Dissertations / Theses: 'Educator'

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September, Sean Christian. "Educator training and support for inclusive education." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1144.

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When the implementation of inclusive education was announced by government, it did not come without shared concerns by many parents, educators, lecturers, specialists and learners about the future of the educational system in South Africa. Research needs to be done in order to address these concerns. The present study aims to address some of those concerns as well as to investigate what is provided to mainstream educators in terms of training, support and skills in three schools in the Cape Winelands district of the Western Cape Education Department. These educators have all previously received training in inclusive education. The researcher embarked research to establish whether the educators believed the training and support they received was effective. Previous studies, local as well as abroad, indicate the importance of effective training and support for mainstream educators when it comes to the successful implementation of inclusive education. Aspects the researcher attempted to highlight are pre-service and in-service training of educators. A closer look is taken at classroom support, collaboration among all parties involved and peer support in order to get a clear understanding of what is needed, with special reference to the issue of support. The researcher also took a closer look at the types of skills that are required for the successful implementation of inclusive education-Data was collected through the administration of a questionnaire. The main findings revealed that the majority of educators believe that the training, support and skills they received from the Western Cape Education Department were effective. These results were interesting, given the fact that most educators, both locally and abroad, still raise concerns about training and support. Some key focus areas the researcher identified for the successful implementation of inclusive education are the integration of pre-service and in-service training programmes, parental involvement and collaboration between special and mainstream schools.

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Quinn, Melanie Lane. "Autoethnography : my journey from educator to educator-activist /." Connect to dissertation online, 2008. http://watzekpx.lclark.edu/login?url=.

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Hale, Travis L. "Becoming an educator: identity, music education, and privilege." Diss., Kansas State University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38794.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Curriculum and Instruction Programs
Frederick Burrack
This study is an intertwined critical autoethnography through which my experiences, my stories, are woven together with memories of family, students, and teaching career. Together, the telling of these stories will explore how I negotiated my identity development throughout my middle and high school experiences at a time when I could have been labeled as an at-risk student. The development into my professional career and personal life all influenced strongly by my participation in music education. Filtering these stories and memories through the lens of critical whiteness theory, this study interrogates the social assumptions that may be placed on at-risk students, exploring how these assumptions function within the context of access within our current music education structures, and investigates the ways in which social support systems allow opportunities for access of white male students and privilege in music education. An overarching question guiding this research is: How does the interrogation of such white privileges inform how one develops their identity as a music educator, a researcher, an academic, a husband, a father, a human, as well as, the curricular structures in place guiding access within music education?

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Nkenge, Nefertari A. "Educate to Liberate| Exploring Educator Narratives to Examine the Mis-education of Black Students." Thesis, Concordia University (Oregon), 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10747779.

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It is not known why the chronic mis-education of Black students has neither been adequately investigated nor treated as the most significant, widespread phenomenon of twenty-first century pedagogy. To attempt to understand this quandary, it was urgent to ask: How do Black educators understand the education of Black students? Are they able to incorporate the tensions and varied experiences they have had as students into their professional repertoire? This study described how Black educators’ unique cultural perspectives might enable increased insight into the problem of mis-education. Critical race theory framed this study with an emphasis on narrative inquiry and transformative learning. I interweaved narrative/counter-narrative and critical event research methods as both theoretical and methodological frameworks. I engaged in multi-part interviews and observations of 5 educators to explore their unique biographical narratives and analyze how their lives and teaching practices might better inform the success of Black students. Findings indicated (a) educators uniquely experienced the vestiges of mis-education as they faced insidious forms of racism during the course of their academic journey, (b) educators sought to interrupt the racism that their White teachers’ and peers exhibited, (c) educators encouraged students to use their voices and various platforms to effectively counteract their oppression, and (d) educators engaged transformative pedagogies in overt and covert ways depending on both the social and the teaching context(s). Based on the findings of this study, a liberation-based pedagogy is recommended to ensure the empowerment, increased performance, and well-rounded education of Black students.

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Sellergren, Martin. "Local Geography Educator." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-372079.

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The intent of this project is to produce a mobile application capable of teaching local geography of any place in the world to it’s users. The meaning of local geography in this context is attributes of villages, city-districts, roads, parks, rivers, schools and such geographic objects – object inside a limited area. The goal was to make a stimulating, entertaining and above all educational application. A design was carefully assembled through an analysis of existing applications with a similar concept, through a review of human factors regarding memory and learning, through an interview with a potential user, among other things. The corresponding application was implemented for Android mobile phones and tablets. The application introduces quiz- based education with well-reasoned solutions to design difficulties also faced by other developers of applications of this kind. The resulting application is likely unique with the functionality to offer education of detailed local geography of any place in the world. A brief evaluation of the educational value of the resulting application had promising results.

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Disque, J. Graham. "Counselor Educator Networking." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1997. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2823.

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Madden, Ellen J. "Place-based Education| Educator Perspectives on a Critical Pedagogy." Thesis, Prescott College, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10110427.

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As education evolves in the 21st century and students learn to develop knowledge from the ground up, educators step into the role of facilitator. Critical to this paradigm shift is a connection with places that develops knowledge from local experiences into broad global understanding. This thesis explores the literature on how people develop a connection with place, the importance of learning about the world through appropriate developmental stages, and the relevance of place-based education as part of learning in the 21st century. Through qualitative research methods—including surveys, interviews, and focus groups—this thesis demonstrates the ways in which educators in an elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico develop a personal sense of place. It also asks how an educator’s understanding of place is integrated into her or his teaching practices and addresses where there is room for place-based education principles in a wide range of classrooms. The findings of this study suggest that through relationships to place and people, young learners can develop a sense of belonging that drives a love of and responsibility for places on both local and global scales.

