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Kendred Spirits: an Autoethnographic Account of Composing Closeness Between Bars

Kidd, Briana Gilbert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

The purpose of this dissertation is to share an ongoing story of reflection, Love, and growth as acts of creative resistance. Since 2013, my life has been animated by Love for secondary students whose stories continue to ...
Lesson study as professional development within secondary physics teacher professional learning communities

Collins, Tonya Monique Nicki (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Two Professional Learning Communities of physics teachers from different high schools voluntarily participated in Lesson Study as a means of professional development. The five teacher-participants and one participant-researcher ...
Linking classroom environment with at-risk engagement in science: a mixed method approach

Collins, Stephen Craig (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

This explanatory sequential mixed-method study analyzed how the teacher created learning environment links to student engagement for students at-risk across five science classroom settings. The learning environment includes ...
Literary analysis and the Catholic optic in Catholic high school English classes

Baker, Sister Margaret Andrew (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

The ways that English teachers in Catholic high schools incorporate religion into their teaching of literature were investigated. After observing six English teachers at five Catholic high schools, findings were studied, ...
Long-term impact of undergraduate science reform courses on the pedagogical content knowledge of kindergarten through sixth grade inservice teachers

Turner, Donna Patrice (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

This study explores the long-term impact of faculty-created reformed undergraduate science courses on the pedagogical content knowledge of kindergarten-6th grade inservice elementary teachers who took these reform courses ...
Mentors' and mentees' perceptions of a system-wide mandated mentoring program for first-year teachers

Smith, Leann Sherree (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Throughout the United States school systems are aware of the teacher shortage. The projected need to fill 2.2 million positions by 2010 will increase throughout the educational field, especially in areas of high poverty ...
Micropolitical literacy in an independent school: how newly-hired teachers experience the micropolitical context of an unfamiliar educational environment

Sullivan, Hannah (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

When teachers are hired into a new educational organization, they must learn about the particular expectations and values of the school in order to find their place and be deemed an effective teacher within the local ...
My language learning, using, and researching stories: critical autoethnography of socialization

Keles, Ufuk (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

In this three-paper dissertation, I first reviewed recently published autoethnographic works in applied linguistics. Then, drawing on the subsections of socialization theory, I narrated my stories related to learning, ...
Navigating the whirlwind: one science teacher's experience utilizing a science fiction novel in the secondary classroom

Hester, Leigh Carmen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

This study was a narrative inquiry that explored the experience of one science teacher as he utilized a science fiction novel in his secondary physical science classroom. With the recent implementation of the Common Core ...
Ninth and tenth grade students' mathematics self-efficacy beliefs: the sources and relationships to teacher classroom interpersonal behaviors

White, Amanda Garrett (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of the mix-methods action research study was to seek how the changes in students' perceptions about teacher classroom interpersonal behaviors, the four efficacy sources and mathematics self-efficacy beliefs ...
Pairing of pre-service and cooperating teachers during student internship: opinions of collaborative relationships

Lawley, Jennifer Avery (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

This study investigated the opinions of collaborative relationships of pre-service and cooperating teachers during the internship semester. The primary purpose of the study was to determine if purposefully pairing pre-service ...
Pedagogical practices and beliefs in preparing English learners for the ARMT+ and the access

Edmonds, Margaret Jensen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study investigated the impact of preparing English learners for the ARMT+ and the ACCESS on the classroom pedagogy and practice of 4 case study teachers identified by their principals as meeting the stated requirements. ...
Preservice teachers' attitudes toward their preparedness to teach culturally diverse student populations

Brown, Lashonda DeJuan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The United States is a nation of many diverse cultures. Recent demographics suggest that public school enrollment has increased 73% over the past two decades for both secondary and elementary schools. By the year 2020, ...
Preservice teachers' stories from the literacy landscape: engaging adolescent readers & negotiating the professional knowledge landscape

Banks, Pamela A. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

This narrative inquiry sought to report and explore the lived experiences of four preservice teachers who took part in a teacher education program at a public university in the southeastern United States. Specifically, ...
Primary grades teachers' teacher identities and teaching practices in the United States and Japanese mathematics classrooms

Johns, Kyoko (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The research supports the contentions that teachers' beliefs influence classroom practice and student achievement. Although research has been done to examine teachers' beliefs and classroom practice, limited research has ...
Re-visioning the writing classroom: an activity theory analysis of writing pedagogy

Mitchell, Joan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The revision-as-proofreading model has persisted in secondary English classrooms despite theoretical and research-based criticism of its efficacy to improve student writing. This multiple case study investigated the decisions ...
Reading motivation and primary grade teaching practices

Sartain, Jessica Fuller (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

This study sought to explore reading motivational practices implemented in local, primary (kindergarten-second) classrooms. The purpose for this study was to fill an existing gap in the literature pertaining to reading ...
Residential environmental educatiton program evaluation practices and needs

Bourke, Nicholas F. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

The study examined the current program evaluation practices of residential environmental education centers (REEC) and the needs of the center program directors and other center stakeholders in regard to program evaluations. ...
Running to achieve: engaging students in literacy and physical activity through and after-school learning community

Vanzandt, Christina Beth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

The purpose of this participant-observation study is to describe rural, southern, 3rd-5th grade children's engagement in running and writing in an after-school learning community called Running to Achieve. This study ...
Rural middle school teachers' perceptions of their efficacy and stress

Black, Kristy (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Johnson, Cooper, Donald, Taylor, and Millet (2005) surveyed teachers to examine connections between their career and occupational stress and found that teaching was the second most stressful career. In fact, outside of ...

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