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Farrall, Kenneth N. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation problematizes the "state dossier system" (SDS): the production and accumulation of personal information on citizen subjects exceeding the reasonable bounds of risk management. SDS--comprising interconnecting subsystems of records and identification--damage individual autonomy and self-determination, impacting not only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Social Systems, Risk Management
Coleman, Janice – ProQuest LLC, 2008
A study was conducted to investigate the teaching methods valued and used by faculty in Arkansas public higher education institutions at the freshman and sophomore levels. The participants were 336 teachers who responded to a 21 item survey distributed to college teachers in Arkansas. The study sought to collect relevant demographic data and to…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Montgomery, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The present study explored the ways in which the production of digital media, specifically podcasts (i.e., downloadable digital audio files), rooted in the key tenets of critical literacy, can support education for democracy, in addition to the overall benefits and barriers of podcasting in an elementary classroom. The project can be considered a…
Descriptors: Democracy, Elementary Education, Social Justice, Sex
Charleston, Carmen Renfroe – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore and better understand the effect of parent participation on the academic success and well being of students, especially those in the elementary grades. This area of concentration was chosen because extensive research has shown that the early years are the most formative and active interaction by parents can…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Elementary School Students
Brown, Tracy Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2008
A large proportion of American students are not psychologically connected or engaged to what is occurring in their classes; in addition, they fail to take school seriously, have lost interest in school, and do not value or seek out success (Steinberg, Brown, & Dornbusch, 1996). In addition, the relationship in a mathematics classroom between…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement
Ruthmann, Stephen Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2006
This study investigated the lived experiences of a group of students and their teacher as they negotiated learning and teaching during a sixth-grade exploratory music technology course taught in a music technology lab. Taking a qualitative and naturalistic approach, I sought to understand the challenges, issues, and successes experienced by the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Music, Learning Laboratories, Grade 6
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