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Farouki, Dala Taji. "UAE student, staff and educator attitudes towards character education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/24091.

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This study aimed to answer the research question: “What role do stakeholders believe character education might play in strengthening UAE university students’ local knowledge?” Implementing character education was explored in terms of its potential influence on national identity and local knowledge in UAE education. The literature review covers several studies that inform a relevant research design. The literature review determines the best-fit term to use in this study by comparing and contrasting suitability of related pedagogical fields to character education, such as citizenship, civic, moral, and ethics education. Additionally, studies that serve as useful examples, such as the Crick Report, Lee’s Taiwan study, and regionally relevant articles such as Al Kharusi and Atweh, are discussed to inform the reader of the study’s design for the Dubai context. A mixed methods methodological design was used with a two-phased approach, a quantitative questionnaire survey and a qualitative series of interviews using an interview schedule. With a relativist, constructivist interpretive viewpoint, three groups were assessed with more than 300 participants: students and administrators at a Dubai case study university were assessed, as well as a group of external education leaders. Findings generally supported the idea of strengthening local knowledge learning both in and outside of educational institutions, with a focus on culture and language familiarity. Also, stakeholders strongly felt the need for choice in how and where learning takes place. Findings that inform the current status quo include that there is already a sentiment of citizenship within the UAE by expatriate residents. Many residents allude to the ‘third culture’ phenomenon, and thus feel belonging to several societies. Thus, results show that character education has potential to influence local knowledge and national identity within the UAE, and be directed at all students, both national and non-national.

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Eastman, Michael G. "The Journey from Engineering Educator to Engineering Education Researcher." Thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10279363.

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Abstract Despite favorable job-growth predictions for many engineering occupations(NSB, 2010), researchers and government agencies have described a crisis in education in the United States. Several simultaneous events have conspired to sound this alarm. First, when compared to other countries, the United States is losing ground in educational rankings, and research and development output and expenditures (NSB, 2014). Second, within the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) the ranks of engineering education have been identified as one of the most unwelcoming, inequitable, and homogeneous (Johri & Olds, 2014). Third, engineering educators at the university level has historically been select individuals from the dominant culture considered to be content experts in their fields, but having little or no background in educational theory (Froyd & Lohmann, 2014). Researchers and government agencies have recently claimed the changing demographics and need for more engineers in the United States signal a need for revolutionary changes in the way engineers are prepared and the need for a more welcoming and collaborative environment in engineering education (Jamieson & Lohmann, 2012; NSF, 2014). Understanding how to improve the culture of engineering education is an important and necessary ingredient for addressing national concerns with engineering and innovation.

My study seeks to explore the manifestation of the culture of engineering education in the experiences of five long-time engineering professors, who enrolled as part of a STEM PhD cohort, in a School of Education at a large research university in the northeastern United States. The overarching problem I will address is the persistent culture of engineering education that, despite decades of rhetoric about reform aimed at increasing the number of those historically underrepresented in engineering, continues to promote a hegemonic culture and has failed to take the necessary systemic steps to become more welcoming and more effective for all learners. This research involves the story, and the history, of an engineering education culture quick to identify the haves and the have-nots and dismissive of those individuals “not cut out” to become engineers.

My study is driven by the following research questions: (1) What are engineering educators’ perceptions of teaching and learning? (2) In what ways, if any, have participant experiences with constructivism and social constructivism influenced espoused beliefs, perceptions, and enactments of teaching? (3) What may be potential strategies for shifting the culture of veteran engineering educators toward reflective teaching practices and equitable access to engineering education?

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Moss, Ricki Carol. "Dorothy Clode : community educator." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28180.

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This thesis will primarily focus on the career of Dorothy Clode as an adult educator, examining her leadership and influence in professional adult education associations; her advocacy regarding provincial adult education policies; and her role in community development at Lake Cowichan and in the broader context of British Columbia, as in the Consortium on Economic Dislocation. The relationship of the role of a professional adult educator to the community development process will be examined, using Clode's career as a case study. The intention is to examine the nature of adult education practice, in terms of the daily concerns, issues and philosophy of a woman whose 18 year career spanned three dynamic decades in the recent history of adult education.
Education, Faculty of
Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Graduate

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Chandler, Paul. "The township trumpet educator." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53180.

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Thesis (MMus) -- Stellenbosch University, 2002.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study attempts to address some shortcomings of brass tuition in South Africa. It is unique in its approach in concentrating on musicians from previously disadvantaged communities, although the content of the document can be equally successfully applied to brass teaching in general. The study differs from any previous written material on this topic in that it takes the background of the previously disadvantaged educator and learner into consideration. It therefore does not assume that the learner can read music or that the educator has any formal training. The challenge is thus to write a document to provide the educator and learner with basic information in a medium that does not take anything for granted and that also offers some practical guidance in already existing projects. As a starting point a background is offered to produce a general overview of the problem. My research has convinced me that a document which consists only of a written text would not be sufficient to guide the educator and learner. I have therefore set out to accompany the text document with a practical trumpet manual. South African melodies were predominantly used as study material. This offers the opportunity to all South African learners from different cultural backgrounds to identify with the study material. My literature review includes a selection of the most commonly used beginner brass manuals in South Africa. For practical reasons I made use of abbreviations in the trumpet manual to indicate the source of a particular melody.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: GEEN

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Danner, Sarah E. "Creative Leadership in Art Education: Perspectives of an Art Educator." Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1217001351.

