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Friedrich, Allison. "School-Based Mental Health Services: A National Survey of School Psychologists’ Practices and Perceptions." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3549.

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This study explored the current role of school psychologists in the provision of school-based mental health services, including factors that relate to their provision of such services, by surveying a national sample of practicing school psychologists. Despite an extensive knowledge base regarding which professional services school psychologists provide in general, few studies have focused exclusively on specific modalities of mental health services. Previous lines of research also have not fully identified why school psychologists do not spend as much of their professional time in the provision of mental health services as they would desire. Therefore, a central purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which specific factors are perceived as facilitating or prohibiting practitioners from providing psychotherapeutic interventions, including content/knowledge areas and training experiences that are tied to high perceptions of competence to provide mental health services in the schools. Mail out survey methodology was utilized to allow for data collection from a large, national sample of school psychologists in a timely and cost efficient manner. In total, surveys were completed and returned by 226 out of a possible 600 respondents, representing a 37.7% response rate. School psychologists reported receiving referrals for a variety of student issues (although primarily externalizing student behaviors, academic problems, and interpersonal problems) and providing a wide array of mental health services (e.g., consultation, social-emotional-behavioral assessment, individual counseling). Factors identified as posing significant to moderate potential barriers included caseload constraints, role strain, school-level factors (e.g., inconsistent treatment), and systems-level factors (e.g., insufficient funds for services from district administration). The highest rated facilitators to school-based mental health service provision involved personal characteristics (e.g., personal desire to provide mental health services), having adequate training and confidence, and school-related factors (e.g., availability consult with other mental health professionals). Important training preparation included a variety of didactic content areas (e.g., social-emotional behavioral assessment, consultation with teachers and parents) and many of the applied graduate training activities and professional development activities included in the current survey. Implications for future research and practice are presented, specifically related to the training and professional development needs of school psychologists.
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Whitmore, Karen Y. "School-based family counseling practices: A national survey of school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers." W&M ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154189.

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Nusz, Tara Egan. "Current practices in functional behavioral assessment a national survey of school psychologists /." Open access to IUP's electronic theses and dissertations, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2069/136.

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Kaye, Nicole. "Function-Based Behavior Support Planning Competencies: A National Survey of School Psychologists." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19665.

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This study surveyed a national sample of school psychologists (N = 105) regarding their training and skills in function-based behavior support planning. Specifically, this study aimed to determine (a) the function-based behavior support planning competencies practicing school psychologists possess and (b) factors that are related to their level of competency (e.g., prior training). School psychologists were asked to identify strategies as function-based, neutral, or contra-indicated when provided with a brief vignette. School psychologists also reported on demographic characteristics and pre-service and post-graduate training in behavior support planning. Currently, very little is known about the function-based behavior support planning competencies school psychologists possess. This study is among the first to directly assess the ability to link the function of behavior to relevant support strategies. Results of the study indicate that an alarming proportion of school psychologists did not meet the criterion for proficiency on this measure. Interestingly, the current study did not find statistically meaningful differences of performance based on characteristics of prior training. Implications for improving function-based behavior support planning competencies of school psychologists and strategies for improving student supports are discussed.
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Unger, Dana L. "Predictors of Job Satisfaction in Recognized American School Counselor Association National Model Programs." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1500285396917536.

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Williams, Clifton C. Jr. "A National Study of the Association of Christian School International Schools Head of School Leadership Characteristics." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97971.

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The purpose of this study was to identify the desired leadership characteristics of heads of schools as identified by school board chairs and heads of schools who are members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). This study is modeled after a Virginia Tech dissertation study of Virginia public school systems by Dr. Michael Thornton in 2009. Data were gathered from the heads of school and the board chairpersons to determine the similarities and differences between the two groups. Quantitative methodology was used in this study. A national sample of school board chairmen and heads of school from K-12 schools with 500 students or more and who are members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) were identified. Heads of school and school board chairpersons perceived visionary leader, team builder, effective school board relations and Christian school experience as essential leadership characteristics. Heads of school and school board chairpersons perceived that personal and professional integrity, honesty, and fairness and effective communication with board members, staff, parents, students, and the community is essential in head of school leadership. Heads of school and school board chairpersons believe that head of school-school board relations can have an impact on achieving and sustaining school-wide success.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the desired leadership characteristics of heads of schools as identified by school board chairs and heads of schools who are members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). This study is modeled after a Virginia Tech dissertation study of Virginia public school systems by Dr. Michael Thornton in 2009. Data was gathered from the heads of school and the board chairpersons to determine the similarities and differences between the two groups. The head of school position in a Christian school equates to the superintendent position in a public school division. Board chairpersons are in the position as the leader of the school board. Heads of school and school board chairpersons perceived visionary leader, team builder, effective school board relations and Christian school experience as essential leadership characteristics. Heads of school and school board chairpersons perceived that personal and professional integrity, honesty, and fairness and effective communication with board members, staff, parents, students, and the community is essential in head of school leadership. Heads of school and school board chairpersons believe that head of school-school board relations can have an impact on achieving and sustaining school-wide success. This research will be important to those who desire to become a head of school and for school boards to recognize the characteristics needed for the position of head of school. It may be useful for graduate school programs in the training of persons seeking to become a head of school.
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Hussar, Jessica M. "Examining the differences in roles and functions of school psychologists among community settings| Results from a national survey." Thesis, Alfred University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3739356.

