The search for identity in post-Soviet Russia has accompanied the political, economic and post-imperial transitions that began when the Soviet Union fell over a decade ago. The Constructivist literature in International Relations posits that these domestic processes, especially …
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Constructivist teaching has become a dominant theme in educational literature in response to the positivist model of education that is prevalent in schools. It is generally acknowledged that in order for K-12 education to become more constructivist there must be a qualitative ch…
Though the United States enters numerous international agreements each year, many have no significant impact on international relations. This dissertation demonstrates that a constructivist approach explains the maintenance of international agreements better than realism or libe…
Originating from the inadequacy of teaching and learning frameworks in interior design education and the gap between design studio and supportive courses in design curricula, this study suggests a pedagogical approach for design studios to overcome the disentanglement in interio…
This study investigated whether constructivist learning environments promote mathematics achievement in rural schools in Indonesia. Until recently primary school teachers were prepared in special high schools. In the mid-1990's movement of these training programs was made to ins…
This case study of a teacher of Arabic-speaking heritage language learners (HLL) reported the experiences and pedagogical practices of a teacher to better understand the reasons for her success in preparing young HLL. The teacher’s experiences informed findings regarding ways to…
Early teacher attrition has been a problem for American secondary schools for decades. With raising student enrollment and high fiscal costs to train new teachers, determining value-added approaches to secondary early teacher retention is critical for schools to ensure a quality…
In light of simmering tensions in Xinjiang and deteriorating relations between Uyghurs and Hans in recent years, this project sets out to uncover the role of identity as an underlying condition by focusing on the identity of Uyghurs. It will shed light on the evolution of this i…
Why have so few states acquired nuclear weapons? Understanding why states that could have “gone nuclear,” but chose not to, could yield policy insights to help us persuade today's potential proliferators. While the number of studies on the topic has increased, most analyses exam…