Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University / Problem. The problem is to organize a pattern of instruction for the study of the novel. A heightened subjective response to the novel is a personal experience, but it can spring only from an objective understanding of the novel's form and content [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University / This paper deals with the problem of subdividing an over-sized unit in ninth-grade civics on the topic, national government, into three shorter units. Then the paper takes up, more extensively, the organization and presentation of the last of the three units according to the principles and procedures set down in Fundanentals of Secondary-School Teaching and the course in the Unit Method at Boston University under the direction of Professor Roy O. Billett.

The purpose of the study is to determine what selected school districts throughout the state of Texas are doing to meet the Texas Gifted and Talented mandate at the high school level, grades 9-12. The study is also to help determine if more guidelines from the state are needed, or if schools are able to meet student needs and mandate requirements as they currently exist.

Abstract En ny gymnasiereform genomfördes 2011, och de nya styrdokumenten visar att entreprenörskap ska genomsyra all undervisning i gymnasieskolan. När det nu har gått ett läsår är det av stort intresse att följa upp detta. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka gymnasielärarnas uppfattning av entreprenörskap samt i vilken utsträckning och hur de integrerar entreprenörskap i sin undervisning inom Handels- och administrationsprogrammet. Illeris olika dimensioner av lärande, såsom innehåll, drivkraft och samspel, har varit den teoretiska utgångspunkten i mitt arbete. Tidigare forskning om entreprenörskap i skolan visar att det finns olika uppfattningar bland lärare om vad utbildning i entreprenörskap innebär. För vissa lärare är entreprenörskap en aktivitet medan andra ser det som en pedagogik, dvs. ett sätt att lära och lära sig. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie har gjorts med sex gymnasielärare på gymnasieskolans Handels- och administrationsprogram. Ett av de viktigaste resultaten av min studie är att de flesta lärarna som intervjuades förknippar i första hand entreprenöriellt lärande med att förbereda eleverna för att starta och driva företag. Det finns några lärare som också ser entreprenöriellt lärande som ett pedagogiskt arbetssätt som uppmuntrar till kreativitet, självförtroende, initiativ- och ansvarstagande som anses vara kompetenser som krävs i en förändrande arbetsmarknad. Det framkom också av resultatet att även om inte alla lärare har integrerat entreprenöriellt lärande i sin undervisning är de flesta positiva till att jobba med entreprenörskap i skolan. De ser flera fördelar i det men de upplever som svårigheter att de har en stor arbetsbelastning och att det inte är lätt att hitta tid till samarbete med andra kollegor. Nyckelord: Entreprenörskap, lärande processer, gymnasieutbildning.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [99]-106). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [99]-106). Also available on the Internet.

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Thesis advisor: Latrica Best / This research project examines the sociological factors that contribute to how Boston College undergraduate students choose their majors. Based on previous research, parental influence has typically been a major factor when students choose their majors. Using rational choice theory, I expand on previous research by examining how parental influence and other sociological factors, such as perceptions of the job market and high school education socialization, impact the selection of college majors. In order to conduct this study, I interviewed twenty three Boston College undergraduate students (freshman, sophomores, juniors, seniors). All participants were from four Boston College undergraduate schools: Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, and Connell School of Nursing. Results show that parental influence is the primary factor in the selection of majors by students. However, within parental influence, the influence that parents have is not so much about whether students are enjoying their subject and finding passion, but the influence of the job market has been still a huge factor in the way students feel about their education. As we live in a more volatile economy and live in a competitive world where individuals strive to be the best, this study provides important insight into how college students choose their majors and how external factors outside of the college environment affect students’ decisions regarding careers. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: Sociology.

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