Thesis (Ed. D.)--National-Louis University. / Bibliography: leaves 106-120.

Deaf-Latina/Latino Critical (Deaf-LatCrit) Theory in Education is a new theoretical proposition for this qualitative study. Deaf-LatCrit recognizes and validates Deaf-Lat epistemology and challenges the topic of racism and linguicism in educational research. This study explores the multiple identities and experiences of five Deaf-Latina/o (Deaf-Lat) high school students. Deaf-Lat students reside at a residential school for the Deaf, "Rainy State School for the Deaf" (RSSD), during the week and go home for the weekend, traversing from the margin to the center of educational scholarship and discourses. The intention of this research is to explore the singular Deaf identity discourse and its inter-group diversity in the field of Deaf Studies, particularly in education. This study examines the main question: What are the intersectional identities and experiences of high school Deaf-Lat students enrolled in a residential school for the Deaf? The methods include demographic questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and cultural documents/artifacts. Using Deaf-LatCrit ethnographic techniques, the researcher worked with Deaf-Lat students and their families for over one year at each Deaf-Lat student's home and RSSD. This study emerges with two themes: cultural-emotional ties and microaggressions. First, it discusses how Deaf-Lat students' cultural-emotional ties in certain spaces make reference to their multiple intersecting identities. The second theme discusses how Deaf-Lat students experience multiple microaggressions and how their agentic behaviors help them cope. The findings suggest the need to look beyond Deaf identity by embracing the multiple intersectional race, class, gender and sexual orientation identities of Deaf-Lat students, particularly in schools. Understanding the experiences and overlapping identities of Deaf-Lat students can promote that residential school administrators and classroom teachers explore into their privilege(s) and learn about the history of institutional and individual racism and linguicism. These findings can push for the creation of safe spaces for Deaf-Lat students in the field of education and other multiple disciplines. / text

This dissertation examines the nexus of complexity theory and peace education and its implications for developing educational praxis that engages with the demands of global complexity. In this thesis, I argue that as societies become more globalized and complex (global complexity) there is an onus upon education to adapt its methods so people can understand the workings of these processes better and further develop the ethical and creative resources needed for responding to system dynamics effectively. My central thesis is that the most appropriate way to do this is to use methods that are congruent with the subject matter of global complexity - that is to align one's pedagogy with one's subject area. This dissertation therefore investigates the situated and contingent responses of peace educators working in the field to the challenges and opportunities that arise when attempting to adapt to local/global dynamics. It utilizes ethnography, narrative inquiry, and autoethnography and draws its data from interviews with over 50 educators in India, Japan, and the US. This research demonstrates that when engaging with global complexity, peace educators adapt both their ontological understanding and methodological orientation in ways congruent at times with the insights of complexity theory. While this understanding can be at odds with mass educational methodologies, this tension also is a touchstone for peace educator's creative formulation of novel praxis in response to the demands of global complexity. This dissertation thus examines some of the possibilities for learning within complex knowledge production systems and highlights the need for further research into the dynamics and processes at play within global educational 'networks'.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of multiple intelligences based instruction on sixth grade students&amp / #65533 / science achievement, and attitudes towards science. This experimental research was conducted in the 2nd term of 2002 &amp / #65533 / 2003 educational year with sixth graders in METU Ankara College Primary School, and lasted for three weeks. A randomly chosen class was assigned to the experimental group and instructed by Multiple Intelligences Science Instruction, and the other randomly chosen class was assigned to the control group and instructed by Traditionally Designed Science Instruction. A total 50 students&amp / #65533 / scores were used for the analyses. Two classes were instructed with the same teacher. The background of the teacher was sufficient to apply multiple intelligences teaching strategies from the seminars that the teacher had been participated. The measuring tools were Science Achievement Test and Science Attitude Scale. Also an interview were made with the teacher of the groups. The pilot study was conducted with 57 sixth grade students in Atat&uuml / rk Primary School in Nigde. According to the results of the pilot study, some questions were revised in Science Achievement Test. Science Achievement Test and Science Attitude Scale were administered twice as pretest before the treatment and as posttest after the treatment to both groups to assess and compare the effectiveness of two different types of instruction utilized in science teaching. The data obtained from the posttests were analyzed by statistical techniques of multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA). Results of the statistical analyses indicated that multiple intelligences science instruction was more effective than traditionally designed science instruction with respect to science achievement. However, the statistical analyses failed to show any significant differences between the experimental and control group&amp / #65533 / s attitudes towards science. The teacher of the groups had positive views and opinions about the implementation of the theory.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2513.

