This dissertation was a correlational study conducted with a population of pre-k educators from a large Midwestern, metropolitan school district. The purpose was to examine if relations existed among early childhood teachers' sense of self...
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (U.S.); Academic achievement--Kentucky; Teachers--Certification--Kentucky; Teacher effectiveness--Kentucky
This dissertation focused on the link between quality teaching and its potential impact on student achievement. National Board Certification is used to represent quality teaching and student achievement is measured by the Kentucky Core Content...
Research literature acknowledges the importance of teacher leadership in school reform initiatives. The literature is replete with qualitative studies describing the experience of teacher leadership in its variety of enactments. The meager amount...
The purpose of this study was to identify teachers' perceptions of the costs and benefits of participating in a school-based decision-making process. These costs to teachers are increased time demands, loss of autonomy, risk of collegial disfavor,...
Educational evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Formative assessment is frequently used by educators, but when asked to define, responses tend to vary widely. In essence, formative assessment is when teachers and students engage in instructional conversations discussing content information and...
Multicultural education--Indiana; Teachers--Training of
This study assessed the efficacy of diversity training in teacher education programs at two Indiana universities from the viewpoints of teacher educators and teacher education majors. Three research questions guided the study: (a) To what extent...
Science teachers--Certification; Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
The purpose of this study was to discern what differences exist between the science inquiry learning environments created by National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and non-NBCTs. Four research questions organized the data collection and...
Elementary school teachers--Kentucky; Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Kentucky
This dissertation was a quantitative study with a sample of preservice elementary teachers from four universities in Kentucky. The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice elementary teachers' achievement goal orientations for learning...
Middle school teachers--Attitudes; Middle school principals; Educational leadership
A need for greater understanding of teachers' (N= 530) perceptions of the leadership behaviors of principals in Title I middle schools (n = 13) is prevalent exists. The researcher used the "Audit of Principal Effectiveness" survey to...
Stringed instruments--Instruction and study; Music teachers--Kentucky
The purpose of this study was to identify the teaching techniques of current string
teachers within the Kentucky Music Education Association. Participants (N=31)
completed a 17-question survey that focused on teaching techniques they use...
Elementary school principals--Attitudes; Educational leadership; Sex role in the work environment; Sex role--Psychological aspects
Research has shown that various leadership styles have different impacts on leader outcomes such as satisfaction, extra effort, and effectiveness. Specifically, researchers have found that transformational leadership positively impacts follower...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Columns; Universities & colleges; Western Kentucky State Teachers College--Buildings
Community House at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1935. Columns along driveway, car parked alongside at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. Photograph enhanced with paint. On back of image: Community House Bowling Green, Ky. Western...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; Western Kentucky State Teachers College--Buildings
Community House at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1935. Small cabin of dark wood, amid overgrown grass and trees. The porch roof begins under the house roof; the roofs are layered. The photograph has been enhanced with paint. On back of...
Buildings; Dwellings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; Western Kentucky State Teachers College--Buildings
Student cottages along dirt road and two cars at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1935. Photograph enhanced with paint. Western Kentucky State Teachers College was formerly the Western Kentucky State Normal School and the Southern Normal...
Universities & colleges; Mountains; Morehead State Teachers College; Forests
Campus of Morehead State Teachers College (now Morehead State University), in Morehead, Kentucky. Twelve buildings are identified, and the view takes in the forested mountains in the background. Morehead State was called Morehead Normal School went...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Teachers; School children; Trees
Two teachers and their young students pose under a tree. Several of the students are holding flowers or small branches. Carnahan Hall is in background. Handwritten on bottom border: 423. See ULPA 1982.01.477.p, ULPA 1982.01.498.p, and ULPA...
Jean Thomas (center) examines a McGuffey Reader with one woman while another rings a school bell outside the McGuffey Log School, Ashland, Kentucky. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in...