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Patrick, Andrew P. "Educator Evaluation and Bilingual Education Policy| A Three Article Dissertation." Thesis, Manhattanville College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10642032.

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The time between the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and its replacement, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, marked a period of unprecedented policy-driven education reform. Unfortunately, the major objectives of the policy were not achieved, and the very problems it sought to fix still exist. One reason for this was an overreliance on testing and test scores as a lever for change. This study’s purpose was to explore the ways in which an educational leader could bring the tools of the practitioner-scholar to bear on public policy problems worth solving. This research question was addressed through three distinct, but interconnected, articles that utilized different methodologies. The first demonstrated the application of the tools of public policy analysis to bilingual education policy at the federal, state, and local levels. The second critiqued New York State’s student growth model used in the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) using quantitative methods. The third analyzed the broader APPR policy and sought to address its many shortcomings by proposing a new, viable policy alternative for consideration by policymakers. The major implications of this study include a strong caution against the use of standardized tests of student achievement to measure progress toward policy goals, a demonstration of the importance of identifying and applying criteria to assess public education policies, and a recognition of educational leaders as important actors in the policy making process.

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Darden, Vicki. "Educator Perspectives on Incorporating Digital Citizenship Skills in Interpreter Education." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7627.

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Appropriate digital citizenship skills are considered essential for modern professionals, including signed language interpreters. However, little is known about the experiences and practices of interpreter educators regarding digital citizenship. This exploratory qualitative interview study was conducted to examine the experiences and practices of interpreter educators related to incorporating opportunities for digital citizenship skill-building in their teaching practice. A conceptual framework based on digital citizenship theory guided development of this study. Data were collected from interviews of 6 interpreter educators in bachelor-degree programs in American Sign Language/English interpreting across the United States. Data sets were analyzed through open and axial coding and assessed for themes and patterns. Findings of the study indicated that interpreter educators were aware of elements of digital citizenship but were not knowledgeable about institutional or other policies, that they prioritized the soft skills of digital citizenship, and that they assumed their students acquired the technical skills of digital citizenship elsewhere. Findings may lead to better informed pedagogical decisions about incorporating digital citizenship into instruction, better prepared new professionals, and can contribute to positive social change for practitioners and the consumers they serve.

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Khedama, Pakiso Elias. "The influence of educator absenteeism on effective education / Pakiso Elias Khedama." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2439.

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Brown, Tamara D. "Education Through Meaning-Making: An Artist’s Journey from Quarterlifer to Educator." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2011. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/32.

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Meaning-making is an important process to the personal and professional development of students in higher education. Today’s educators need to acknowledge and encourage the meaning-making process in order for these quarter-life students to enjoy an enriched life of meaning, as well as excel in academia. I challenge educators to apply meaning-making to their own lives in order to gain a deeper understanding of their personal purpose in their lives and as educators on college campuses. Written within a Scholarly Personal Narrative methodology, my thesis proposes that, through the deep and personal meaning-making process, students and educators can create a more meaningful experience in the classroom on today’s higher education campuses.

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Romandini, Doreen Jane. "John Main as religious educator." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23737.

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In the context of the contemporary rebirth of interest in contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition, many people, e.g., Laurence Freeman (1995), Eileen O'Hea (1990), Bede Griffiths (1991), have begun to examine the writings of John Main.
This thesis presents John Main's understanding of Christian Meditation, in particular, his recovery from the Desert monks of the 4th century, of the practice of 'pure prayer' (silent meditation using a prayer word or mantra). Main recovered the use of a mantra as a way of meditation within the tradition of the Christian church.
The thesis also discusses some aspects of the Christian life and themes which are relevant to his teaching and finally, articulates some implications for contemporary religious/spirituality education. Comparisons are made between Main's pedagogical approach and that of several other contemporary Christian educators.

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Colby, Brooke Bickley-Green Cynthia. "Rhythm to the art educator." [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2228.

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Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--East Carolina University, 2009.
Presented to the faculty of the School of Art and Design. Advisor: Cynthia Bickley-Green. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 22, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

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Kimball, Pauline Aines. "Disability resources for the educator." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2358.

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This thesis identifies what disability resources are currently accessible and needed by the educator in order to service the disabled student in the classroom. It is a compilation of medical, academic, financial and equipment resources currently available to the educator.

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Liwane-Mazengwe, Ntombentsha. "Teacher unions and educator professionalism : an education law perspective / Liwane–Mazengwe N." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8229.

