 pandemic has left the educational climate in a state of high stress and anxiety. Consequently, Black Womxn in educ...
- Title
- A CASE STUDY OF AN EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALGEBRA I TEACHER
- Author
- Linton, Patricia
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
- Description
- ABSTRACTPATRICIA LORRAINE CURTIS LINTON. A case study of an effective middle school Algebra I teacher. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)Using a qualitative case study approach, the research was an exploration of the perceptions of midd...
- Title
- A Case Study Examination of Male Former Youth Offenders' School Reentry Challenges and Factors Enabling Their Academic Success
- Author
- Glover, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Youth offenders often struggle to successfully return to their communities and schools after release from confinement. The reasons for this struggle are well documented, as is the fact that school engagement and success (before and after confineme...
- Title
- A Case Study of Diversity in North Carolina Architecture Programs
- Author
- Roberts, Isaiah
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Architecture, Educational evaluation, Education
- Description
- The enrollment rate of black students in architecture has remained stagnant for the last decade and decreased over the past two and a half decades. In 2020, of the 26,977 total students enrolled in accredited structural architecture programs, only...
- Title
- A Child Life Perspective: The Role of Technology in Preoperative Preparation and Distraction
- Author
- Osborne, Courtney
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Reduction of stress and anxiety for hospitalized children has been studied for years. Certified child life specialists take on the role of providing interventions to support and facilitate coping for hospitalized children. Preoperative preparation...
- Title
- A Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
- Author
- Means, Billie
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Educational psychology
- Description
- Of all college students, four percent are African American males of which one third graduate within six years. The status of African-American males in higher education serves as an impetus for research to investigate their collegiate experiences a...
- Title
- A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
- Author
- Williams, Connie
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between school-based organizational structures that support teachers' development of Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) and their quality as written for third through fifth grade stude...
- Title
- A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
- Author
- Foxx, Krystal
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Education
- Description
- Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, this qualitative case study (conducted through a federally-funded grant) explored the experiences of eight Black and Latino successful engineering students at a Southeastern universit...
- Title
- A Historical Case Study of an All-Black High School in Pre-Brown Charlotte, North Carolina from 1960-1969
- Author
- Ford, James
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- While the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision may have overturned the legal practice of race-based segregation in public schools on the basis of separate being "inherently unequal," the promise of equality for Black students in the Unite...
- Title
- A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS
- Author
- Interiano-Shiverdecker, Claudia
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students curr...
- Title
- A Multilevel Analysis of Black Male Secondary School Student Discipline and Achievement in Relation to Violence Exposure
- Author
- Garo, Laurie
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Education, Mental health
- Description
- This study examined school outcomes for Black male secondary school students in relation to neighborhood violence, focusing on Disproportionality in out of school suspension and below-proficiency achievement on selected standardized tests. Grounde...
- Title
- A Multiple Case Study on the Lived Experiences of Five Upper Elementary School Teachers Who Transitioned from Traditional Grading Practices to Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Author
- Frazier, Meghan
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Through a qualitative multiple case study, the researcher’s goal in conducting this study was to investigate and understand the experiences of five upper elementary teachers in grades three through five who transitioned from traditional grading pr...
- Title
- A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER AGENCY IN PROMOTING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY
- Author
- Sanczyk, Anna
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- With an increasing immigrant population in the United States, there is a growing number of English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in adult education institutions. Given that English language learners (ELLs) come from various backgrounds, they ...
- Title
- A Phenomenological Inquiry to Understand Environmental Work Factors, Academic Readiness and Supervisory Needs of Interprofessional Collaborative Counselors
- Author
- Kipick Cawn, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Counseling psychology, Mental health
- Description
- The multi-professional health care setting calls for a stronger evidence-based practice for providing collaborative framework/theory across disciplines. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the perspectives of counselors wh...
- Title
- A Phenomenological Study of African American College Students' Recovery Experiences In A Collegiate Recovery Program
- Author
- Huggins, Marie
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- This study examined the experiences of recovery among African American college students participating in collegiate recovery programs (CRPs). A phenomenological qualitative approach was utilized to collect and analyze data. The purpose of this stu...
- Title
- A Phenomenological Study: The Lived Experience of Teen Mothers Who Graduated From High School and Attended or Completed College
- Author
- Stroble, Christine
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Teachers--Training of, Education and state
- Description
- The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to (1) explore the lived experience of teen mothers who graduated from high school and attended or completed college and (2) discover the school factors that contributed to their academic ...
- Title
- A Post-modern Teacher Educator: A Phenomenological Study of Teacher Educators with Significant Experiences in High-Needs, High-Minority Urban Schools
- Author
- Robinson, Derrick
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Education
- Description
- Four decades of university-based teacher education reform has failed to yield favorable outcomes in teacher effectiveness in P-12 schools. A rising tide of reform and criticism from governmental agencies and neo-liberal reformers has resulted in o...
- Title
- A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Black Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Preparedness to Teach Racially Diverse Students
- Author
- Johnson, Ria
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- ABSTRACT RIA CRYSTAL DIANE JOHNSON. A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Black Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Preparedness to Teach Racially Diverse Students.(Under the direction of DR. CHANCE LEWIS) Beginning teachers are more likely to s...
- Title
- A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Experiences of Community College Disability Services Providers
- Author
- Nichols, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher, Disability studies
- Description
- The purpose of this study is to explore and capture the experiences of disability services providers (DSP) within the community college setting as it relates to facilitating and coordinating accommodations for students with disabilities, collabora...
- Title
- A Qualitative Investigation of Factors Contributing to Women Majoring in Computer Science
- Author
- Wong, Alexandria
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Computer science
- Description
- This study investigates factors that influence young women’s decision to major in computer science (CS). While there is a rapid increase of scientific advances being made in the United States and the importance of scientific fields for societal, e...