Marvels of divine leadership; or, The story of the Southern Baptist 75 million campaign,

Mode of access: Internet.

Training in Bible study /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Epistle to the Hebrews

"American standard revision text."

The seven laws of teaching /

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report of the superintendent of the public schools of the city of Richmond, Va., for ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Dying hours: or narratives illustrative of the grace of God to dying sinners.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual Report of the Inspector of State High Schools

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of Dublin schools.

Latest issue consulted: 1852.

Statistics of public education in England and Wales.

Includes, also, "List of statistical publications", 1912/1913-

Annual report of the Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Richmond, Va

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report.

Includes annual report of the Board of Trustees of the New Bedford Vocational School ... (occasionally).

PARTICIPAÇÃO ESCOLAR: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DA HISTÓRIA DE VIDA DOS PARTICIPANTES

Esta dissertação consiste essencialmente numa reflexão sobre a participação numa escola pública da rede estadual de ensino de São Paulo, a partir da história de vida dos sujeitos que nela atuam, visando a compreender o que mantém motivadas as pessoas que se destacam por sua participação. É um estudo de natureza qualitativa, em que se relatam as experiências da própria autora e de mais duas pessoas da comunidade escolar, utilizando-se o método da história de vida. Esta pesquisa se estrutura em três etapas. Na primeira, através da metodologia adotada, buscou-se conhecer os sujeitos envolvidos no processo de participação. Na segunda, estudouse a literatura corrente sobre os conceitos de participação e voluntariado. A terceira etapa constitui-se em uma reflexão sobre a leitura das histórias de vida dos sujeitos sob a perspectiva da interculturalidade, da participação e do voluntariado. Na narrativa das histórias de vida, é visível a mudança que viveram as pessoas envolvidas, que, de uma participação ingênua, passaram a ter uma participação crítica.(AU)

Making Good Citizens: Policy Approaches to Increasing Civic Participation

In this dissertation, I explore the impact of several public policies on civic participation. Using a unique combination of school administrative and public–use voter files and methods for causal inference, I evaluate the impact of three new, as of yet unexplored, policies: one informational, one institutional, and one skill–based. Chapter 2 examines the causal effect of No Child Left Behind’s performance-based accountability school failure signals on turnout in school board elections and on individuals’ use of exit. I find that failure signals mobilize citizens both at the ballot box and by encouraging them to vote with their feet. However, these increases in voice and exit come primarily from citizens who already active—thus exacerbating inequalities in both forms of participation. Chapter 3 examines the causal effect of preregistration—an electoral reform that allows young citizens to enroll in the electoral system before turning 18, while also providing them with various in-school supports. Using data from the Current Population Survey and Florida Voter Files and multiple methods for causal inference, I (with my coauthor listed below) show that preregistration mobilizes and does so for a diverse set of citizens. Finally, Chapter 4 examines the impact of psychosocial or so called non-cognitive skills on voter turnout. Using information from the Fast Track intervention, I show that early– childhood investments in psychosocial skills have large, long-run spillovers on civic participation. These gains are widely distributed, being especially large for those least likely to participate. These chapters provide clear insights that reach across disciplinary boundaries and speak to current policy debates. In placing specific attention not only on whether these programs mobilize, but also on who they mobilize, I provide scholars and practitioners with new ways of thinking about how to address stubbornly low and unequal rates of citizen engagement.

THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MOTIVATION FOR AND THE PRINCIPAL’S INFLUENCE ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN SELF-DIRECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

All teachers participate in self-directed professional development (PD) at some point in their careers; however, the degree to which this participation takes place varies greatly from teacher to teacher and is influenced by the leadership of the school principal. The motivation behind why teachers choose to engage in PD is an important construct. Therefore, there is a need for better understanding of the leader’s role with respect to how and why teachers engage in self-directed professional development. The purpose of the research was to explore the elementary teachers’ motivation for and the school principal’s influence on their engagement in self-directed professional development. Three research questions guided this study: 1. What motivates teachers to engage in self-directed professional development? 2. What are the conditions necessary for promoting teachers’ engagement in self-directed professional development? 3. What are teachers’ perceptions of the principal’s role in supporting, fostering, encouraging, and sustaining the professional development of teachers? A qualitative research approach was adopted for this study. Six elementary teachers from one south-eastern Ontario school board, consisting of three novice and three more experienced teachers, provided their responses to a consistent complement of 14 questions. Their responses were documented via individual interviews, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analysed. The findings suggested that, coupled with the individual motivating influences, the culture of the school was found to be a conditional dynamic that either stimulated or dissuaded participation in self-directed PD. The school principal provided an additional catalyst or deterrence via relational disposition. When teachers felt their needs for competency, relatedness, and autonomy were satisfied, the conditions necessary to motivate teachers to engage in PD were fulfilled. A principal who personified the tenets of transformational leadership served to facilitate teachers’ inclinations to take on PD. A leadership style that was collaborative and trustful and allowed for personal autonomy was a dominant foundational piece that was critical for participant participation in self-directed PD. Finally, the principals were found to positively impact school climate by partaking in PD alongside teachers and ensuring there was a shared vision of the school so that teachers could tailor PD to parallel school interests.