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Despite the transformation that the education system has been undergoing, unionism at school level is still characterised by controversies that adversely affect education delivery. Teacher unions have neglected the significant meaning of their partnership with the national Department of Education in the sense that their activities are contrary to what their partner expects and; in most cases contravene the law and policies. From the transformation process and the legislative framework utilised to transform and democratise education, the South African education system should have yielded good results by now. However, professionalisation of education has been badly neglected as well as regulating unionism to adapt to progressive mechanisms and democracy. The character of South African education has not changed much except for registration with the South African Council for Educators (SACE) which is a legislated prerequisite for entrance into the teaching profession. To improve and to alter the education system, the Department of Basic Education should venture into adopting legal measures like writing board examinations just like the other major professions do to prospective practitioners. The character of trade unionism in general, has not improved as the country transformed. Unionism in South Africa has kept the vanguard status it had during the apartheid era as well as the militancy that characterised it then. The inappropriate involvement of teacher unions in politics and the interference during the filling of promotion posts attest to this. This may further de–professionalise education if it goes unchecked and unchallenged by the Department of Basic Education and parents. Teacher unions have a responsibility to ensure that educators are not victimised in any way. However, this study has confirmed that educators who democratically choose not to strike during public servants strikes and remain teaching in their posts are victimised. If teacher unions abdicate their responsibility to protect and pursue the careerrelated interests of their members, they might cease to be effective as unions. Deeper understanding of Education Law might assist the daunting position in which the Department of. Basic Education finds itself. This kind of understanding could be enhanced through training and development of principals as leaders in schools where professionalism and unionism phenomena are practicably visible. The government could channel funds towards this, as well as the South African Council of Educators. Conclusions drawn from this study suggest that despite the plethora of good legislation that the South African government has invested in, educators professional and labour activities are inadequately regulated. A few amendments and reinforcement of certain legislation that impacts on education could turn the South African schools into places of excellence.
Thesis (MEd (Education Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

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Kluczny, Harold Howard. "The call to become an educator." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ34869.pdf.

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Vogelaar, Susan Ann. "Woman as educator, passing the kaleidoscope." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0017/MQ47288.pdf.

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Blake, D. S. "John Austin Grace (1800-1886) educator." Thesis, University of Hull, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380776.

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Zahner, Mary Anne. "Manuel Barkan : twentieth century art educator /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487330761218048.

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Crawford, Alan. "The Diabetes Educator: Myth and Reality." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367658.

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This study investigated the current role of the diabetes educator and the historical and professional circumstances in which that role was defined to meet the challenges of a rapidly increasing health problem. Diabetes has been recognised as a chronic disease that requires a lifetime of good management practices. Long-term self management has been linked logically to being well educated and informed about diabetes and its long-term management. Wikblad (1991) considered that information about the disease was not sufficient; people also had to understand how to use that information. The diabetes educator became designated as the appropriate health professional to provide the information in a manner that promoted and encouraged patient participation in the self-management of their illness. The approach to this study was to consider the role of the diabetes educator in terms of interaction with patients and associated health professionals. It was accomplished by framing four research questions that address the topics of legislation governing scope of practice, training, interaction with other health professionals, and the patient’s perception of how the educator assists them in promoting self management of their diabetes. The methodology used to assess the four questions consisted of semi-structured individual interviews with educators and patients in tandem with an observation, re-observation process of assessing the educator-patient interaction. This methodology was used in both Brisbane and Singapore health facilities. The findings showed little knowledge of legislation, and training equated to each educator having a general nursing qualification. The observation, re-observation process indicated that the educator interacted with their patients by using a routine that seldom varied. Optimal scaling of the research results showed that participants from the Brisbane sites were more likely to be drinkers and older than the Singapore participants. A fifth research question about culture extracted from interview data showed that the Singapore educators were much more aware of cultural differences in their relationship with patients and knew how to deal with them when required to do so. The outcome of the study demonstrates a clear need to bridge the gap between actual practice and published standards and requirements of practice determined by diabetes educators’ professional associations. The educators in this study were employed and practised on the basis of their nursing qualifications. As the Australian and Singapore diabetes educators associations invite other health professionals to consider employment as diabetes educators, the concept of training and qualification appropriate for the role has to be determined. The implication from this study is that education of the diabetes educator must be taken to a level beyond that of the current nursing qualification. In order to move practice towards the recommended standards of educating patients for self-management, two concepts need to be considered. First, the education process must produce the best health management outcomes for the patient. Second, diabetes educators must be provided with the skills and level of training beyond that required for general nursing practice. An educational program specific to diabetes educators’ education, and the resultant qualification, should become a prerequisite for employment in the hospital and in community diabetes clinics. Although the diabetes educators’ professional associations in both Brisbane and Singapore have promoted the need for educators to become involved in research that will benefit patient self-management issues, it has not yet translated into practice.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Alcantar, Seleni. "Learning Journey as an Educator Ethnography." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/145.

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What makes an effective teacher? This is the question I have tried to answer as I developed this ethnographic narrative. What is written here for you to read is an outline of what my experiences have been for the past two years, although it could have been my first year of teaching, but because I set back in the program, I will talk about both my first and second year of teaching. It traces back to the early expectations and hopes to more complex understandings of my students and myself. It has been 19 months since I started writing my ethnography, therefore you will notice my verb tense throughout the whole writing process. There are also new perspectives for each section. The project begins with a reflective piece about my personal educational experiences and my journey to become a teacher. I do wish to warn you that I have included specifically, details about my personal upbringing that may make a few people uncomfortable, but all in all this is who I am and what has helped shaped me through out the years. The work of this ethnography centers on my experience in my current position as an Intern teacher at a high school in Pomona, California. This opens with a study of three focus students who I had the privilege of visiting in their homes. This allowed me to discover who my students truly are and lay a foundation for my teaching goals. It is then followed by a section on the school, classroom, and community environment because this is what helps further analyze what shapes my students and it opens up opportunities to understanding where, how and why my students perform at the level they do. Finally, this project although the majority analytical, it is also very personal. In the last section presented, I reflect on the journey as an educator and what changes can be made to better suit my students. This section allows me to analyze how effective I have been and continue to be as an educator.

