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- The purpose of this study was to determine if private high school teachers' characteristics, their knowledge of the 2011 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law, and the impact on their reporting of bullying incidents. The study was conducted at an urban private high school in northern New Jersey, where the participants in this study were asked to complete a survey. The survey instrument measured demographic information; specifically, gender, age range, ethnicity, the number of years teaching, the number of years teaching in the current school, educational level, and the teachers own experience with bullying as a student. The survey also measured the teachers' general knowledge of bullying; specifically the New Jersey's 2011 Anti-Bullying Law. The data analysis, which was run on SPSS, showed that only ethnicity had a significance influence while the other demographic variables were found not to have any significant influence on a private high school teachers' reporting of HIB incidents. The results also showed teachers lacked knowledge about the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law of 2011.
- Keyword:
- Educational leadership , Educational sociology , Public policy, Secondary education, Law, and Anti-Bullying
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Perez, Hansel A.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/04/2022
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2014
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Students might lose skills and knowledge accomplished in the school year throughout the summer break. The aim of the examination is to survey the effect of an all-year school plan on school and career preparedness, as determined by the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) marks of twelfth-grade students. SAT outcomes will be examined for urban high school students with a yearly calendar and pupils with a conventional school calendar. Through quantitative examination, the checking will use various independent t-tests for two free examples, which offered the effect of the school calendar. In view of the investigation of total scores of SATs, it was evident that the relationship between the all-year school calendar and the conventional one indicated a degree of measurable criticality. It was clear that the all-year school calendar is more viable; thus, the recommendation that the policymakers ought to recognize further reception and usage of the calendar model to easily prepare urban high school seniors for colleges and professions. The research further recommends that the stakeholders in education ought to organize student’s dependent on various demographic arrangements like age and sex to enhance the rightness of assessment dependent on SATs through which the students are set up for their next levels. With this, the research paper recommends extra research regarding the most adequate usage systems for a policy that controls the selection of the all-year calendar to approve the findings of the current research. Key words: examination, Scholastic Aptitude Test, school calendar.
- Keyword:
- Educational tests & measurements , Secondary education, SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), and School calendar
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Grant, Christopher D.
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/23/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/16/2023
- Date Created:
- 2020
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- This research uses both quantitative and qualitative methodology in a mixed methods research model to explore the implementation of a policy to integrate iPads as an instructional tool through the experiences of classroom teachers and students. The study’s participants consist of classroom teachers and students involved in an iPad implementation policy at a suburban Catholic high school in New Jersey. The researcher surveyed both teachers and students to gather their opinions on the iPad implementation program. The researcher is also an educator and administrator at this institution and used the participant-observer method to gather qualitative data. The researcher described how iPads affected the techniques teachers took to implement it as an instructional tool any pedagogical changes that occurred any disciplinary adjustments that occurred any student adaptations that occurred and what if any professional development that was utilized or desired. In total, 66 teachers and 891 students agreed to participate in this study. Among other findings, both teachers and students agreed that the implementation and integration of iPads has created a more positive learning atmosphere and has the ability to prepare students for the future. Regarding pedagogy, it is confirmed that changes have been made to the pedagogical curriculum in order to integrate iPads into the curriculum. Regarding discipline, it was evident that disciplinary actions have adjusted once iPads were integrated and implemented into the curriculum. Regarding student learning adaptations, the majority of both teachers and students are in agreed that the iPad is an effective tool to utilize when considering student learning adaptations. Lastly, regarding professional development, both the teacher and student populations agreed that teachers could use more professional development to effectively incorporate iPads into the classroom.
- Keyword:
- Secondary education, Educational leadership, Educational technology , Pedagogy, Technology, and iPads
- Subject:
- Education
- Creator:
- Moore, Danielle
- Owner:
- skushner@saintpeters.edu
- Publisher:
- Saint Peter's University
- Date Uploaded:
- 12/22/2021
- Date Modified:
- 11/30/2023
- Date Created:
- 2017
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation