RSS 1.0Theses and Dissertations-Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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"They Don't Like Me, They Tolerate Me": Tres Maestras Narrate the Public School Experience in a Rural Texas Community: An Autoethnographic Study
(2021-12)In this study, I engaged community learning exchange (CLE) as a worldview, an epistemological approach to research, practice, and a bridge that builds a connection between school and communities of practice. In this ... -
Navigating Identity and Persistence Through Mentoring: The Lived Experiences of Black Male Teachers in Predominantly White Schools
(2022-12)This phenomenological study was designed to explore the lived experiences of 11 Black male teachers in predominantly White K–12 public schools. Specifically, the goal was to capture the thoughts and experiences the 11 Black ... -
District Superintendents' Experiences During The COVID-19 Crisis
(2022-12)There are many forms of crises a district leader may experience, including school closure, severe weather, school shooting, flooding, student or staff death, and more recently, a pandemic. There is a lack of research ... -
Civic Education Initiatives in Central Texas: A Descriptive Case Study
(2022-12)Due to a decline in civic engagement as well as civic education initiatives, many adults are left without opportunities to be able to learn more about the skills and knowledge needed to participate within society. This ... -
Experiences of Secondary-Aged Latinx English Learner Students in Virtual Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-12)This descriptive qualitative study seeks to understand the experiences of secondary-aged Latinx EL students during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the lens of CRT and LatCrit theories, the researcher analyzes ... -
Factors influencing students to attend summer school at Texas Lutheran University
(1999-12)In the late 1800s, summer sessions at colleges and universities were developed to provide financial and operating advancement for the institution. Over the years, summer school has become an avenue for students to progress ... -
African-American males: The factors that influence them to pursue post-secondary education
(2000-05)The purpose of this collective, multi-site case study is to identify factors that influence African American students, with specific attention to African American males, to choose the path of higher education, particularly ... -
Policy Trajectories in Myanmar’s Education Reform and the Relationship Between Policymakers and Policy Actors
(2022-08)Myanmar has been undertaking education reforms since 2012. Tensions have arisen between central-level policymakers and teachers’ union leaders regarding the implementation of some reforms. While this give-and-take between ... -
An Examination of Internalized Consensual Non-Monogamy Negativity and Help Seeking Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions
(2022-08)Although consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships have grown in prevalence (Haupert et al., 2017; Rubel & Bogaert, 2014), a high degree of stigma surrounding CNM relationships remains (Balzarini et al., 2018; A. C. ... -
El Jardín for Latina Scholars: Cultivating, Nurturing, and Sustaining Pedagogical Spaces for Identity Formation and Community Building
(2022-08)Historical, cultural, and educational policies based on deficit thought are ubiquitous in the identity formation of Latinas. These politics and practices are governed and informed by the dominant ideology and culture, ... -
Preservice Teachers' Journey Towards Cultural Competency
(2022-08)Teachers are at the front lines every day as educators. Their interactions whether positive or negative will have a lasting impact on students’ lives. The purpose of this study is to better understand how self-reflection ... -
Relationship of Institutional Support to Online Graduate Learning
(2020-08)Online graduate students’ perceived level of institutional support was explored in relation to student satisfaction and importance. Graduate students, either previously or currently enrolled in at least one online course ... -
Black American Family Life Histories: An Ethnographic Study
(2022-05)This ethnographic study built upon the tenets of critical race theory and intersectionality theory while documenting the stories of six participants across three generations in a single Black American family unit. The study ... -
Cross-Sector Partnerships in Community Schools
(2022-05)The purpose of this case study is to examine how cross-sector partnerships can be used to support successful and sustainable Community School efforts. The Community School model is an increasingly popular school improvement ... -
Business English for International Working Professionals: A Virtual Training Focusing on Intercultural Communication Skills
(2022-05)Without intercultural communication skills, an unbalanced power-dynamic will continue to affect the success of individuals, organizations, and societies in the global market. The COVID-19 crisis has revealed an urgent ... -
A Study of the Longevity Factors of Mid-Career White Female Teachers in Suburban Title One Public Elementary Schools
(2022-05)Educator shortages have become a reality in public education, and, while research has documented reasons teachers leave the profession, there has been limited research into why teachers choose to stay. The purpose of this ... -
Walking the "Talk"?: The Connections Between a Culturally Responsive School Leader's Beliefs and Actions and Opportunity Gaps for Latinx Students
(2022-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between (a) beliefs and actions of a culturally responsive school leader and (b) opportunity gaps for Latinx students in a predominantly Latinx school. The study ... -
The Experiences of Biology Instructors at a Community College with the Inverted Classroom: A Phenomenology Study
(2022-05)This dissertation research reports on the experiences of a team of community college educators who develop, implement, and teach an introductory biology course on the inverted classroom platform. Research questions addressed ... -
Even Start Family Literacy Program parents' attitudes toward education, perceptions of child literacy development, and child-oriented literacy activities
(2000-08)For young children who come from a family background where low literacy and under-education prevail, there exists a need for research to examine parental attitudes toward education, perceptions of early childhood literacy ... -
Intake procedures as a factor in identifying and addressing barriers to attendance of adult education students
(2000-05)This thesis explores the nature of intake procedures of Texas Adult Education programs of study. Research on barriers to attendance and strategies for retention are reviewed. An overview of the current use of intake ...