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A nationwide survey of school psychologists across the four NASP regions was conducted in order to discern if school psychologists’ community setting related to school psychologists’ role and function as well as job satisfaction. Community setting was operationalized using a zip code database to precisely define urban, suburban, and rural. Two thousand schools were sent surveys for distribution to school psychologists; 220 school psychologists participated. Respondents completed a researcher created survey called the Regional Role and Function Survey (RRFS) and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form (MSQ – SF). The respondents answered questions pertaining to personal demographics, demographics about their workplace, their roles and functions as a school psychologist, and their job satisfaction. The findings indicated that school psychologists across community settings engage in assessment related to special education for the highest percentage of time out of all possible roles and functions. School psychologists in suburban community settings were more likely to engage in supervision and to have lower job satisfaction than school psychologists in all other community settings. School psychologists who were stationed in one school building or a K-12 campus were more likely to spend time in roles and functions other than special education assessment. The importance of school psychologist community setting is discussed; additionally the varying roles and functions of school psychologists, boundary-spanning, factors influencing job satisfaction, as well as methodology associated with rural research were explored.

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Teague, Barbara A. (Barbara Ann). "An Assessment of Arkansas Middle school/Junior High School Art Programs Using National Art Education Association Standards." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331828/.

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The purpose of the study was to make an assessment of Arkansas middle school/junior high art programs using National Art Education Association standards. Data were collected from questionnaires, curriculum guides, and school visitations. Participating in the study were 127 schools enrolling 53,502 students of which 14,755 (28%) were taking art classes. For comparisons, the state was divided into five regions.
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Lopez, Alana D. "The relationship between continuing professional development and demographic characteristics, professional practices, and employment conditions of school psychologists." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001933.

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Robertson-Smith, Misty. "Implementation of the American School Counseling Association National Model: readiness level of Mississippi school districts based on school counselor perceptions /." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04042007-130742.

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Camelford, Kellie Giorgio. "The Relationship Between Implementation of the American School Counselor Association National Model and Professional Secondary School Counselor Burnout." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1857.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between demographic and occupational variables, the implementation of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model, and burnout in professional secondary school counselors. Participants in this study were professional secondary school counselors who were members of ASCA (n=494). All participants completed the Secondary School Counselor Demographic, Implementation of the ASCA National Model, and Burnout Survey that was designed to assess counselors’ perceptions and practices related to the level of implementation of the ASCA National Model and the degree of burnout. The instrument combined a researcher-developed questionnaire with the School Counseling Program Implementation Survey (SCPIS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rho correlations, and hierarchical multiple regression models were utilized for data analysis. The results of this study indicated that professional secondary school counselors had high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, yet also had high levels of personal accomplishment. In addition, results indicated that professional secondary school counselors believed they are making progress in implementing the ASCA National Model; however, the model is not fully implemented. An inverse, significant relationship was discovered between the level of implementation of the ASCA National Model and the degree of burnout.
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Alli, Rabeena. "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION (ASCA) NATIONAL MODEL: A FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS BY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN THEIR SCHOOLS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1435753666.

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Pantili, Linda D. "A meta-analytic validity study of the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Assessment Center process." Diss., This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-170216/.

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Fye, Heather J. "The impact of implementing the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model and related factors on school counselors' level of burnout." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1459861141.

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Patrick, James Michael. "Virginia Athletic Directors and School Law." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74383.

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A review of the literature indicates that there has been no previous studies on Virginia Athletic Directors (ADs) and their knowledge of school law. Several researchers have studied other educators' knowledge of school law. In general, previous studies on educators' knowledge of school law demonstrates that educators do not have a comprehensive working knowledge of school law. ADs differ from those studied previously due to the lack of unified certification requirements for ADs in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This study was designed to measure Virginia interscholastic ADs' knowledge of job related school law. In addition, the study analyzed the data for any significant relationships between ADs' knowledge of school law and other variables. Such variables include age, experience, size of school district, level of education, administration and supervision endorsement, type of legal training, methods for obtaining current school law information and/or updates, membership in professional organizations, national certification level. Of the 315 Virginia public high school Ads, 305 were surveyed and 140 responded, for a response rate of 45.9%. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, and ANOVA analysis. Statistical analysis revealed that ADs in larger schools scored significantly higher than ADs in smaller schools. Also, ADs with that possessed the 'Certified Athletic Administrator' (CAA) credential scored significantly higher than ADs that have not attained the CAA certification. Lastly, ADs that are members of both the state and national ADs association (VIAAA and NIAAA, respectively) scored significantly higher than ADs who are not members of both associations.
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Goodman, Kimberlee Ruthe. "The commissioned works of the National Flute Association for the Young Artist and High School Soloist Competitions." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1196186122.

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Sande, Jack Allan. "An analysis of the 1988-89 platform against home schooling by the National Association of Elementary School Principals." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Woyshner, Christine A. ""To reach the rising generation through the raising generation" the origins of the National Parent-Teacher Association /." Connect to resource online, 1999. http://ulib.iupui.edu/utility/download.php?file=AAT9933158.pdf&ipfilter=campus_cas.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 1999.
Title from screen (viewed on July 23, 2009). Includes vita. Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-270).
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Gloster, Aronica Spencer Leon. "Counselor implementation of the ASCA national model at Title I elementary schools." Diss., Statesboro, Ga.: Georgia Southern University, 2009. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/fall2009/aronica_m_gloster/gloster_aronica_m_200908_EDD.pdf.

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"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Title from PDF of title page (Georgia Southern University, viewed on May 6, 2010). Leon Spencer, major professor; Sharon Brooks, Barbara Mallory, committee members. Electronic version approved: December 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p.199-215).
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Evans, James O. "School Resources, Social Media Capabilities, and Recruiting Effectiveness in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563223839479203.

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Kane, Elleen. "A comparison of Indiana school public relations programs with and without public relations specialists based on standards set by the National School Public Relations Association." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1033639.

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Since public relations specialists began working in public school districts in the 1970s, only five percent of public school districts in Indiana have employed these specialists. The objective of the study was to identify factors that would explain why so few districts employ specialists. The study focused on the impact that employing a public relations specialist had on a district's overall public relations program as a means of explaining this lack of employment. The study tested the hypothesis that school districts with specialists would differ significantly from districts without specialists in the National School Public Relations Association standards employed by the districts.Superintendents of all 263 Indiana public school districts were asked to complete a 45question survey that identified public relations standards met in 11 categories established by the National School Public Relations Association for a minimum public relations program. The study received a 62 percent response rate.The respondents were divided into two categories: districts with specialists and districts without specialists. Districts with specialists answered 65 percent of the questions in the survey yes, indicating that they employed particular NSPRA standards; districts without specialists answered 35 percent of the questions yes. A chi-square analysis found this difference signficant, which allowed the research hypothesis to be accepted.Further analysis found that advanced public relations education and training slightly increased a superintendent's likelihood of employing a public relations specialist and that superintendents with specialists attributed greater importance to public relations in particular communications scenarios.
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Austin, Jennifer E. "The Use of Evidence-based Practices in the Provision of Social Skills Training for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a National Survey of School Psychologists' Training, Attitudes, and Practices." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177174/.

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The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine school psychologists' use of evidence- based practices (EBP), in general, and more specifically in the area of social skills training (SST) for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Study participants, consisting of 498 school psychologists from across the nation, participated in an online survey that gathered information about their training, attitudes, and practices. The frequency with which specific EBP practices for social skills training for students with ASD was examined, as was prediction of use of these practices. Multiple-regression analyses revealed multiple independent variables that were predictors for overall use of EBP. Results indicated that over half of the participants provide SST for students with ASD. Although the majority of participants indicated that their graduate program included at least one course with information about ASD and EBP practices, in general, nearly half indicated that their coursework did not include any courses that directly addressed social skills training for students with ASD. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine the extent to which the data fit the factor model. Participants' perception of the importance placed on EBP by their school district, scores on the openness subscale of the Evidence Based Practices Assessment Scale, perception of how well their graduate program prepared them in the EBP process, perception of whether they were adequately trained in the area of SST for students with ASD, and having a caseload evenly divided among settings were significant predictors of overall use of EBP.
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Gloer, Sheila Rogers Conaway Betty J. "The contribution of John Lounsbury to the development of the middle school movement in American education an oral history /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5054.

