This research examines the discourses that impact the teachers of ELL teachers within their instructional practices, their school environment, and a wider educational system. Interviews, observations, and focus groups of twelve teachers at two elementary schools in the Pacific Northwest provide the data for this grounded theory approach that uncovers...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to determine the direction of the
emerging role of the teacher aide in Oregon Public Schools and to
make recommendations on the basis of the findings of this study.
Securing and Treating Data
The data for this study were obtained...
The purpose of this study was to measure the relative prominence
of the values -- theoretical, economic, political, aesthetic, social, and
religious--among the four groups of institutional educators under the
direction of the State of Oregon Corrections Division in the two adult
and two juvenile facilities; namely, the Oregon State...
The purposes of the study were: (1) to provide a descriptive
analysis and historical record of the undergraduate OSU Fourth Cycle
Urban/Rural-Migrant Teacher Corps program; (2) to follow up former
OSU Fourth Cycle corps members to determine their employment status
and attitudes toward their educational experiences; and (3) to determine...
Purpose of the Study
The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the
focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors
influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally
diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of
language and linguistics as...
There were six major objectives of this study. The first was to
identify the common career education competencies that elementary
and/or junior high school teachers should have as they adopt and
utilize the concepts of career education. The second purpose was to
identify where, in the professional preparation of the...