Dissertations of graduates of the Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership approved in the 2016-2017 academic years. NOTE: To see all the content in this collection, click on the search icon without search terms.
Educators seek professional learning to meet their personal needs and the needs for their students each year. However, many times the professional learning is not tailored to the audience and the costs to attend conferences...
Tema:
Professional Learning, Twitter, Social Media y School Principals
Creador:
Powers, Bill
Contribuidor:
Duke Jones (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y John Jungmann (Committee Member)
The need for proper communication strategies during a bond or levy campaign has been a critical part of the tax referendum process. The intent of this study was to identify the best communication strategies used by...
Tema:
Tax Referendum y Strategic Communication
Creador:
Kreimer-Hall, Katie
Contribuidor:
Pamela Hedgpeth (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y James Finley (Committee Member)
This study researched the difference in achievement of students on annual Missouri fourth grade English language arts assessment in schools with high academic optimism versus achievement of students in schools with low academic...
Tema:
Rural Schools, Academic Optimism y Student Achievement
Creador:
White, Jill Flakne
Contribuidor:
Michael David Arnold (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y James Truelove (Committee Member)
School districts with a growing number of students living in severe poverty are implementing full-service community schools to meet the specific needs of students living in poverty. Community schools provide supports to...
Tema:
Community Schools, Poverty y Educational Factors
Creador:
Powers, Dana
Contribuidor:
Pamela Hedgpeth (Advisor/Committee Chair), Robert Perry (Committee Member) y Ron Wilken (Committee Member)
The United States continues to fall behind other industrial nations in education. The number of teacher shortage areas continue to rise as do alternative certification programs. The studies on the effectiveness of these...
Since the 1960s there has been a drastic transition from primarily religious to primarily lay leadership of Catholic schools. This study addressed some of the concerns about the proper formation of the laity to be the spiritual...
Tema:
Catholic Schools, Spiritual Leadership y School Principals
Creador:
Stuckenschneider, Linda Kay
Contribuidor:
Duke Jones (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y James Kern (Committee Member)
New technological advances are changing the landscape for both teaching and learning at a rapid pace. With an increase in the focus and allocation of funding on technology, schools need leaders who can facilitate the change...
Tema:
Digital Leadership, Technology, Digital Implementation y Elementary Education
Creador:
Domeny, Jami V.
Contribuidor:
Tammy Condren (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member)
Due to the increase in accountability measures, educational policy has been focused on concerns over school funding and educational demographics (Piro & Mullen, 2013). Federal legislation such as the passage of No Child...
Tema:
Test Scores, School Demographics y School Expenditures
Creador:
Dill, Amy C.
Contribuidor:
Allison Langford (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y Richard Asbill (Committee Member)
Teachers in the Southwest Missouri Regional Professional Development group were surveyed to determine if knowledge and confidence were inhibitors to their implementation of the flipped classroom model as prior research had...
Tema:
Flipped Classroom y Technology
Creador:
Link, Philip
Contribuidor:
Robert Perry (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y Ron Wilken (Committee Member)
The purpose of this study was to examine the history of values, moral and character education in America through a qualitative lens. Through the course of this study, the researcher gathered and analyzed data based on...
Tema:
Values Education, American History, Child Development, Character Education y Moral Education
Creador:
Mabary, Teresa G.
Contribuidor:
Nancy Colbaugh (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y Tim Ryan (Committee Member)
