Browsing UW Milwaukee Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "Aaron Schutz"
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American Indian Culture and Secondary Science Curricula: Examining the Confluence of Native Epistemologies and U.S. Public Education Science Standards
Wolk, Molly Anne (2021-08-01)Innate to the traditional science curricula taught under the auspices of United States public education are a Neoliberal axiology and Eurocentric epistemology (Howard & Kern, 2019) that do not meet the cultural needs of ... -
Beyond “Through the Looking Glass” Borders: a Content Analysis of North Africa/Southwest Asia in College-level World Regional Geography Textbooks
Meymand, Parisa (2019-05-01)Many college teachers have a required textbook(s) for their courses, yet textbooks often misrepresent facts both directly and indirectly — through both the perspective and possible bias of the author(s) and/or the omission ... -
BLACK MALES TEACHING TODDLERS?! AN EXAMINATION OF HOW BLACK MALE YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN A GROW YOUR OWN (GYO) TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM MADE DECISIONS CONCERNING A LONG-TERM CAREER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Lewis, Calvin NA (2024-05-01)Despite research (Cormier et al., 2022; Lindsay & Hart, 2017) highlighting the positive impact Black male educators have on Black students, and Black male students in particular, the representation of Black, non-Hispanic ... -
Bonding & Bridging Social Capital in Family & School Relationships
Hurley, Ryan (2017-05-01)Developing successful family & school relationships has long been a challenge for urban schools. This qualitative case study investigated a parent engagement program that took place at one school in a Midwestern city. This ... -
Dignity for Boys and Men of Color: An Exploration with Practitioners in the Field of Human Services
Liston, Monique (2018-05-01)Through “Shaping a Cooperative Vision for Boys and Men of Color” the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Research Center of Urban Education Leadership Development found that organizations working with boys and men of color ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Program Evaluation
Miller, Milika (2023-05-01)Nonprofit organizations are often asked to show their effectiveness by achieving participant outcomes. Further, they are often encouraged to use the data-driven decision-making (DDDM) process evaluation strategy to improve ... -
Factors Affecting the Professional Autonomy of Public School Principals in the United States: A Quantitative Study
Williams, Steven Ross (2018-12-01)The purpose of this study was to evaluate work domains within the principalship to determine whether principals have greater perceived autonomy in some work domains versus others. In addition, this study identified the ... -
Grassroots and Community Activism Within Milwaukee's Black Community: A Response to Central City Renewal and Revitalization Efforts in the Walnut Street Area, 1960s to 1980s
Riordan, Madeline Mary (2016-05-01)Many researchers and scholars have explored the Black urban experience and have often chosen to focus on the systemic and institutionalized forms of racism that affect different aspects of Black lives. Descriptions of ... -
How Teachers Plan for and Implement Strategies That Motivate Adolescent Students to Engage in Literacy Experiences
Faase, Chelsea (2019-12-01)This qualitative comparative case study sought to demonstrate how exemplary teachers motivate their adolescent students to engage in literacy experiences. The objectives and the themes of this research looked at what ... -
Hybridized Internships and Service-learning: an Inquiry into Student, Community, and Higher Education Partner Experiences in a Community-based Internship Program
Trager, Ben (2021-12-01)This dissertation explores a community-based internship (CBI) program, a hybridization of internship and service-learning practices. CBIs are becoming more common in higher education, but literature on the practice of ... -
IMPACT OF INTERRUPTION: LITERACY INSTRUCTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Groene, Johanna Christine (2024-08-01)The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted traditional education, necessitating a rapid shift to online and hybrid teaching models. This study initially aimed to investigate the impact of these changes on elementary ... -
Milwaukee Youngstar: Exploring the Racialized Experiences of African American Early Care and Education Providers
Turner, Michele (2018-12-01)In 2010, the State of Wisconsin passed legislation to implement a program called YoungStar. YoungStar is a quality rating improvement system that is used to prevent fraud in the Wisconsin childcare subsidy program called ... -
Taking Heed: Principals Who Identify as African American or Black Working in Predominantly White Schools
Erenberger, Elizabeth Ann (2019-05-01)This is a narrative study of the lived experiences of school leaders who identify as African American or Black and are working in predominately White school settings. The study sought to understand the lived experiences ... -
Teachers and Staff's Perceptions of an Antiracist and Dual Language Bilingual Program at an Urban School
Soza, Ximena (2013-12-01)This study was conducted in an urban school in the Midwestern region of the United States that implements a two-way bilingual (English- Spanish) and an antiracist program. The focus of the study was to learn about the ... -
“We Were the Outsiders and Treated as Such:” Community Activism and the Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, Class, and Race Among Latinas in Milwaukee
Nájera, Patricia Torres (2018-05-01)This dissertation analyzes the activism of Latinas in Milwaukee during the 1970s and 1980s. I interviewed women involved in community organizing in that time and place; they shared with me their experiences, and their ...