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Perceptions of Academic Advising at Birmingham-Southern College
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017)
Birmingham-Southern College, a small, private, liberal arts institution in Birmingham, Alabama, asked for an evaluation of their academic advising program. Anecdotal evidence, as well as the findings from a Vanderbilt ...
Reconnecting to Dyersburg State Community College: A Renewed Hope for Adult Learners in Tennessee
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)
Regarding adult learners Kasworm (2008) aptly stated, "learning is an act of hopeÓ (p. 27). Adult learners" (those classified as students over the age of 24) motivation for pursuing higher education is a story of hope in ...
Sterling Ranch, Colorado: Fostering a Culture of Lifelong Learning through Strategic Partnership Development
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-04)
This study explores the most effective approach for designing an educational ecosystem for a fledgling master-planned community that is grounded in an array of industry, community, and higher education partnerships. More ...
Liberatory Science: Critiquing Standards Creating Critical and Culturally Affirming Science Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-15)
In schools, science is taught as an apolitical finite body of knowledge, free from bias and subjective human experience. In reality, science classrooms reinforce a dominant dialogue of white, male, heteronormative superiority ...
Relational Academic Advising Settings
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-15)
Setting: What follows is the transcription of a storybook read-aloud by an experienced preschool teacher at a multi-ethnic elementary school located in the commuter belt of a large U. S. metropolitan city. The teacher ...
Capstone EFL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-01)
This portfolio is a final reflection of what I have learnt in my two-year master study in the English Language Learners program at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. In the past two years, I finished ten classes, four ...
Lessons for a Teacher Training Workshop in Pakistan: Challenges Novice Teachers Face While Implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching in Elementary School Social Studies Classrooms in the United States
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-07-28)
Recent education reforms in Pakistan push for uniformity in the guise of standardization. This may not only discredit essential parts of students’ identities but also pit students against each other without laying focus ...
Play as a Model for the Middle Grades
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)
Play in the lives of children of all ages is on the decline. This decline is even more dramatic in the middle grades, as in this context, play is almost non-existent and has been replaced with a rise in negative qualities ...
Poor in the Era of Promise: An Examination of the Experiences of Low-Income Community College Students in Tennessee
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)
Despite increases in access to postsecondary education, addressing gaps in outcomes across socioeconomic groups remains challenging. Even if more lower income students are entering postsecondary institutions today than in ...
Veterans Education at Tennessee Universities: An Analysis of State Policy and University Actions
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)
Collectively, Tennessee, institutions, and students, both veteran and their dependents, strive toward the successful completion of post-secondary education for the public good of the state and the private good of the ...