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  • Special education compliance issues in Oregon

    Creator:
    O'Dell, Richard M.
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    In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on July 8, 2002. Title: Special Education

  • Educators in juvenile corrections : their understanding of the special education process and how it influences their practice

    Creator:
    Moody, Barbara A.
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    In juvenile corrections education approximately 50% of the students are eligible for special education services. This dissertation examines Oregon's juvenile corrections educators' understanding of their role in the special education process. This process involves student referrals, evaluations, and eligibility determination for special education services, and the development of individualized education...
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    Juvenile Corrections: Their Understanding of the Special Education Process and How it Influences Their

  • Exploring resilience in the lives of women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education

    Creator:
    Turner, Susan Diane
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    Women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education face tremendous challenges in their efforts to cultivate resilience amidst a myriad of risk factors including incessant stress, low wages, and limited professional support. Women who foster mental health in young children and high-risk families are vulnerable to secondary traumatic...
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    parenting children including 65% who have children with special needs. All of the women have experienced

  • A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

    Creator:
    Bohart, B. Edward
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    From 1990 to 2000, Oregon community colleges experienced a shift in their revenue sources from primarily local taxes to primarily state funding. Additionally during this time Oregon approved term limits for state officials and legislators. In preparation for the 2001-2003 biennial Legislative session, the community colleges pursued new approaches to...
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    colleges. An epilogue provides a chronology of significant changes in state revenues, of special

  • Characterization of high school students' preference for teacher race

    Creator:
    Hooper, C. Michelle
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    Racial integration of the Louisiana public school system had a devastating effect on its number of Black teachers. The state has yet to recover from this reduction, as fewer Black college students pursue education degrees. This study reports on whether or not the lack of Black educators has influenced high...
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    District 126 C Pilot-Tested Survey and Evaluation Form 128 D Survey Questionnaire 131 E Report of Review

  • Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

    Creator:
    Blount, Joanna F.
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
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    accommodations for those with special needs. Participants identified a number of services as basic to the EDE

  • A perceived-risk curriculum for at-risk learners

    Creator:
    Kash, Laurel Renee
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    Although perceived-risk curriculum, that is, where the learner experiences effects of eustress (positive stress), has been used in Arts or outdoor activities, it has not been used in school classrooms. Milkman’s 1996 studies of after-school Project Self Discovery demonstrated that at-risk students lessened their adverse risky behaviors, such as substance...
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    control activities, though most students did not report that the perceived-risk curriculum evoked

  • Social and learning strategies male community college students use to maximize learning from cooperative work experiences

    Creator:
    Risser, Edward M.
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    Employers often lament that many American workers are not qualified for present and future jobs due to changing skills requirements and deficiencies of schools. In 1991, the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report recommended educators use work sites to help students achieve foundation skills and workplace...
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    Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report recommended educators use work sites to help

  • Community college faculty-to-faculty influence

    Creator:
    Marks, Brenda Inglis
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    As community colleges have responded to shifts in funding structures, demands from an aging population, the emergence of for-profit competitors, the development of globalization, and the increasing use of technology, the role of faculty has evolved and new leadership opportunities have emerged. This study examines informal faculty leadership at a...
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    the development of strong ties: many faculty who develop strong tie relationships report having co

  • Is the classroom a haven? The effects of students' exposure to violence on teacher practice

    Creator:
    Hatch, David
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    Millions of children are exposed to various types of violence throughout their school years. American children, by the time they are 18 years old, have seen more than 100,000 acts of violence on television alone. The effect of exposure to violence becomes a part of a child's life experience and...
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    domestic violence. Realizing that people will interpret the final report in their own way, I documented