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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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Caring Teachers -- The Key to Student Learning
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)When students know that their teachers genuinely care, they respond by exerting greater effort to reach their potential. -
A Model for Mentoring University Faculty
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)Operational characteristics for successful mentoring programs of new university faculty include clarity of purpose of the program, methods for matching mentors and protégés, mentor training, mentor-protégé relationship ... -
A College of Eduation'sTechnology Journey -- From Neophyte to National Leader
(Taylor and Francis, 2001)Technology is integral to education and learning in today’s world. It is especially important that teacher educators and pre-service and in-service teachers are taught by faculties who are competent users of technologies ... -
Making sense of teaching through metaphors: a review across three studies
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)The purpose of this paper is to synthesize findings from three studies that have addressed the conceptualization and application of the metaphor construct to the study of teachers and teaching. We specifically examined the ... -
Community-Based Field Experiences in Teacher Education: Possibilities for a pedagogical third space
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The present article discusses the importance of community-based field experiences as a feature of teacher education programs. Through a qualitative case study, prospective teachers’ work with homeless youth in an ... -
Promoting Professional Student Learning Through Study Groups: A Case Study
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)The purpose of this research was to analyze how 24 students perceived the study group experience and how study groups fostered a change in their knowledge and teaching of comprehension. Data sources included pre-post ... -
Perspectives of two ethnically different pre-service teacher populations as they learn about folk literature
(Taylor and Francis, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers’ knowledge of folk literature in general and that of a selected country or culture in particular before and after studying it in a college children's ... -
Pre-service teachers' metaphors of teaching and literacy
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service elementary teachers’ metaphors of teaching and literacy and then relate their metaphorical images of literacy to content presented in the reading methods course. ... -
Literacy metaphors of pre-service elementary teachers: Do they change after instruction? Which metaphors are stable? How do they connect to theories?
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service elementary teachers’ metaphors of “literacy” and “teaching literacy” at the commencement and conclusion of a year-long literacy methods course at a Midwestern American ... -
Preservice Teachers' Metaphors of Teaching in Relation to Literacy Beliefs
(Taylor and Francis, 2008)The purpose of this study was to examine preservice elementary and secondary English and foreign language teachers’ metaphors and relate their metaphorical images to conceptions of literacy. Specifically, sixty-six ... -
Metaphors and Sense of Teaching: How These Constructs Influence Novice Teachers
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)The purpose of this study was to identify the root metaphors of secondary classroom teachers and to observe ways in which these constructs influence teachers’ work with their students and their environments. Specifically, ... -
Do Parents Benefit? Perspectives of Low-Income Parents Who Received a Free Early Readiness Program for Their Child
(Springer Verlag, 2004)The purpose of this study was to discover the interpretations and perspectives of 4 low-income parents who received a free early readiness program for their child. Two interviewees were parents who had a child enrolled the ... -
A Study of Student Teachers' Reflections on Their Beliefs, Thoughts, and Practices
(Taylor and Francis, 2008)The purposes of this study were to identify critical events that student teachers encountered and to investigate how the interaction between the characteristics of student teachers and their school environment influences ... -
Procedural Due Process: The Two-edged Sword That the Untrained Should Not Unsheath
(Bioinfo Publications, 1979)The issue of procedural due process is examined in this article by first analyzing the associated legal requirements of P.L. 94-142 and then identifying the "triggers" which professionals and parents can use to initiate ... -
The Effect of Postsurgical Edema of the Knee Joint on Reflex Inhibition of the Quadriceps Femoris
(Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc, 1996)The purpose of this case study was to investigate reflex inhibition of the quadriceps femoris in a subject with postsurgical edema of the left knee. The subject was a 45-year-old male with a traumatic knee injury with ... -
Suburban Advantage: Opportunity Hoarding and Secondary Attainment in the Postwar Metropolitan North
(Univesity of Chicago, 2011-05)This study examines urban/suburban differences in educational outcomes in light of Tilly's conception of "opportunity hoarding." Data from the U.S. Census reveal the changing circumstances of 17-year-olds in central city ... -
The Effectiveness of a Model of Language-Focused Classroom Instruction on the Vocabulary and Narrative Development of Kindergarten Children
(Bioinfo Publications, 2012)The purpose of the study that is reported in this article was to examine the effectiveness of a model of language-focused instruction, dehvered by the classroom teacher, on the vocabulary and narrative development of ... -
The Cloze Procedure and Intersentential Comprehension in College-Level German
(Walter de Gruyter, 1988)The intersentential sensitivity of the mechanical deletion cloze procedure was examined in this investigation. A total of 124 college-level students of German participated in the study. One group of subjects completed a ... -
The Growth of National Women's Tennis, 1904 -1940
(Taylor & Francis, 1977)