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Bunt, Stephen Churchill. "The Effect of Job Congruency and Discrepancy with the National Athletic Trainers Association Athletic Trainer Role Delineation on the Job Characteristics Model of Work Redesign in Secondary School Athletic Trainers in Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279063/.

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This study investigated person-situation relations of professional preparation and job classification of secondary school athletic training positions with core job dimensions and affective outcomes within Hackman and Oldham's 1980 Job Characteristics Model. Research focused on which relations show increased affective outcomes; relationships between core job dimensions and affective outcomes; and characteristics of the core job dimensions of task identification, task significance, and skill variety of athletic trainer tasks as defined by the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification, Inc. 1995 Role Delineation Study.
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Puyana, Olivia E. "School Psychologist Perceptions Regarding Implementation of Response to Intervention with English Language Learners." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5443.

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This research was an investigation of three domains identified through a thorough review of the literature as fundamental to the equitable implementation of Response to Intervention (RtI) with English language learners (ELLs): (1) degree of intercultural sensitivity of educators involved in the RtI process, (2) training of educators in implementation of RtI with ELLs, and (3) educator familiarity with empirically-based interventions for use with ELLs. The validity of using RtI with ELLs has been questioned by both supporters and detractors of the model (Linan-Thompson & Ortiz, 2009). The most fundamental tenets of RtI are predicated upon the use of empirically validated interventions and the application of culturally responsive educational practices that provide equitable learning opportunities for all students. Due to the critical role of school psychologists in the development and implementation of RtI models, a questionnaire was designed for use with this population to explore the three domains delineated above. The Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS; Chen & Starosta, 2000) was used to document participants' degree of intercultural sensitivity. Additional questions addressing domains two and three strategically juxtaposed participants' experiences with and perceptions regarding RtI with native English speakers versus RtI with ELLs. Through a series of eight research questions and the associated analyses, the following conclusions were reached: (1) Statistically significantly higher mean scores on the ISS were present among those respondents who identified themselves as Hispanic/Latino/Spanish and/or fluent in more than one language; (2) Statistically significant differences were documented in participants' responses to items focused on perceptions of training for implementing RtI with native English speakers versus training for implementing RtI with ELLs; and (3) Statistically significant differences were found in participants' responses to items inquiring about perceptions of familiarity with empirically-based interventions for use within an RtI framework with native English speakers in comparison to ELLs. Taken together, and in conjunction with a qualitative analysis of two open-ended questions, these results suggest the presence of considerable delays in school psychologists' training and perceptions of preparedness to implement RtI with a linguistically diverse population as compared to native English speakers. This outcome is disconcerting, given the emphasis throughout the literature on the importance of unique considerations required to implement RtI equitably with ELLs. Recommendations for practice and future research are provided that emphasize the need for additional research and training in implementing RtI with a linguistically diverse population.
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Lee, Brian. "A Matter of National Concern: The Kennedy Administration and Prince Edward County, Virginia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1877.

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A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN examines the Kennedy Administration’s contribution to the restoration of public education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and determines if those actions support the dominant narrative of Kennedy’s overall civil rights record – a historical assessment generally generated from a few acute crises. For five consecutive years (1959-1964), in defiance of federal court orders, the county board of supervisors refused to levy taxes to operate public schools, marking Prince Edward County as the only locale in the nation without free public education. The county leadership organized a segregated private school system for the 1,400 white children, but afforded no formal education for the 1,700 African American students. The Kennedy Administration inherited the Prince Edward County school situation – a crisis that threatened to cripple a generation, and, if replicated, destroy public education. In the Prince Edward County school dilemma, the Kennedy Administration took proactive measures, proved sympathetic to the plight of African Americans, challenged Virginia’s congressional delegation, and appointed federal judges that supported President Kennedy’s civil rights agenda. The Prince Edward County story generally, and the federal government’s actions specifically, have been virtually overlooked by historians. A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN challenges scholars to re-evaluate the Kennedy Administration’s civil rights record by including all of the civil rights events of the Kennedy years, thus developing a thorough, comprehensive assessment. A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN is the product of the study of unpublished archival documents, oral histories, interviews, newspaper reports, and secondary sources. This work was created using Microsoft Word 2003.
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Strainic, Jill Marano. "High School Publications Demonstrate Higher Quality When Students Control Content." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1196813343.

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Eksteen, Truter. "Educators' understanding of their roles at a school of skills." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2066.