Orientador: Silvio Ancizar Sanchez Gamboa / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T23:07:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_GildemarksCostae_D.pdf: 887881 bytes, checksum: 397f71b9cf6526fc8cc4ec6082813878 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Embora a tecnologia faça parte atualmente de poderosos processos e modalidades de ação que modelam a existência humana, ela é pouco vista como objeto de análise teórico-crítica por parte da teoria da educação. No campo pedagógico, a crença na noção de neutralidade da tecnologia é cada vez mais forte. Considerando que a teoria da educação tem por finalidade o estudo de um projeto de sociedade e das maneiras pelas quais a educação pode contribuir para superar/efetivar tal projeto, a tematização da relação entre a educação e o fenômeno tecnológico é fundamental. Assim, este trabalho, de natureza teórica, tem por objetivo central questionar e compreender a crítica da tecnologia no pensamento de Andrew Feenberg, tendo como horizonte pensar a relação tecnologia e educação. Toma como referência metodológica a teoria enquanto reflexão crítica e procura analisar a trilogia de livros na qual Feenberg formula sua teoria crítica da tecnologia. Como conclusão, evidencia que a teoria crítica da tecnologia permite, por meio do conceito de ambivalência, as bases para se aprofundar o diálogo entre moderna tecnologia e educação. Além disso, conclui pelo necessário e urgente aprofundamento da condição heurística no que se refere à tematização tecnologia-educação, pois, só assim, a teoria educacional poderá ir além do conceito de neutralidade da tecnologia que lhe é peculiar / Abstract: Although technology is now being part of powerful processes and action modalities that model the human existence, it is not very well seen as an object of theoreticalcritic analysis by education theory. In the pedagogic field, the faith in the notion of technology neutrality is getting stronger. Considering that education theory has the purpose of studying a society project and the ways through which education can contribute to overcome/execute such project, the point concerning the relationship between education and the technological phenomenon is fundamental. Thus, this thesis, of theoretical nature, mainly aims to question and to understand the criticism of technology in accordance to Andrew Feenberg¿s thought, having as horizon to consider the relationship between technology and education. It takes as methodological reference the theory as critical reflection and it tries to analyze the trilogy of books in which Feenberg formulates his Critical Theory of Technology. It presents the conclusion that Critical Theory of Technology provides, through the ambivalence concept, the bases to deepen the dialogue between modern technology and education. Besides, it concludes a need for some necessary and urgent deep consideration of the heuristic condition, in relation to the field of technology-education, because, only this way, the educational theory can go beyond the its peculiar concept of tehcnology neutrality / Doutorado / Historia, Filosofia e Educação / Doutor em Educação

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Since 1921 England’s governments have commissioned enquiries into English and literacy teaching, leading towards published recommendations and requirements for English grammar teaching. Governments’ officially sanctioned publications represent their policy aspirations for English and literacy. Research studies have explored the subsequent challenge for schools and teachers who must integrate grammar into a subject whose wider philosophies may conflict with an explicit grammar element. My study draws on critical theory to analyse the ideological discourses of English grammar these official policy documents reveal, and how they conflict or coincide with wider ideologies of English and literacy in schools. My study uses a two-stage analysis. First is an intertextual analysis using a corpus approach to identify the data’s grammar topics through its keywords and argumentation types. Second is a qualitative critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the documents’ main ideas and ideological discourses. The CDA analysis reveals three main ideological discourses of grammar, namely of ‘heritage and authority’, ‘standards and control’, and ‘life chances and skills’. These discourses are constructed from both prescriptive and descriptive traditions of linguistic thinking, and draw on ideological perspectives of teaching and teachers, learning and learners, and changing philosophies of English over time. The findings show no direct connection between the topic keywords policy authors use and the ideological positions they adopt. But there is a clear trend in argumentation approaches used to make hoped-for claims for grammar’s place and benefits in subject English. The discourses found question whether teachers are sufficiently prepared for grammar teaching and whether learners are sufficiently prepared for communicating in the workplace. The policy ideologies of grammar found in the qualitative analysis are finally re-mapped against wider philosophies of subject English to identify the broad policy trends.

