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Exploring Girl Scouts' self-perceptions as geoscientists using a feminist standpoint lens and transformative mixed methods

Renz, Heather Fowler (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Currently in the United States jobs abound in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Yet, women remain an underrepresented demographic both in university STEM degrees and careers. This study sought to understand ...
Exploring multiliteracies, student voice, and scientific practices in two elementary classrooms

Allison, Elizabeth Rowland (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This study explored the voices of children in a changing world with evolving needs and new opportunities. The workplaces of rapidly moving capitalist societies value creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills ...
Exploring professional development experiences: teachers' and facilitators' perceptions of Alabama Science in Motion

Burruss, Linda Denise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Teachers are often disillusioned because most of the professional development that they receive is inadequate (Chappuis, Chappuis, & Stiggins, 2009; Borko, 2004). With that in mind, reform efforts have placed attentive ...
Exploring what contributes to the knowledge development of secondary physics and physical science teachers in a continuous professional development context

Nelms, April Wagnon (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

This dissertation used qualitative methodologies, specifically phenomenological research, to investigate what contributes to the development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of physics and physical science teachers ...
Facilitators' perceptions of facilitation in the problem-based learning mathematics classroom

Ingram, Shelia McGee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Despite the significant amount of research on problem-based learning (PBL) in medical education and gifted education, there is only a scarce amount of research on this instructional approach in secondary mathematics ...
Faith-based languaculture: church as a place of language education and community-family connnecting

Chao, Xia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The purpose of this study is to discover how church-based ESL programs affect immigrant adult learners' second language socialization. Also, this study is to examine the ways in which immigrant adult learners' second ...
First-year composition students' perceptions regarding the use of classroom blogs to improve student writing

Sims, Emily Marie Mendiola (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

This qualitative case study explored first-year composition (FYC) students' use of classroom blogs in their writing practices. Together, a social constructivist worldview and socio-technical systems (STS) theory provided ...
HBCU students' perceptions of their readiness for college

Taylor, Felicia Latrenda (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

The research study examines the perceptions that HBCU students have about their readiness for freshman composition. It explores how the different academic tracks influence the learning of students. The research study focuses ...
International teaching assistants' professional identity development at a US University: a multiple case study perspective

Wang, Hao (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Informed by Critical Theory and Poststructuralist Theory and the intersections of agency, power, ideology, discourse, capital, and language, this study investigates how three ITAs construct their professional identities ...
“It’s not just some place anymore”: an exploration of the lived experiences of preservice teachers engaged in place-based read alouds

Evans, Dana Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

Place-based instructional practices can be applied to literacy instructional techniques through reading aloud in local community places. In today’s rapidly changing informational landscapes, communication and comprehension ...
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 ...
Mapping De/Territorializing Literary Encounters in ELA Classroom Assemblages

Murray, Elizabeth Anne Taylor (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

Building from two years of data production, this study engages in a DeleuzoGuattarian-inspired exploration of de/territorializing learning encounters with literature that materialize secondary English Language Arts (ELA) ...
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 ...
Middle School Mathematics Teachers Using Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Improve Learning for Historically Marginalized Students

Jackson, Carol (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

Developing characteristics of culturally responsive teaching in mathematics is a complex endeavor. Although the field of research on culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching in mathematics is vast, ...
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, ...

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