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The site for the study is a Western Cape school for industry that became a school of skills in 1999. According to the S.A. National Association for Specialised Education (SANASE) (2001:1), a school of skills, also referred to as a special school, caters for intellectually mildly disabled learners (IMD learners) who are characterised by their poor scholastic abilities in reading, writing and arithmetic skills, low self-esteem, poor self-concept, lack of motivation to study and their inability to cope with academically orientated work. These would be learners who were previously in mainstream schools but whose learning difficulties resulted in their being placed at special schools. These learners pose particular challenges to their school environments, and teachers who work with such special needs learners require specialised training to equip them for their tasks. Teachers at schools of skills, however, generally have no additional training. This study had as focus teachers' understanding of their roles at a school of skills. This study uses an ecosystemic approach within an interpretive research framework to obtain in-depth data on teachers' understanding of the learners' learning needs and the concomitant challenges to classroom learning and their teaching. It also explored teachers' interpretations of their professional positioning amidst the demands posed by an outcomes-based curriculum. The study found that, despite ongoing in-service training initiatives, teachers insist that they need learner-specific guidance as they were incapable of providing suitable learning to their learners. They believe that their learners will need life-long learning support. Such beliefs create barriers to successful learning and can also marginalize learners, preventing them from being part of the mainstream of community life. The study found that the successful implementation of inclusive classroom learning is left largely to teachers' personal initiative. Although some teachers achieved positive results, the majority of teachers at the site failed to provide successful learning. It seems that learning success at schools of skill is dependent on positive teacher expectations of learners learning.
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Wellborn, Earl F. "A study of educator perception of outcome factors in mathematics programs /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9964010.

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Tonentschuk, Matilda. ""Gun's don't kill people, people kill people" : En argumentationsanalys av debatten kring skärpta vapenlagar i USA." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65529.

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The discussion regarding the second amendment and gun control in the United States has been a controversial and highly debated topic for many years. However, with the several school shootings taking place, the discussion about gun controls has been taken to a new level. The purpose of this essay is to give an overview of the debate and answer to the main question ”how is the relationship between freedom and rights expressed in the debate about strengthened gun control, in relation to positive and negative liberty, and over time?  In order to achieve the purpose, three different kinds of analyzes have been made. First, two pro-contra analyzes were made on two different occasions. Next, the arguments found was examined through two concepts of liberty: positive and negative liberty. Lastly, a comparison was made between the arguments from the two different occasions. The results show that there are three different core issues in the debate, and that positive liberty is dominating the pro-gun control side, while negative liberty and individual rights are dominating the contra-gun control side. The debate has not been going through a radical change. However, some arguments have grown stronger over the years.
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Duchêne-Thégarid, Marie. "Les plus utiles propagateurs de la culture française ? : Les élèves musiciens étrangers à Paris pendant l'entre-deux-guerres." Thesis, Tours, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOUR2021.

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Pendant l’entre-deux-guerres, pédagogues et pouvoirs publics attendent des élèves musiciens étrangers formés à Paris qu’ils deviennent, selon une expression d’Henri Rabaud, directeur du Conservatoire, « les plus utiles propagateurs de la culture française » : par leurs déplacements, ces musiciens voyageurs assureraient la diffusion internationale de techniques musicales et de partis pris esthétiques français. Nous confrontons ce transfert culturel désiré à sa réalisation. La correspondance des institutions avec les pouvoirs publics souligne d’abord les enjeux que recouvre la venue de ces élèves en France. Les archives des écoles de musique, partiellement inédites, alimentent ensuite une base de données prosopographique identifiant les apprentis étrangers. La presse musicale et les récits de vie témoignent enfin de l’insertion de ces jeunes artistes dans la vie musicale parisienne et internationale, et permettent d’évaluer l’efficacité des mesures prises en faveur des élèves étrangers
During the interwar years, foreign music students trained in Paris are expected from teachers and public authorities to become « the most useful propagators of French culture », according to director of Conservatoire, Henri Rabaud’s words : through moving abroad, those traveler musicians shall spread musical techniques and French aesthetical bias all over the world. We are confronting this cultural transfer to its fulfilment. First, the correspondence between institutions and public authorities emphasizes issues caused by these students coming to France. Then, the partly unpublished archives of music schools form a prosopographic data base identifying foreign young musicians. Musical press and life stories finally attest that these young artists are integrated in parisian as well as international musical life, and allow also to estimate the effect of measures in favour of foreign students
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Kumke, Patrick J. "Perceptions of the evidence-based intervention movement and use of evidence-based intervention manuals a national survey of practicing school psychologists /." 2004. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/56138877.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2004.
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McGannon, Wendy. "A Validity Study of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model Readiness Self-Assessment Instrument." 2007. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3275787.

