Browsing Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects by Subject "Education, Urban"

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    • Educating Teachers for Urban Schools 
      Hinton, Dana (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      This capstone is based upon the idea that teachers can be effectively trained, especially to work in urban areas through student-teaching experiences. The aspects that contribute to meaningful and educational experiences ...
    • The Political Nuances of Narratives and an Urban Educator's Response 
      Pearman II, F. Alvin (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06)
      In recent years, theorists have begun to explore the ways in which the narratives our children read influence the democratic ideals we wish to impart. In a nation so stratified along both racial and socioeconomic lines ...
    • Restructuring Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Programs for the Urban School Context 
      Rubio, Shannon (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03)
      This capstone proposes a restructured pre-service teacher preparation program aimed at better preparing pre-service teachers to respond to unfamiliar communities and cultures encountered in the urban school context ...
    • Zero Tolerance’s Harmful Effects: Its Origins, Misinterpretations, and Discriminatory Nature 
      Renner, Katherine (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      Zero tolerance policies that mandate expulsion for a variety of student behaviors have become extremely prevalent in almost all schools today. These policies originated as federal law in the 1980s and transitioned into the ...