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Venter, Frans. "An educator in every classroom : the management of substitute educators in Northern Gauteng province." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62908.

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This study investigated and described the manner in which school leaders in the Gauteng North province of South Africa manage substitute educators as part of a strategy to manage educator absenteeism. This study attempted to uncover what management strategies are in place when educators cannot attend to their educational duties. This qualitative case study was guided by the following research question: “How do school leaders manage substitute educators in the Northern Gauteng province?” Using a conceptual framework made up of the elements of management, namely planning, organising, leading, and controlling (van der Westhuizen, 2003), the researcher collected data using semi-structured interviews with school principals. In selecting the first research site both purposive and convenience sampling was used - the criteria for the identification of the first school was whether it uses substitute educators, while the Northern Gauteng province was selected on the basis of convenience as it is within close geographic location to the researcher. Snowball sampling was employed to identify other schools in the Northern Gauteng province that use substitute educators. Ultimately, the study involved five principals that utilize substitute educators on a regular basis. The researcher determined that the main reasons for utilizing substitute educators are for maternity leave for female educators, illnesses like cancer, the hospitalisation of educators for surgery, and also for urgent private affairs and PILIR leave. Schools are lacking policies regarding their substitute educators, which can lead to hindrances in the utilization of substitute educators. All schools have difficulty in finding substitute educators with the ability to teach languages, especially for Afrikaans Home Language, and to a lesser extent English Home Language and English First Additional Language. Other subjects that are challenging to find suitable substitute educators for are Mathematics and Physical Science. The researcher also determined that principals are mainly responsible for the planning of the utilisation of substitute educators, and to a lesser extent the SMT’s. A factor that hampers the appointment of appropriate substitute educators at schools is the availability of finances. Some schools are not able to pay competitive salaries to substitute educators, although they attempt to remunerate them on the same scale as permanent educators. Due to the fact of better remuneration at other schools, quality substitute educators are often lost. The researcher discovered that newly appointed substitute educators’ progress is continuously monitored to ensure that they are well adjusted and that all issues are addressed. The majority of substitute educators are females who were in the teaching profession but left due to family reasons or because they did not want to commit to a specific school. Furthermore, the researcher discovered that the greatest challenge for schools is not knowing in advance when educators were going to be absent. Some educators wait until the last moment to inform the principal of their absence from school. A further challenge depends on the ability of the school to manage a substitute educator. An inexperienced principal may have more difficulty to address this matter. However, most schools have adequate procedures in place to monitor and control the use of substitute educators. Time is of the essence because of the tempo at which education in South Africa takes place. Recommendations for the management of substitute educators include the design and implementation of a compulsory, comprehensive, and focused school policy on the management of substitute educators. More support from the GDE would benefit schools when they are in need of a substitute educator, perhaps even by adjusting their own policy. Substitute educators that are regularly utilised at a school must be actively involved in professional development, especially regarding discipline. Schools need to create strategies to give feedback to substitute educators when they have completed their stint. Finally, the creation of a proficient data base of all educators who desire to do substitute teaching may prove to be quite useful.
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Education Management and Policy Studies
MEd
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Cohen, Avraham. "Attending to the inner life of an educator : the human dimension in education." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63.

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My dissertation is a selection of essays that reflect upon human potential, particularly but not exclusively, within educational environments. I offer theory and practices that suggest that under the right conditions educators and students will move towards the far reaches of their own creative capacities. I offer my own experience and practice as an exemplar of possibilities. I make proposals about educators and education of educators that represent a paradigm shift from centralizing curriculum and content to focusing on care, nurturance, subjective and inter-subjective understanding, and development of educators. The reader is invited to see educators as central, and is encouraged towards the possibility that educators must be supported, encouraged, and cared for in order to support emergence of their vitality, first for themselves and subsequently for students. I outline an approach that puts human beings in educational environments first in practical and specific ways. Integration of personal experience and curriculum material is explicated. The importance of personal inner work for educators is highlighted. Inner Work is characterized as a personal and spiritual process. The claim that educators need to have group facilitation skills is made and evidence offered. Philosophical and theoretical background from education, eastern and western philosophy, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, process-oriented methods, and counselling psychology are drawn upon. The approach is holistic and systemic. The human is viewed as important but not separate from other living beings or the environment. The values of presence, care, and deep democracy underlie the ideas. The importance of relationality and I-Thou connection are explicated. The writing and research draws on a variety of qualitative approaches, including, living inquiry, autobiography, and self-study, as well as conceptual, narrative, poetic, auto-ethnographic, heuristic, and analytic methods. The material, personal, and ephemeral are investigated as integrated parts of the Dao-Field of education and life.

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Munro, Patricia Jane. "Presence at a distance : the educator-learner relationship in distance education and dropout." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32299.