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School counseling has great potential to help students achieve to high standards in the academic, career, and personal/social aspects of their lives (House & Martin, 1998). With the advent of No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2001) the role of the school counselor is beginning to change. In response to the challenges and pressures to implement standards-based educational programs, the American School Counselor Association released “The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs” (ASCA, 2003). The ASCA National Model was designed with an increased focus on both accountability and the use of data to make decisions and to increase student achievement. It is intended to ensure that all students are served by the school counseling program by using student data to advocate for equity, to facilitate student improvement, and to provide strategies for closing the achievement gap. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to assess school districts' readiness to implement the ASCA National Model. Data were gathered from 693 respondents of a web-based version of the ASCA National Model Readiness Self-Assessment Instrument. Confirmatory factor analysis did not support the structure of the 7-factor model. Exploratory factor analysis produced a 3-factor model which was supported by confirmatory factor analyses, after creating variable parcels within each of the three factors. Based on the item loadings within each factor, the factors were labeled in the following manner: factor one was labeled School Counselor Characteristics, factor two was labeled District Conditions and factor three was labeled School Counseling Program Supports. Cross-validation of this model with an independent data sample of 363 respondents to the ASCA Readiness Instrument provided additional evidence to support the three factor model. The results of these analyses will be used to give school districts more concise score report information about necessary changes to support implementation of the ASCA National Model. These results provide evidence to support the interpretation of the scores that will be obtained from the ASCA Readiness Instrument.
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Chung, Hui-Ying, and 鍾慧穎. "The Association between Air Pollutants and Allergies in Pre-school Children-Using the National Health Insurance Database." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17986377859775419292.

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碩士
慈濟大學
公共衛生學系碩士班
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The main purpose of this research is to investigate the prevalences of asthma and allergies for children from 0-6 years old; moreover, to observe whether air pollutants are factors that trigger allergies. This research, based on the Longitudinal National Health Insurance database (400,000) since 2007-2011, according to the 9th version of the international disease classification (ICD-9-CM), selected eligible subjects with asthma, atopic dermatitis, and uesd the air quality monitoring data of NOX (NO+ NO2), CO, PM10, SO2 and O3 from the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) NOX (NO+ NO2), CO, PM10, SO2 and O3, to relate to the allergies by Pearson correlation analysis, variance analysis and logistic regression analysis. The study enrolled 9960 children at baseline by screening out children aged 0-6 years without complete information of air pollutant concentrations. Of the 9960 subjects, there were 469 with Asthma, 1088 with Rhinitis, and 1055 with Eczema. The results show the prevalence of young boys to be higher than that of young girls, and the rate is found to increase as age grows. In seeking medical treatments, there existed the highest rates in the eastern area for children with asthma (7.6%), in the southern area for children with allergies (12.3%), in the north for those with eczema (11.3%). The NOx, CO discharged from motor vehicles were related to allergies occuring among children of 0-6. Short term exposure to high concentrations of NOx caused the higher allergy risks, while it took longer exposure time for CO to trigger allergies. For three months before the onset of asthma occurrence, the odd ratio of high CO concentrations to low CO concentrations was statistically significant (OR = 1.55; 95% CI :1.03-1 .89). Similarly, the odd ratio of high NOx concentrations to the low NOx concentration for asthma occurrence, was also statistically significant (OR = 1.59; 95% CI: 1.04-1.95), with the exposure time being the recent two weeks. The longer exposure to NOx for one month also resulted in statistical significance (OR = 1.32; 95% CI: 1.16-1.57). For two months before the onset of rhinits occurrence, the odd ratio of high CO concentrations to low CO concentrations was statistically significant (OR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.34-2.04). For three months before the onset of rhinitis occurrence, the odd ratio of high CO concentrations to low CO concentrations was statistically significant (OR = 2.18; 95% CI: 1.65-3.15). Similarly, the odd ratio of high NOx concentrations to the low NOx concentration for rhinits occurrence, with the exposures of two weeks, one month, two months and three months was also statistically significant (OR = 2.19; 95% CI: 1.31-2.37), (OR = 1.84; 95% CI: 1.59-2.02), (OR = 1.44; 95% CI: 1.25-2.18) and (OR = 1.15; 95% CI: 1.05-2.18). For three months before the onset of eczema occurrence, the odd ratio of high CO concentrations to low CO concentrations was statistically significant (OR = 1.23; 95% CI: 1.04-1.84). Similarly, the odd ratio of high NOx concentrations to the low NOx concentration for eczema occurrence, was also statistically significant (OR = 1.82; 95% CI: 1.28-1.92) and ( OR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.02-1.38), with the exposure time being the recent one month and two months.   In summary, outdoor air pollutants influence childrens’ trachea immune system. It is worthwhile to discuss further and support the public to gain understandings of the effects of air pollutions on human bodies in the present days.
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"Evaluation of selected school counseling outcomes based on teachers' reponses after the implementation of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model in Piscataway K-12 school district." PRESCOTT COLLEGE, 2010. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1473056.

