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Fall 2022

Boffa, Adriana Maria

In order to consider the conditions upon which education is currently situated, a period of socio-political uncertainty and technological re-‘tool’ing, re-structuring, and self-world-machine-other acclimatizing, this research considers the question: Where and how might youth, in particular...

Fall 2022

Hostetler, Angela

“Teacher identity” is a popular topic for discussion and reflection in teacher education programs. We ask pre-service teachers to consider pervasive cultural and personal images of teachers (as expert, caregiver, authoritarian, and so on) in order to accept or resist these images as they...

Spring 2022

Kim, Juhwan

The social studies and history education research communities have paid a great deal of attention to citizenship and citizenship education. This dissertation, as both theoretical and empirical parts of that scholarly attention, delves deeper into the ways in which we attend to good citizenship in...

Fall 2022

Park, Jiae

In the South Korean education system, creativity has been recognized as a key strategy that enables the people of South Korea to survive in times of change and to gain an edge in the global society. Curriculum designers, textbook developers, and teachers have transformed educational practices to...

Fall 2022

Jennings, Wendy J

Abstract The benefits of long-term physical activity (PA) lead to a sense of well-being that may be developed and nurtured over the formative years, developing strong, healthy individuals who are positive contributors to society. However, youth participation in PA declines in the adolescent years...

Spring 2022

Okyere, Mavis

Ghana’s chief examiners, for the core and elective mathematics for the 2016 examinations, suggested that teachers should take the necessary steps to make the teaching of mathematics more practical and related to real-life problems. However, the Ghanaian mathematics curriculum hardly uses...

Spring 2022

Hannay, Stacey

Physical literacy (PL) is a formidable lens through which many physical educators have begun to examine movement in relation to physical activity. Although theoretical and conceptual frameworks support teachers in their implementation pursuits, there has been a privation of clarity on how to...

Fall 2022

Araujo, Alexandre Weingrill

This dissertation discusses the political role of education, focusing on the humanities curriculum and teaching. First, it delves into Brazilian history and the development of the education system with a post-colonial critical perspective to situate the current challenges and contentions...

Spring 2022

Beier, Jessie L.

This study of Pedagogy at the End of the World investigates the “end of the world” scenarios that now characterize education and its reasons in Anthropocene times. Emerging through an interrogation of the apocalypse habits and anthropo-scenic views through which educational futurity is most often...

Fall 2023

Khalil, Lobna

The current interpretive qualitative study explores the process of implementation of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ certificated professional development programs at a higher education institution (HEI) in Egypt. The victories and barriers seen in...