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The purpose of the present study was to provide an understanding of the educator-learner relationship in distance education and then to identify and discuss parts of that relationship associated with dropout. Its underlying assumption was that education, at a distance or face-to-face, involves an educator-learner relationship. There were three justifications for this investigation: to illuminate the educator-learner relationship, to contribute to research on dropout in distance education, and to foster integration between practice and scholarship in the field. The scope of the first research question, what characterizes educator-learner relationships in distance education? necessitated drawing on a broad data base and suggested an interpretive study. The research method chosen was an integrative review of scholarly literature in the field of distance education. In answer to the first research question, the educator-learner relationship in distance education was conceptualized as a wheel with an axle of dialogue, spokes of support, and a rim of independence. The development of this model was the most important result of the present study. Concern among practitioners over high attrition rates led to the second part of the purpose and the second research question, what characteristics of the educator-learner relationship in distance education are associated with dropout? In answer to this question, findings from the dropout literature were filtered through the model of the educator-learner relationship in distance education. Tinto’s research into dropout from higher education informed the analysis. Results indicated that perceived deficiencies in dialogue along the spokes of support in the quadrants of learning and instruction have been associated with dropout. This study recognized that the relationship between educator and learner affects student perceptions of intellectual and social integration and so may influence dropout. Recommendations for research and practice were generated from the model of the educator-learner relationship in distance education. Presence at a distance can be enhanced by a dialogue-centred practice. Suggestions included the tracking of students, professional development for practitioners, and evaluations of distance education practice based on the model of the educator-learner relationship in distance education.
Education, Faculty of
Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
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Haggar, Janette. "Issues in community art education : developing a profile of the community art educator." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0018/MQ54342.pdf.

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Smith, Kim. "Teacher education in England undone : developing teacher educator agency through theory and practice." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/618072/.

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UK government rhetoric and action has progressively altered the landscape of teacher education in England and marginalised the role of the university. This has impacted the professional lives of university-based teacher educators in particular ways. Significantly, they have needed to adjust their practice in partnerships with schools in relation to a shifting professionalism within the field of teacher education. The thesis provides a critical application of various theoretical lenses to one university teacher educator’s professional journey through this landscape over a 20 year period. It researches the question of how she has developed agency to effect positive change in teacher education in the policy context. In so doing, articles first published by the author as university teacher educator are re-examined using readings in a contemporary setting to reflect upon thinking and practice during successive policy enactments. The discussion begins with a retrospective consideration of the use of principles of reflective practice in student teacher development and raises the question of social theorising and a psychoanalytical approach for players in teacher education. Particular focus is given to a critical discussion of the author’s earlier use of Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital in social relations governing prescribed subject knowledge development of student teachers in the field; an apparent disconnect between use of the concept and explicit psychoanalytical approaches based on the work of Lacan is revealed. Significantly, the author’s later professional experience of tutoring and researching on the employment-based Graduate Teacher Programme is explored specifically in relation to Lacan’s four speech discourses. These are used to develop theoretical understanding about the positioning of student teachers and the university teacher educator in teacher education. It is argued that professional agency derives from the intersect of informed academic, analytical action and response between players engaged in the field. Furthermore, such professional agency is required to provide sustainable teacher education of quality able to serve schools and their wider communities in troubled times.

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Harkins, Bradford J. "Survey of Educator Attitude Regarding Inclusive Education Within a Southern Arizona School District." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293610.

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Inclusive Education for students with special educational needs is a global phenomenon, a major event of momentous proportions affecting directly and indirectly a significant percentage of the world's population. In response to international and national mandates requiring its implementation, educators everywhere are engaged in the daily task of providing educational services within inclusive general education classroom settings. It is expected that inclusion in the United States will become more prevalent in American classrooms over the next ten years due to progressively more stringent federal and state mandates. In order for inclusion to result in adequate yearly progress for all student subgroups, it is imperative that it be properly implemented. Research has established that a critical component for proper implementation is an understanding of baseline attitudes in regard to inclusive education held by educators. The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes of pre-K-12 general and special education teachers, school site administrators, school psychologists, paraprofessionals, physical and occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, certified non-teaching, school office staff and special education office staff in a medium-sized school district in southern Arizona. This study examines attitudes held by educators, their foundations of knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and opinions that shape their attitudes; and potential recommendations for implementation strategies that are predicted to be successful by these educators.

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DuPont, Carrie Sue. "The Relationship Between Counselor Educator Technology Self-Efficacy and Distance Counseling Skills Education." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7632.

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Grounded in Bandura's theory of self-efficacy, the purpose of this study was to examine if one aspect of counselor training, counselor educator self-efficacy with technology (SE), was associated with counselor educator teaching distance counseling skills in their classroom (INC). For this correlation study, 176 counselor educators in the United States with experience teaching a skills-based class completed an anonymous online survey. Survey data were used to assess if self-efficacy with technology and demographic data were related to the inclusion of distance counseling skills in the classroom. Point-biserial correlation and logistic regression analysis were used to examine relationships between SE, demographic data, and INC. There was a positive correlation between the Intrapersonal technology integrations scale (ITIS) score, used to measure SE, and INC scoresn=176, rpb=.343, p< .001. A logistic regression was performed to determine the effects of prior experience (EXP), availability of technology (AV), and SE on teaching distance counseling skills. The model was statistically significant, χ2 (3) = 64.342, p <.000., explained 41.5 % (Nagelkerke R2) of the variance in teaching distance counseling, and correctly classified 79.3% of cases. The results of the logistic regression analysis indicated that SE, EXP, and AV were significant predictors of INC. The findings confirm prior research on technology integration in education. Specifically, availability of technology, although an important factor, is not the only variable impacting technology integration. The findings from this study can help guide counselor training programs to prepare students for the expanding use of technology in counseling increasing access to care.