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Hu, Ko-Wei, and 胡克緯. "National Dong Hwa University Millet Farm, Taitung Bunun Tribal School and Eastern Taiwan Bunun Tribal Youth Association of Knowledge Practices and Cultural Actions." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6dqyux.

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碩士
國立東華大學
族群關係與文化學系
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This study focuses on the basis of participatory action research, emphasizing the three main cultural practices of the author from 2011 to the present. Through National Dong Hwa University Millet Farm, Taitung Bunun Tribal School and Eastern Taiwan Bunun Tribal Youth Association, discusses the contemporary indigenous knowledge youth action development process, the challenges and changes. Through the path of retrospective knowledge practices and cultural actions, the author tries to depict the construction and diversity of the knowledge of "we" in the modern situation, such as National Dong Hwa University Millet Farm in the context of higher education, emphasizing the students’ initiative learning program and the campus-tribal learning community; and the development of the Bunun tribal school and the intention of redrawing in the system within /outside the boundaries of the construction of ethnic knowledge practice space; also includes the organizing Eastern Taiwan Bunun Tribal Youth and trying to transcend the traditional and modern binary opposition, to create more possibilities for contemporary indigenous cultural movement. The results of this study, emphasizing the cross-ethnic boundaries, combined with different generations of cooperation, not only to construct the traditional culture-based action subject, but also to solve the lack of social practice in higher education and tribal interaction with each other limitations, "Learning tribal life in the classroom; In the tribe to learn school life" concept; further analysis of knowledge practice and cultural action from the field of higher education to the tribal scene back to the creation of the indigenous people as the main body of knowledge and sustainable tribal innovation and development possibilities.
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Xu, Ya-Ting, and 許雅婷. "The study on association between adolescents participating in healthy weight plan and obese weight control outcomes ─The case study of National Minsyong vocation high school of agriculture and technology." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8s327g.

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國立雲林科技大學
工業工程與管理系
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The main purpose of this study was to explore the result of the young people in healthy posture and weight control (obesity) causal relationship. Through sampling and analysis of adolescents of National Minsyong Vocational High School of Agriculture and Technology and based on the variables designed for this research, we included the factor of personal background, body image, body mass index, self-conscious weight, and the important influence of others, causality arises from the weight control effectiveness of the above-mentioned items. In the 507 valid questionnaires collected, the cross-analysis was completed with a focus on the various facets and the variable of weight control efficacy. Results of its analysis are as follows: 1. According to the distribution of the research subjects’ body shape, the majority opt for "symmetry" while the 2nd largest majority opt for "overweight". It can be inferred that most of the study subjects believe their weight is standard, yet there are still overweight concerns. 2. Body mass index and weight control behavior of study subjects are significantly correlated. They are also concerned about the appearance of their own body shape, and thus they are likely to begin self-weight control. 3. Study subjects care about the impact of important others. Based on the views of their peers, there is weight control behavior. 4. The study subjects in each grade have the motivation for weight control. The motivation of the freshmen and sophomores comes from peer comments. The motivation of the juniors results from the academic pressure; they carry out weight control and relieve stress through exercise. 5. In the aspect of family influence of the research subjects, the correlation between the mother figure and weight control is significant. Thus, it can be inferred that the mother figure takes the role of preparing meals for the family. Keywords: Body image, Weight control performance, Weight control behavior
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Hsu, Ching-wen, and 許靜文. "Regime Change and the Contest for Cultural Values: A Case Study of the "Association to Remedy Chinese Language Education" and the Controversies over the National Language Curriculum in the Senior High School." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9h5c3t.

