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...
This study examined the values, competencies, and goals of educators
related to preventing drug abuse. Its purpose was to develop a new theory to
define the crisis moral community among the educators: a theory which linked
the primary variables (values, competencies, and goals) in such a way as to
reveal...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how high
school students managed their learning while working within the guidelines
of a student-centered approach to teaching and learning. Data collected
included interviews, questionnaires, participant observations, and Kolbe
Conative Index scores supplied by the school. Seven teachers and forty
students...
This qualitative and quantitative study examines the potential improvement in
aggressive student behaviors when a block schedule is implemented in a rural, low
socio-economic and multi-cultural middle school.
The number of incidents of physical aggression and harassment were obtained
from official school records for the years 1992-1996. Interviews were also...
This qualitative study examined organizational change including the
necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a
reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience.
The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student
Salem-Keizer School...
The student perspective is a largely ignored element of educational research. This
study used the college student viewpoint to assess the influence Black high school
educators have on their pupils. Given today's reality of racism in this society, the existing
literature addressing this topic is inadequate. Using an open-ended questionnaire,...
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...
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...
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...
There has long been discussion on whether or not there are gender differences in
different academic areas, particularly mathematics. One fact that most researchers agree
on is that fewer females than males take upper-level mathematics courses beginning in
adolescence and continuing through college. As a result, many females severely restrict...
This qualitative study explored the life experiences of a small group of
Yemeni women who are academically successful and identified factors perceived by this group to have played a major role in their academic success. One of the key objectives was to gain a better understanding of the processes which...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
Since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, a number of common problems have emerged. Primarily they involve the difficulties both experienced and created by public schools attempting to fulfill the federal mandate to provide students with disabilities an appropriate public education. The purpose of...
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....
The purpose of this qualitative study was to research the experience of six Hispanic students who were interviewed in depth regarding their persistence in school and success at a community college. The students reported on their educational experiences prior to college and how that related to attendance at the college;...