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The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

Creator:: Kelly, John Medicine Horse
Abstract:: This study documents thick-description single-source data from the life and experiences of a Native American / Native Canadian language worker. The worker, raised and educated in the United States, was separated from his ancestral village until his thirties. The worker, with a Masters degree in education from Oregon State University,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: First Nations Autobiographical Study. Understanding the Causes of First Nations Language Decline and

An investigative study in the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional improvement in northwest community colleges

Creator:: Sorensen, James E.
Abstract:: In 1990, the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges moved to an accreditation model based on outcomes, their assessment and deliberative attempts at institutional change and improvement. No study existed in northwest community colleges which identified the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional change and improvement. This study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges moved to an accreditation model based on outcomes, their

The impact of youth gang awareness training on school personnel

Creator:: Novotney, Dave C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of youth gang awareness training on school personnel. Middle and high school level teachers, counselors, and school administrators in a rural Oregon school district were the focus of this study. Six specially designed modules were created by the researcher and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and school administrators in a rural Oregon school district were the focus of this study. Six

Effects of value self-confrontation on values and academic performance of undergraduates

Creator:: Seyfarth, Leonard H.
Abstract:: This study investigated the following question: If one wants to be a good student and then compares his/her own values with those of good students, will he/she shift values immediately to resemble those of good students, and later improve academic performance? The investigator drew a sample of 237 volunteers of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Effects of value self-confrontation on values and

The role of resiliency in the educational attainment of certified alcohol and drug counselors

Creator:: Edwards, Darcy
Abstract:: This is a qualitative research project that seeks to understand the meanings that Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC's) have ascribed to their life experiences in relation to their choices about higher education. The participants are four Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors in Oregon who have less than bachelor degrees....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -line abstracts, journal articles, and papers. All of my inquiries ultimately had links to education

Characteristics and use of inquiry and communication tools in planning for educational change

Creator:: Fierstein, Micah
Abstract:: In education today, there is a growing sense of urgency to build the capacity of educators, parents, and community members to work together to solve the complex issues facing schools. The central purpose of this study was to explore how one elementary school site council learned and adopted a set...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Street Journal and the National Broadcasting Corporation (Graham, 1997) reported that 25% of the

A study of the relationship between school board leadership behavior and advancement of instructional quality

Creator:: Russell, Maryalice
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: behavior and advancement of instructional quality AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Maryalice Russell

Perceptions of an African American woman chief executive officer in a community college setting

Creator:: McKinnon, Maurice
Abstract:: Community colleges are in a strategic position to meet the growing demands for educating a population that is in a dynamic state of change, a population that is becoming more diverse with each passing year. A diverse population and other critical issues have created a new challenge for community colleges....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: understanding of motivating and constraining factors that influenced a Black woman leader in academia. By

Perceptions of international student parents at Oregon State University about their children's local public elementary school experiences

Creator:: Harelimana, Froduald
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to profile perceptions and beliefs of Oregon State University international student parents who have children in area public elementary schools. The research methods included a survey to 26 self-selected participants, and seven tape-recorded interviews with volunteers from the survey sample. These study subjects displayed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study was to profile perceptions and beliefs of Oregon State University international student parents

Interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects

Creator:: Thomas, Julie Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the professional interaction and interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects which involved the use of electronic media. Reference is made, repeatedly, in instructional development literature to the need to include interpersonal communication skills in the education and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: discipline. Settings Rapid advancements of technology will affect the delivery of education and

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The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

An investigative study in the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional improvement in northwest community colleges

The impact of youth gang awareness training on school personnel

Effects of value self-confrontation on values and academic performance of undergraduates

The role of resiliency in the educational attainment of certified alcohol and drug counselors

Characteristics and use of inquiry and communication tools in planning for educational change

A study of the relationship between school board leadership behavior and advancement of instructional quality

Perceptions of an African American woman chief executive officer in a community college setting

Perceptions of international student parents at Oregon State University about their children's local public elementary school experiences

Interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects

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