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國立清華大學
社會學研究所
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After Taiwan’s first regime change in 2000, Yu Kwang-Chung and some of the cultural elites organized a group named "Association to Remedy Chinese Language Education" that leads to a series of controversies over the national language curriculum. Concerned with culture and value in Taiwan’s democratization, this research analyzes cultural legacies from the authoritarian regime, focusing especially on Confucian thoughts in the Four Books, and how it turned to be a conflict between different language education systems after the regime change. The result shows that supporters for traditional values successfully turned over the 2006 guidelines of senior high school textbooks by cooperating with the KMT’s legislators, and makes their cultural legacies return via an institutional way. However, such institutional way actually brings an unequal competition, and constrains nowadays Taiwan’s political development and the contest for cultural values. Several methods have been used in this research, including discourse analysis, textural analysis and in-depth interviewing. In this research, I first review controversies over the national language curriculum and define them into four phases. Furthermore, I examine different curriculum norms and the conditions of curriculum reform in each phase. Last, I focus on the main controversy in 2000 to date, analyzing different language education values between the "Association to Remedy Chinese Language Education" and the committee of 2006 guidelines of textbooks and try to understand them in the context of the controversy. Key words: authoritarian legacy, democratization, political competition, party politics, national language curriculum
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Mahan, Sibongile Johannah. "Investigating Grade one teacher perceptions of reception year learner readiness." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19113.

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The purpose of this study was to establish the perception of Grade One teachers regarding the school readiness of Reception Year learners in relation to the new national Curriculum Assessment and Policy Statement (CAPS). The study also provides recommendations on how to implement CAPS in Grade R so that teachers, learners and parents experience the easiest possible transition to Grade One. The research took the form of a case study, building on current trends related to the subject of Reception Year CAPS curriculum implementation, and using the Interpretive approach as its essential, functional paradigm, which focuses on experiences of the world based on the culture and previous experiences of each individual, with an emphasis on mutual understanding. By using this strategy to explore Grade One teacher perceptions regarding the school readiness of the Reception Year learners, this project was centred on an in-depth and detailed analysis of a person, group or situation as a sample of the whole, and involved a systematic collection of data and analysis. This led to a conclusions-based report on the findings, all the while focusing on five Grade One teachers and their Head of Department at a public primary school in Pretoria, Gauteng. Preliminary findings suggested that learners coming into Grade One could in fact be adequately prepared during Grade R for successful assimilation in the CAPS curriculum material, if all stakeholders overcome the challenges they face during this important phase of academic development. This study has shown that varying amounts and levels of training amongst the teachers is a hindrance to proper CAPS curriculum implementation and therefore, the Head of Department, the school and ultimately the Department of Education has to ensure parity in the area of teacher training in terms of CAPS curriculum implementation. The study has shown that, due to the different sites where learners did their Reception Year, the school and the Grade One teachers faced learners who came into their classrooms with differing levels of exposure to the formal schooling system. Some learners may have no CAPS curriculum exposure at all. This means that, if the Department of Education is to succeed in implementing the CAPS curriculum in Grade R, then it needs to assist schools more in the form of providing funds for primary schools to build and add space for the Grade R classrooms. Finally, the study showed that a language backlog remains one of the main challenges learners have to face. Historically, Early Childhood Development Centres were never required to use English as a medium of instruction. In fact, teaching in the preschool classroom, which includes Grade R, is still mostly done in one of many mother tongue languages, depending on the location of the centre. With the move to make Grade R part of formal schooling and moving the Reception Year class to a primary school, CAPS requires careful curriculum implementation from Grade R to Grade Three, although instruction in English is only required from Grade One.
Curriculum and Instructional Studies
M. Ed. (Specialisation in Curriculum Studies)
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Potter, Angela B. "From social hygiene to social health: Indiana and the United States adolescent sex education movement, 1907-1975." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/7984.

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Indianapolis
This thesis examines the evolution of the adolescent sex education during from 1907 to 1975, from the perspective of Indiana and highlights the contingencies, continuities, and discontinuities across place and time. This period represents the establishment of the defining characteristics of sex education in Indiana as locally controlled and school-based, as well as the Social Health Association’s transformation from one of a number of local social hygiene organizations to the nation’s only school based social health agency. Indiana was not a local exception to the American sex education movement, but SHA was exceptional for SHA its organizational longevity, adaptation, innovation in school-based curriculum, and national leadership in sex education. Indiana sex education leadership seems, at first glance, incongruous due to Indiana’s conservative politics. SHA’s efforts to adapt the message, curriculum, and operation in Indiana’s conservative climate helped it endure and take leadership role on a national stage. By 1975, sex education came to be defined as school based, locally controlled and based on the medicalization of health, yet this growing national consensus belied deep internal contradictions where sex education was not part of the regular school health curriculum and outside of the schools’ control. Underlying this story is fundamental difference between social hygiene and health, that hygiene is a set of practices to prevent disease, while health is an internal state to promote wellness.
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