This phenomenological study explores the perspective of inclusionary practices of culturally relevant pedagogy in academic spaces and validation theory of Chicano/a students in the secondary high school in the Puente Project to understand how this program empowers students to ha…
While current literature supports the argument that public schools must transform to develop future global-minded citizens, the degree to which schools are capable of accomplishing this feat remains sparse. This study addresses the degree to which high schools are able to truly …
There have been several historical studies on science education in secondary schools, however, none have been specific to Biology in New York State. Through the utilization of rich primary source documents from New York State Libraries and archives, the historical growth of Biol…
The lives of Somali born high school students are complicated by intersections with both race and religion. They often carry refugee histories of trauma and displacement that are further exacerbated during the resettlement process. Schools are struggling to make the kinds of acc…
Scholars of religion and education have claimed the U.S. suffers from religious illiteracy. This, combined with the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S. beckons a need for more research on religious education in Social Studies classrooms. Conceptually grounded in postcolonial theory…
A pedagogy of belonging is the educational ethos permeating schools that work: it refers to those "kinds of things" that change a group of strangers into a successful, transcultural community of practice that supports youths' academic, social, and cultural participation and deve…
This research study explored the critical nature of the connection between student achievement and superintendent leadership. A great deal of scholarship has addressed either student achievement or leadership and previous evidence has suggested the impact of both parental educat…
This research explores student perceptions of the effectiveness of grammar glossing sheets. Research methods included the creation of two surveys that were administered to ninth grade students at an American high school in Kuwait. The first survey sought background information o…
In this research project I analyze the Channel One news programs which were broadcast to 8 million teenage public school students over the span of 2 school years, from September 2003 through May 2005. This was a time period when the corporate leaders of Primedia (the corporation…
While there are a plethora of factors that contribute to the spiritual/religious development of individuals during their high school years, the Study sought to investigate what modern Orthodox students found to be spiritually/religiously inspirational in an effort to improve the…
Muslim high school students often face bi-cultural issues, which can be a source of additional stress while making the transition from childhood to adulthood. I explored the extent of acculturation issues experienced by Muslim students by using the Muslim Youth Acculturation Rat…
This study examines the writing experiences of U.S. adolescent second language writers and considers how students' identities as ""English Language Learners (ELL)" contributes to their learning, their sense of self, and their academic writing. Within the perspective that writing…
The problem under examination is the course success of High School students in Face-to Face and Blended classroom environments. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the participation and performances of Face-to-Face and Blended high school students in different class…
Many founding teachers of new schools are motivated by their desire to educate in unconventional ways. They tend to be idealistic and dedicated, and to devote themselves totally to the mission of pioneering their educational enterprise, especially in the early years. However, as…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of high school mathematics teachers in Jeddah toward using calculators in teaching mathematics, the teachers' training about using calculators in teaching mathematics, the teachers' actual use of calculators in teaching …
This study investigated the influence of teachers' characteristics and secondary science teacher preparation programs on new high school chemistry teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and performance. "New high school chemistry teacher" refers to any teacher who during their first thre…
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the opinions and perceptions of senior Saudi high school EFL students and teachers of the Buriydah region regarding reading difficulties and factors that influence reading English as a foreign language. To examine the reading…
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the visual images used as illustrations in the English electronic textbooks for grades ten, eleven, and twelve in Indonesia. Qualitative visual content analysis was employed as the methodology of the research. The analysis focused on whet…