Physical inactivity is one of the major public health problems of the 21st Century. In England it is reported that two thirds of adults ( > 16 yr) and one third of children ( < 16 yr) do not do sufficient physical activity to gain the health benefits that leading a physically active lifestyle has to offer. The benefits of physical activity and dangers of a sedentary lifestyle to health outcomes are well documented and numerous studies have investigated physical activity participation. Indeed, many interventions have been trialled to increase engagement in physical activity; however results are weak and generally do not correlate to sustained physical activity participation. Furthermore, much debate exists on how best to encourage both children and adults alike to engage in sufficient physical activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this research was to address this important research gap and to assess the physical activity levels and other factors for promoting engagement in physical activity of school aged children in Devon aged 7-15 years in order to assess the feasibility of using social marketing within the school setting to increase sustained physical activity participation. A mixed methods approach was adopted to gather data and consisted of both quantitative and qualitative methods, in two phases. The initial phase was quantitative in nature and utilised a self-report survey based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) (Azjen, 1991) and social cognitive theory (SCT) (Bandura, 1977) to measure the participants’ physical activity levels; it also measured their beliefs and attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and self-efficacy pertaining to physical activity participation. The second phase utilised qualitative methods adopting the socio-ecological model (McLeroy et al., 1988) to identify opportunities to promote participation in physical activity in recognising the multiple factors (individual, social environment, physical environment and policy) that influence an individual’s behaviour. This phase consisted of a series of interviews with the students, teachers and head-teachers to enable the researcher to gain in depth information into physical activity patterns and beliefs. During phase two, ethnographic research was also conducted across a number of schools in Devon to complement and enhance the data collected in the survey. The results revealed that of the 1124 participants (‘students’) surveyed, 48% were not sufficiently active to meet the government guidelines. Males were 30% more active than females. Physical activity decreased with age (e.g. 15 yr olds on average taking part in 3 hours less activity than 7 yr olds). Lifestyle/recreational activities were the most regularly participated activities (e.g. walking – 52%, running – 31%, football – 29%, outdoor play – 28%). Moreover, attitudes, subjective norms and perceptions of behavioural control affected physical activity participation both in and out of the school setting. Self-efficacy also played a role in physical activity participation. The results of the thesis show that interview and ethnographic data produced a rich source of evidence. Physical activity provision within schools played a major role in students’ physical activity. Overwhelmingly the qualitative data revealed that students want greater choice in the physical activities they participate in and suggest that the focus of PE lessons should be on having fun and enjoyment rather than skills and rules. Transition from primary to secondary school affected physical activity participation and therefore experiences in schools, may affect children’s general views on physical activity which it is suggested may impact on physical activity participation beyond the school gates and also in adulthood. This thesis provides substantial evidence to support the link between the school environment and participation in physical activity in children and adolescents. More specifically it highlights a need to incorporate a ‘whole school approach’ to physical activity participation. This research has demonstrated that there is an urgent need to combine theory based physical activity research in schools with that of social marketing. Physical activity researchers and social marketers should combine their knowledge to bring together social marketing campaigns within schools to enhance the health and wellbeing of the whole school environment for both staff and students. An innovative school based social marketing campaign should encourage physical activity both within and outside the school environment and lead to sustained levels of physical activity participation across the life stages.