A portrait of grace: teaching for meaningfulness in school settings

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dc.contributor.authorEarp, Mary Lisaen
dc.contributor.committeechairNiles, Jerome A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGraham, Joyce L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKelly, Patricia Proudfooten
dc.contributor.committeememberWildman, Terry M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMagliaro, Susan G.en
dc.contributor.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:18:01Zen
dc.date.adate2007-08-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:18:01Zen
dc.date.issued1996-04-03en
dc.date.rdate2007-08-23en
dc.date.sdate2007-08-23en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore teaching for meaningfulness in a school setting. I feel that a better understanding of teaching for meaningfulness can support the practice of teachers who desire to teach for meaningfulness. I elected to do a case study using qualitative methods while focusing for five months on a teacher's literacy program. Through this look at the everyday life of one public school teacher and her class a picture of an exemplary example of teaching for meaningfulness could be painted. Interviews, fieldnotes, journals, observations, various site artifacts, and a brief teacher autobiography comprised the primary data collection sources. Informants included a third grade teacher, eighteen third grade students, and a school language arts coordinator.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentx, 251 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08232007-112613en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08232007-112613/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39209en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1996.E237.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34996510en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfamily atmosphereen
dc.subjectauthentic activityen
dc.subjectschool settingen
dc.subjecttherefore teacheren
dc.subjectgraceful teacheren
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1996.E237en
dc.titleA portrait of grace: teaching for meaningfulness in school settingsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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