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Hendricks, Estelle. "Good practice guidelines for improving educator morale." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1247.

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The morale of educators in certain schools is very low. From the literature review I concluded that not all schools experience low morale in the same way. There are different factors impacting on the morale of educators at different schools. In this study, the causes of low educator morale, indicators of low morale, the importance of high morale and how low morale can be dealt with were addressed in order to provide guidelines to improve low morale. An empirical study was conducted and 2 schools in the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth were used in this case study to establish to what measure the educators are exposed to the abovementioned variables. The data was analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. South Africa is divided into different demographic areas. The majority of people living in the communities where these schools are located are poor, unskilled, unemployed and the crime levels are very high. The socio-economic context within which these schools are located also has an impact on the morale of the educators at these schools and it affects their working lives. Educators, SMTs and principals took part in the empirical study so that their views can be compared and to facilitate the researcher to make recommendations on improving low educator morale. The research outcomes were analysed and deductions, recommendations and a need for further research were given. The empirical and literature study emphasised that the morale of educators is low in the schools and this morale status impacts on learners’ achievements, the health of the educators and the health of the institution. The educators in this study ranked their own morale status as low and some of the causes of the low morale according to the empirical study are lack of resources, ill-disciplined learners, uninvolved parents and an ineffective management style of the principal.

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Thekiso, Maria Monki. "Learner and educator interaction in multicultural schools." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12182006-170400/.

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Thesis (M.Phil. (Education for Community Development)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005.
Summaries at end of chapters. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

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Kim, Yŏng-suk. "The artist-teacher as college music educator /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1993. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11396155.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1993.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Robert Pace. Dissertation Committee: Harold Abeles. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-220).

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Sepulveda, Alejandro. "A musical journey towards becoming an educator." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86922.

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This dissertation is an autobiographical account of the author's experience as a musician and as an educator. The author takes us on a journey from his childhood through his adult life, starting with the arrival of his parents as immigrants to Canada. In the first section, he explores the difficulties that second generation children face in the Canadian public school system. Through self-analysis and concrete examples, he demonstrates the struggles that he faced when trying to assimilate to Canadian Culture. In section 2, he examines the way music guided his development and contributed to his changing identity. This section includes the discovery of different music genres and sub cultures. In section 3, the author explores his life as a young adult and his quest for truth through cultural exploration and formal education. In the last section, he concludes with the concrete projects that were made possible by the merger between his musical and educational career. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the two fields in order to inform the creation of alternative educational programs in Quebec.
Ce projet est un compte autobiographique provenant des expériences de l'auteur, entant que musicien et éducateur. L'auteur nous raconte sont vécu, commençant avec l'immigration de ses parents au Canada. Dans la première section, il explore les difficultés subis par les enfants d'immigrants, dans le système scolaire canadien. Par l'analyse de soi il démontre les luttes auxquelles il a fait face en essayant de s'assimiler à la culture canadienne. Dans la deuxième section, il examine comment la musique a guidée son développement et a contribuée à une identité changeante. Cette section inclut la découverte de différents genres de musique et de cultures. Dans la troisième section, l'auteur fait le parcours de sa vie de jeune adulte où la quête de son identité s'est fait entre l'exploration culturelle et l'éducation formelle. Dans la quatrième section, il finit avec les projets concrets; né de la fusion entre la musique et l'éducation. Le but de la thèse est d'explorer les deux champs professionels, pour informer la création de programmes d'éducation alternative au Québec.

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Breed, Sarah. "The Life Story of a Liberatory Educator." Thesis, Mills College, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3617650.

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Rooted in Freirean pedagogy and using the Life Story Interview as a methodological tool, this dissertation research provides insight into the preparation, performance, and resilience of urban high school teachers and explores the viability of the Life Story Approach to reveal an alternative means of researching a teacher's approach to instructional pedagogy. This dissertation examines how a White female teacher's life story has informed her liberatory approach to teaching writing as an act of freedom in her urban high school classroom in Oakland, California. Observations of how the formation of a teacher's identity and instructional approach were influenced by her experiences in the world are explored in her story. This dissertation argues that if liberatory approaches and a critical literacy framework were considered within the context of seminal research on secondary writing instruction, teacher preparation programs and instructional pedagogy in urban classrooms would be compelled to change. These approaches are necessary to raise the critical consciousness of urban educators committed to serving low- income students of color in our nation's public schools and to inform instructional pedagogy and transform urban students' experiences in school and society. Implications for teacher preparation and approaches to curriculum development are considered.

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Bitter, James. "The Counselor Educator as Person and Professional." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6087.

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Moody, Brendon Dean. "Educator Preparation Provider Training and Technology Integration." University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1565163638160558.

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Huff, Dwayne. "Robert Goldbeck : pianist, composer, educator, and publisher /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2007. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1609001631&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1245416721&clientId=22256.

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McAllister, Lindy. "The experience of being a clinical educator." Phd thesis, School of Physiotherapy, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4017.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2001.
Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 22, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

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McAllister, Lindy. "The experience of being a clinical educator." Connect to full text, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4017.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2001.
Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 22, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

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Lynch, Michelle C. "Educator Perceptions of Gifted English Language Learners." TopSCHOLAR®, 2018. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2088.

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This paper explores educator perceptions of gifted and talented (GT) English language (ELL) students. This study identifies barriers for identification and service for GT/ELL students and highlights ways to support students through current efforts for students who fit these criteria. Educators from two elementary schools were interviewed in this qualitative study. The schools were chosen due to their high population of ELL students. The roles of professional development (PD) and best practices for identification of underrepresented students are discussed. Five main themes emerged from interviews of educators that work with GT/ELL students. The themes are obstacles, perception, referral, professional development, and, modification.

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Bley, Susan Marie. "Applying technology to meet correctional educator needs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2706.

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This study focuses on defining correctional education and correctional educators and identifying characteristics of correctional students. This study specifically focuses on the Tri-County Correctional Education Association. A Web site has been developed for this association in order to support and inform the correctional educators.

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Gross, Jeanne Bilger. "Benjamin Russel Hanby, Ohio composer-educator, 1833-1867: His contributions to early music education /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148758461216499.

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Brown, Tori. "Challenges of a Novice Nurse Educator's Transition From Practice to Classroom." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/570.

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This project study addressed the lack of formal preparation encountered by novice nurse educators within a nursing program located in the southeastern region of North Carolina. This problem is significant at both the local and national levels because expert clinicians are needed to fill nurse educator vacancies that have led to qualified students being denied admission to nursing programs. A qualitative case study research design was employed to explore the perceptions of novice nurse educators in one nursing program transitioning from clinical nursing practice to the nurse educator role. The theoretical framework to guide this study was Benner's novice to expert model that outlines the journey of how novice nurse educators transition into an educator role. Guiding research questions focused on understanding the motives, challenges, positives experiences, and perceptions of support that novice nurse educators encountered during transition from clinical practice to academia. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 7 novice nurse educators within an associate degree nursing program. Data collection included interviews with novice nurse educators, review of a 2012 self-study report, and demographic characteristics of participants. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed to identify themes. Five themes were identified: (a) work is always with you, (b) teaching in the dark, (c) making a difference, (d) a shoulder to lean on, and (e) more structure/mentoring. Findings indicated the need for a mentorship/orientation program, which was developed to assist in role transition for novice nurse educators. Implications could contribute to a positive social change by helping clinicians to transition effectively to meet society's need for qualified nurse educators.

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Cakwe, Mandisa. "Understanding educator-mediated conflict resolution in a preschool environment: the experiences and feelings of preschool educators." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002452.

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This thesis discusses the experiences and feelings of preschool educators when resolving situations of conflict between preschool children. Data was collected by means of semistructured individual interviews with preschool educators and a video recorder recording conflict situations among preschool children focusing on educator resolution strategies. Grounded theory was used as a data analysis technique to analyse the data collected. The analysis revealed that the preschool educators under study do not use mediation as a conflict resolution strategy but use various strategies that include, prevention, directive approach, arbitration, myths and threats and rules. Data analysis also revealed that these preschool educators encounter experiences and feelings before, while and after intervening in the conflict situations of children. These findings imply that preschool educators lack the professional skill of conflict resolution. This suggests an urgent need of restructuring of the preschool educator’s training to include conflict resolution training as one of their important component. Educators and parents also need to be consulted or involved in the process of restructuring the training.

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Campana, Alina M. "A Portrait of Possibility: Examining the Artist/Educator/Activist as an Alternative Model for Art Educators." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193462.

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Some art educators working in communities exemplify an alternative to the more common and stereotypical notion of the artist as autonomous, self-focused, and neutral. They view art-making and education as vehicles for social justice, and in some cases for social and political activism. In these broader social functions, the boundaries between art, education and activism fade. Drawing on perspectives from community art education, sociology, art criticism, critical pedagogy, and social justice education, and based on in-depth interviews with participants, this study examines the motivations, perspectives, development, and experiences of five artist/educator/activists who work in community-based settings in Tucson, Arizona. Common characteristics, as well as questions and implications for further research, are presented and discussed.

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Loader, Helen. "Mrs Humphry Ward (1851-1920) : a Greenian educator." Thesis, University of Winchester, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.698122.

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This thesis draws together a range of Mrs Humphry Ward’s writing alongside her activities as a reformer to reposition her as a Greenian educator. Education is conceived in terms of Thomas Hill Green’s (1836-1882) idealist philosophy as the progression towards a better society through the development of the individual. The granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, Mrs Humphry Ward was a famous English novelist whose reputation was established through her novel about religious doubt Robert Elsmerre (1888), which brought the ideas of the Oxford philosopher, T.H. Green, to the attention of the public. The novel explored his belief that theory and practice must come together within un-dogmatic interpretations of Christianity for the benefit of society. Throughout her life, Mrs Humphry Ward pursued and pioneered educational reforms but her achievements have been overshadowed by her controversial role as the leader of the anti-suffrage movement. Following a chapter introducing the idealist principles underpinning Green’s philosophy and suggesting reasons why Mrs Humphry Ward can be considered among his pupils, disciples and followers, there are three substantive chapters. Each of these chapters has a separate but inter-related focus on religious, social and political aspects of her life and work as a writer and reformer; tracing the extent to which Green’s philosophical principles are discernible in her life and work. Within a gender history methodology, the thesis acknowledges the varied degrees to which Mrs Humphry Ward was simultaneously able to challenge and be complicit with power structures, which contrived to limit and control middle-class women’s ability to engage with the religious, social and political issues and debates affecting society. The thesis demonstrates Mrs Humphry Ward’s significance within histories of education and argues that the tensions within her life and work can be better understood and appreciated by viewing her as a Greenian educator.

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