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Policy on Morals and Influences, as approved by the Florida Board of Control and presented to the Florida State University Council of Deans. The policy instructs the university to screen faculty, staff, and students for "Communistic...
One Year Later: A Study of the Motivational Profiles of Students Who Participated in a Grit and Growth Mindset Themed First-Year Experience Course at an Urban Community College
The issue of low community college retention and completion rates has become an important concern in recent years. The lack of persistence among college students has led to a variety of institutional initiatives including first-year...
For a great many years American schools were able to fit themselves into a definite pattern without confusion as to their aims. Their function was to provide an opportunity for formal education. Each child either conformed to the pattern...
Despite music education being endorsed by researchers as an effective tool to improve the social-emotional competence of students who live in poverty, African American students, who are overrepresented among the population of students...
In the frontier days of America, the school and the community supplemented one another. Frontier life as simple and the requirements for existence on the frontier were, more often than not, a strong back rather than a strong mind. The...
"It is the purpose of this paper to record some of the activities in Barwick High School during the first three years of participation in a Cooperative Study, to analyze the experience for values derived from the experience for possible...
Access to high quality curriculum through acceleration/college preparatory programs is essential to student success in their post-secondary education and opportunities. However, African-American and Hispanic minority students are...
This mixed-methods outcomes study investigated the number of in-school and out-of-school suspension reports before and after the implementation of a preventative-based discipline method, classroom circles. The study was guided by five...
Research literature suggests that school leadership matters, and that their influence on student achievement is typically observed through indirect means. Following suit, the purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of school...
The purpose of this text is to bring together a series of historical/cultural/political strands which, when integrated, provide the raison d'etre of a teacher education program which maintained its identity and purpose since 1947. At...
"I intend to show in this paper the reasons, favorable and unfavorable, for teacher evaluation. In Chapter IV I will attempt to emphasize some underlying factors of a true teacher evaluation plan"--Introduction.
School counselors are the first personnel called on in a school to provide daily student mental health support. However, complications such as additional non-counseling duties and high student to counselor ratios exist which limit the...
The impetus of this paper is a survey conducted in Taylor County, Florida, by the writer. The survey was more extensive than intensive; for example, fifty people were submitted a questionnaire containing five questions; and were chosen...
Mathematics involves abstract concepts and students often find it difficult to understand this complex subject (Ramani & Patadia, 2012). In order to succeed and wrestle with the difficulties in math, students should use different...
In this study the writer intends to examine the literature on the purposes of the school and society as they are served by cooperative planning, select some of the best that has been said in regards to cooperative planing and to point up...
This paper is the report of a study of school organization and of the elementary program of studies in general and of the application of specific principles evolved from such study to the Trapnell Elementary School, Hillsboroug County....
Teacher retention is an area of importance for school leaders. Attrition rates are especially high in international schools (Hayden & Thompson, 2008). School leaders working in small West African international schools (500 students or...
The purpose of this study was to provide a better understanding of the effect of cultural dislocation on adult learning and to throw new light on the ways in which self-directed learning behaviors vary cross-culturally. The topic was...
"It is the purpose of this paper to present to the beginning or inexperienced principal a survey of the problem of internal accounting, a brief history of internal accounting, and an examination of the responsibility of a principal in...
This qualitative study was designed to investigate Puerto Rican Family involvement in the orientation and mobility training of their children with visual impairments. The study examined various aspects of parental participation, namely...
William G. Brown and the Development of Education: A Retrospective on the Career of a State Superintendent of Public Education of African Descent in Louisiana
William G. Brown was one of few black state education superintendents nationwide during Reconstruction, and the first in Louisiana. The study examines the significance of William G. Brown and his administration in relation to the...
According to the laws of Florida, the county is the unit for the organization and administration of schools. The Constitution of Florida requires the Legislature to provide for the election for a term of four years of a County...
After the publication of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) results, where Singapore has consistently placed number one, educators began asking why American students were not performing as well as their...
Public-school choice programs have multiplied over the past decades. Previous researchers have analyzed the significant roles that parents play when deciding what they think is best for their children’s futures. Though research has shown...
This qualitative study provided a compilation of Latinx student stories and experiences at a medium-sized community college located on the west coast of Central Florida to further understand student challenges with persisting to degree...
