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Download full textFortune, Navine P. – Online Submission, 2020
Investigators have addressed elementary practitioners' perspectives concerning the concept of curriculum development and children's learning; however, much less information is available on prekindergarten practitioners' perspectives of curriculum for at-risk prekindergarten students. This basic qualitative study explored prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, At Risk Students, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education
Direct linkWatson, Linda Eva – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This project study addressed the problem of teachers at a local elementary school site attempting to implement a standards-based health initiative with a minimal amount of instructional strategies designed to support the new curriculum. The purpose of the study was to examine current health instruction by gathering teachers' perceptions and lived…
Descriptors: Health Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Boots, Nikki Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The emphasis on engaging young learners in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professions is driving calls for educational reform. One movement that is gaining momentum is exposing K-12 learners to engineering. With the advent of the "Next Generation Science Standards" (2012b), engineering is being more formally integrated…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Program Implementation, Engineering Education
Bachman, Karen S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation is the result of research which examined the implementation of professional learning communities in a primary school. Professional learning communities or PLCs are groups of educators coming together collaboratively in a process of inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. While there were…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research, Action Research
Millovich, June M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The early childhood practicum course is the venue through which college students synthesize prior learning about developmentally appropriate teaching practices and apply it in supervised fieldwork settings. Prior research identifies that while this course has a central place in the preparation of teachers, there are acknowledged gaps of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Practicums, Class Size, Mentors
Selena Marie Kiser – ProQuest LLC, 2007
The intent of this study was to investigate changes in the curriculum caused by high-stakes testing mandates within 3 Southwest Virginia school systems to find best practices for instructional application in classrooms. This qualitative study was comprised of in-depth interviews and observations with elementary school teachers and administrators.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Change, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Attitudes
