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Creator:: Lin, Limei Grace
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate three research questions: (1) What are the attitudes and beliefs of the pre-service teachers and teacher educators regarding multicultural education, and how do the teacher educators prepare the pre-service teachers to meet the needs of diverse K-12 students in Taiwan? (2) To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: research with me has affirmed me in what I feel called to do. To my dissertation committee, Dr. LeoNora

Creator:: Zhang, Weiwei
Abstract:: This research looks at the use of PowerPoint as an instructional tool for teaching English language learners (ELL) who studied in a language program at a state university in the Pacific Northwest. The purpose of the research was to discover and to explore the perceptions of PowerPoint supported teaching and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members, Dr. Deborah Healey, Dr. Kathryn Ciechanowski, Dr. LeoNora Cohen, and Dr. Jon Lewis, for their

Creator:: Obery, Angela D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined the influence of the 2011 Oregon Writing Project (OWP) Summer Institute (SI) on the professional development of six teachers in the following ways: 1. The development of case descriptions of teachers' personal and professional backgrounds relevant to their teaching of writing. 2. An examination of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: major professor Dr. Kenneth Winograd and graduate committee members Dr. SueAnn Bottoms, Dr. LeoNora

Creator:: Sampson-Gruener, Gregory Paul
Abstract:: This study examines educator perceptions related to what has been termed New-Union labor reforms. The study provides a review of literature related to teacher Unionization and details a mixed methods analysis of educator beliefs related to three specific labor reforms: (a) alternative salary structures, (b) collaborative, or interest based bargaining...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Larson, Mindy Legard
Abstract:: This research addressed the complexities of identity development in the lives of seven elementary and middle school preservice literacy teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private western university using a poststructural feminism theoretical lens. This research investigated two questions: 1) How do preservice teachers develop their identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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