"The intent of this paper is to devise a foundation for the reorganization of the Andrew Jackson High School Band program toward a more effective administration, utilizing the democratic principles of education. A more complete and...
Constructing School Organization Through Metaphor: Making Sense of School Reform is an in-depth case study of a K-12 laboratory school affiliated with a major state university. The school was undergoing a series of significant changes, ...
Organizational Culture's Impact on the Effectiveness of Research Administration Units: A Multicase Study of Historically Black Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions
In this study the researcher explored the types of organizational culture at selected doctorate degree granting HBCUs to determine if there were differences in organizational culture that appeared to be related to institutional...
This study seeks to make meaning of Black college women's interpretations of Black womanhood through the lens of urban reality television. This study highlights the consumption of urban reality television in higher education and works to...
"W. T. Edwards points out that supervision means 'in the long run of things, that there will be a steady progress toward better instructional opportunities for boys and girls.' The purpose then of this paper is to review supervision in...
Many factors enter into and influence the operation of modern public schools. Whether the operation is smooth, onward going and successful or rough, static or retrogressive and unsuccessful is determined in large measure by the kind of...
Disaster response and emergency preparedness procedures are predicted through an in-depth and unique understanding of planning, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts. It is also contingent on both emergency responders and those...
"An overview of the history and actual practice of supervision in Bay County [Florida], to attempt to state the present point of view and philosophy underlying the supervisory practices, and to formulate and present some definite plans...
"The writer has attempted to emphasize the point that the principal should be the key leader in developing a curriculum for the school that will meet the needs of all the children and the entire community which it serves. The writer...
The purpose of this paper is to give a descriptive and somewhat analytical statement of the work of a county supervisor of instruction. Involved in this task is the validation through authoritative sources of the social and psychological...
The medical school learning environment can be an emotionally and academically demanding environment that impacts the student experience. These experiences may cause distress that can lead to overall mental health concerns. Research...
The purpose of this study is to gather and to present information on the liability structure of our legal system in such a manner as to help the classroom teacher to understand more fully his legal responsibilities and thus relieve him...
The educational system in America has become a huge, complex business. Administration of the schools is vital to meet the problems involved. A well-qualified administrator is better prepared to overcome obstacles and to make the school...
It is argued that teachers must experience inquiry in order to be able to translate it to their classrooms. The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Research Experiences for Teachers (RETs) offer promising programs, yet scant empirical...
The purpose of this study is to follow one teacher's evolution toward effective teaching. The autobiographical case study with self-reflective analysis follows the teacher's progress from his first experiences as a student through...
Making Symbolic Meaning Through the Engagement of Intercultural Exchanges: The Relationship Between Intercultural Communication and Global Competnecy on a U.S. University Campus
This study reveals how participants in cross-cultural programs engage in intercultural communication with one another and reflect on global competency. Researchers agree that many U.S. students graduating from universities today are not...
"The author, who is engaged in the supervision of health and physical education in Escambia County, has for his purposes in preparing this paper: (1) to study the scope of the school health program, (2) to examine and analyze good...
The Role of Early Experience in the Development of a Professional Knowledge-Base and Identity as a Teacher: Investigating Teacher Preparation in Belize
Contrary to the norm in developed countries where teachers pursue undergraduate degrees and professional certification before they are employed, many teachers in Belize are employed as high school or junior college graduates and they...
"The purpose of this study is to survey articles on administration and supervision of business education that have appeared in professional literature between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1952"--Introduction.
"The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the functions carried on by the Deans of Girls (or deans' equivalents) in the Florida Secondary Schools of four hundred and fifty or larger enrollment. This is an analysis based on...
Understanding science teachers' beliefs is important for science teacher educators, because such understanding is a prerequisite for promoting change within the framework of educational reform. The worldview model developed by Graves ...
This quasi-experimental, concurrent mixed methods study investigated whether less-proficient readers in seventh-grade language arts classes using the Reading VITALS supplemental curricular intervention exhibited improved reading...
The goal of this study was to describe the factors that influence education for sustainable development (ESD) in American universities. Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) was employed as the theoretical lens to analyze the...
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