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Transformative Education and Social Change Theses

Theses from 2023 2023

Books we should actually burn: why history textbooks are best left on the shelves, Troy Everly

A Case for Critical Pedagogical Study for Developing Music Educators, Kelly Gumble

Facing Eco-Anxiety in Education: Empowering Educators with Collective Action, Emotionality, and Transformative Pedagogical Practices, Tessa Jackson

Critical Latino Studies: Combatting the (Mis)Education of Latino Students in U.S. Public Schools, Heidi Kern

Educating the Whole Child: Using a Holistic Education Approach and Mindfulness in the Classroom, JULIE STRITTMATTER

Transformative Social Emotional Learning: A Call to Heal the Effects of Racial Trauma on Identity and Self-Efficacy, Elizabeth Trostle

Theses from 2022 2022

Empowering Silenced Voices: Implementing Critical Pedagogy to Move Toward Decolonizing Music Education, Alexis Adams

PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PLACE-BASED EDUCATION: A STUDENT LED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, Briana LaFratte

Resisting Neoliberal Policy and the Intensification of Racial Capitalism Through Fostering Critical Awareness: A Series of Educational Workshops to Occur within Social Justice Unions, Chloe Polentes

Theses from 2021 2021

Restoring Self-Efficacy in Learning: A Critical Examination of the Modern Test-Centric Educational Environment and its Impact on the Psychology of Underachieving Students, Scott Liacouras

Theses from 2020 2020

Deschooling Deficit Perspectives: An Exploration of Culture and Place for Educators, Madison Dorschutz

The Importance of Interdisciplinary Education, Jennifer Liegeot

Selling Students Short: How Market Driven School Reforms Undermine Student Learning and our Shared Democratic Ideals., Andrew Malkasian

Math Curriculum and Teacher Autonomy: Why there can never be a one-size-fits all approach to teaching and learning, Brittany McElwee

Correcting The Lack of Representation and Support for LGBTQ Students in School, Colleen O'Neill

Re-Forging Democracy in Schools through the History of American Social Movements, Jonathan Privado

Recognizing and Addressing Mathematics Anxiety in Female Students, Amanda Sost

Re-establishing the Value of Family and Consumer Science in the General Middle School Curriculum, Cassidy Wallace

Theses from 2019 2019

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA FOR CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP: USING ALTERNATIVE TEXT-BASED AND DIGITAL MEDIA TO TEACH CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Andrew Cordrey

APPLICATIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN TEACHING CRITICAL REASONING SKILLS IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSROOMS, Kevin Dougherty

IMPLEMENTING EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SCHOOL GARDENS, CULINARY EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, Kimberly Grace Hafer

REDUCING ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL/POLITICAL/ECONOMIC REPRODUCTIONOF SOCIETY THROUGH UNDOING THE FRAGMENTED NATURE OF SCHOOL AND BUILDING UP LEADERS WITHIN A SHARED STUDENT DRIVEN GARDEN, Robert LeConey

DEVELOPING AGENCY AND BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY, Hillary Lockard

BUILDING A CULTURE OF “BOOK LOVE”: BOOSTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH DAILY INDEPENDENT READING, Laura Stiebitz

A PLACE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: FOSTERING GREATER CIVIC AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS THROUGH PLACE-BASED EDUCATION, Michael P. Sullivan