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The impact of a community college interdisciplinary faculty teaching and learning community on faculty professional development

Creator:: Pincus, Gail S.
Abstract:: My study explores the impact of participation in a faculty teaching and learning community (TLC) on the professional development of community college faculty. I address the problem that, in spite of the growth of faculty development activity in the community college during the past decade, how faculty development occurs is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Critical design factors for effective teamwork training in the workplace : a survey of training professionals in Oregon

Creator:: Gobeli, Corrine L.
Abstract:: Although teams are a common method of structuring work activities, there is still much concern over their effectiveness. The primary purpose of this study was to describe the current state of teamwork training in Oregon and to identify critical training design activities, situational barriers and demographic variables related to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ratings, Frequencies, and Percentages for I Ranks and Correlations: Frequency of Performance J

The career decision making of individuals with mild developmental disabilities

Creator:: Thyfault, Alberta J.
Abstract:: Individuals with mild developmental disabilities have traditionally been excluded from full participation in their career decision making due to the stereotyping of their perceived incompetence. This view forms a mind-set or stigma that is recognized as the disability myth. This study initially addressed the vocational development of individuals with mild...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: developmental disabilities AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alberta J. Thyfault for the degree of Doctor of

Perceptions of agricultural education teacher preparation programs toward distance education

Creator:: Nelson, Susanne J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify if differences existed in perceived barrier factors and perceived attitude factors toward distance education between faculty and administrators in the decision stage and those in the implementation stage of distance education technology adoption. Information was gathered from teaching faculty and program leaders...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Susanne J. Nelson for the

The relationship between correctional education participation and recidivism at one corrections center in Washington State

Creator:: Brewster, Edward J.
Abstract:: This study compared recidivism rates of adult male completers and non-completers of correctional education programs in ABE/GED/high school, vocational, and college transfer programs over a five-year period. A total of 1382 releasees was studied for the five years following their release. Recidivism was the dependent variable. Recidivism was defined as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Edward J. Brewster for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on August 2, 1999

The critical role of faculty : applied frameworks and strategies for integrating distance education in postsecondary institutions

Creator:: Olcott, Donald J.
Abstract:: This thesis asserts that faculty are the critical resource for the integration of distance education by postsecondary institutions. The major barriers to the participation and adoption of distance education center around faculty. This manuscript thesis incorporates a series of articles to develop applied frameworks and strategies that place faculty at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donald J. Olcott Jr. for the

Development of a perceived personal power inventory for undergraduate university women

Creator:: Bushnell, Bobette
Abstract:: Communication cannot be successful without the cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their every response depends upon their ability to perceive themselves as potential mediators of change. A review...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Compleat Chauvinist, Edgar Berman, the personal physician to the late Hubert Humphrey, fretted publically

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Creator:: Dantas-Whitney, Maria
Abstract:: No research to date has involved ESL students as researchers in investigations of community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college students in an advanced ESL course. The students worked on an original curriculum, the Language Research Project, through which they performed ethnographic and discourse...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Co-curricular activities : an element of solution-focused oriented interventions for middle school seriously emotionally disturbed students

Creator:: Stevens, Clifford W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a co-curricular program on the behavior of seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) middle school students. Co-curricular activities are any school-based activities that give students an opportunity to blend the various aspects of their academic learning with personal actions. This was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: disorders and emotional disturbance are male (Edgar, 1987). In fact, some estimate that the ratio in

Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

Creator:: Birky, Virginia Davidhizar
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe the experiences of secondary teachers who were actively involved in positions of teacher leadership in their schools and to discover the meaning that leadership activities had for them in their work. The informal teacher leaders performed their leadership functions in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

The impact of a community college interdisciplinary faculty teaching and learning community on faculty professional development

Critical design factors for effective teamwork training in the workplace : a survey of training professionals in Oregon

The career decision making of individuals with mild developmental disabilities

Perceptions of agricultural education teacher preparation programs toward distance education

The relationship between correctional education participation and recidivism at one corrections center in Washington State

The critical role of faculty : applied frameworks and strategies for integrating distance education in postsecondary institutions

Development of a perceived personal power inventory for undergraduate university women

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Co-curricular activities : an element of solution-focused oriented interventions for middle school seriously emotionally disturbed students

Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

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