Teaching

Courses Taught

  • Graduate
    • EDG 7962 The Politics of Curriculum
    • EDG 7222 Curriculum:  Theory & Research
    • EDG 7362 Instruction:  Theory and Research
    • EDG 7665 Seminar in Curriculum                                                                
    • EDG 7391 Seminar in Instructional Leadership
    • EDG 6250 Curriculum Development
    • EDG 6285 Curriculum Evaluation
    • EDF 6945 Supervised Field Experience
    • EDF 6658 Selected Topics: International Development Education, Current Policy Issues and Problems
    • EDF 5851 Socio/cultural Conflict in Educational Change
    • EDF 5821 African Education Systems: A Comparative Approach
    • EDF 5812 National Education Systems: A Comparative Analysis
    • EDH 7065 History and Philosophy of Higher Education
    • *541 Teaching Minority Children - Preservice Teacher Education
    • *600 Curriculum and Instruction
    • *609 Perspectives on Comparative Education
    • **613 Third World Educational Issues
    • *639 Social Studies in the Elementary School
    • *651 Multicultural Education
    • *652 Curriculum and Multicultural Education
    • *EDG XXXX Curriculum Implementation
  • Undergraduate
  • EDG 3322 Human Relations Seminar
  • EDG 3321 General Teaching Lab
  • EDF 3515 History of Education
  • **309 Foundations of Education
  • *450 Social Studies in the Elementary School
  • *478 Elementary Cohort Seminar I (Preservice Teacher Education)
  • *479 Elementary Cohort Seminar II (Preservice Teacher Education)
  • *480 Teaching Practice Supervision

 Program Development

New Doctoral Curriculum Course developed.
EDG 7692 The Politics of Curriculum
**Course developed at Memorial University, St. John's, New Foundland.
*Courses developed at the University of Utah.

Dissertation/Thesis Supervision—Completed

Chair/Member

Student

Degree

Program Dissertation/ Thesis

Chair

Foran, Robert Jeffrey

Ed.D.

May 2008.  Education Policy and National Income Distribution: New Evidence from Recent Cross-Country Data.

Chair

Askew, Consuella

Ed.D.

April 2008.  An Examination of Lotka's Law in the Field of Library and Information Studies.

Chair

Gilbert, Shelby

Ed.D.

April 2008. The Relationship of Immigrant Status to Perceptions of Reading and Reading Literacy Among Young Black Students: A Test of the Cultural-Ecological Theory of School Performance.

Member

Noronha-Nimmo, Alda

Ed.D.

April 2008. Effectiveness of Skills- Versus Metacognitive Strategy-Based Approaches on Reading Comprehension of College Developmental Students.

Member

Shannon, Debra A.

Ed.D

December 2007. The Socialization of Adjunct faculty into the Academic Culture of a Public Community College Campus.

Member

Eraso, Mario

Ph.D.

December 2007. Connecting Visual and Analytic Reasoning to Improve Students’ Spatial Visualization Abilities: A Constructivist Approach.

Member

Yates, Lenora

Ed.D.

March 2007.  The Relationship of Aptitude, Course Grades, and Program Length to Performance on a Standards-Based Test (NCLEX-RN).

Member

Manrara, Maggie

Ed.D.

March 2007.  Explaining the Effects of Class Size on Faculty and Students.

Member

Chebbi, Tarek

Ed.D.

July 2005. Technology Professional Development for Principals: Impact on the Integration of Technology in Elementary Schools.

Member

Thompson-Hawkins, Barbara

Ed.D.

May 2005.  A Case Study of the Assignment of Withdrawal Codes for Reporting Dropouts in Two Disciplinary Alternative Schools.

Chair

Daquin, Gertrude Nick

Ed.D.

July 2004. The Effects of Health Education on Student Health-Related Behaviors.

Member

Abdullahi, Sadiq A.

Ed.D.

July 2004. Teachers Knowledge, Awareness and pedagogy of Global Education in Secondary Schools.

Member

Shore, Mary Jo Aleida

Ed.D.

July 2004.  The Impact of Looping of Fourth Grade Students on Their Reading Achievement.

Chair

Watkins, Nancy

Ed.D.

May 2004. The Relationship of Student and Teacher Variables on Academic Achievement in Florida Schools.

Chair

Behrman, Robin

Ed.D.

May 2004. Making the Grade: The Perceived Impact of Florida’s A+ Plan on the Learning Environment of One Elementary School.

Member

Johnson, Dorothy

Ed.D.

May 2003. Constructing Literacy: Disadvantaged Irish Mothers’ Attempts At Developing Literacy with their Preschool Children Doing Storybook Reading and Jigsaw Puzzle Building

Chair

Elizuk, William

Ed.D.

January 2003.  The Effect of Basketball Sport Aerobics on Basketball Skill Development for 5th-Grade Students.

Chair

Lopez, Lylliam

Ed.D.

June 2002.  Teacher Talk: A Community of Colleagues that Values Practical Teaching Knowledge Through Sharing Experiences.

Chair

Jones, Carol

Ed.D.

April 2002. Special Education Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching Middle School Students with Severe Emotional Disturbance.

Chair

Miller, Douglas

Ed.D.

December 2001. The Teacher Portfolio as A Vehicle for Reflective Practice.

Chair

Sikah, Victor P.

Ed.D.

December 2000.  The Ghana National Service Scheme: Perceptions of former educational personnel, students and guardians.

Member

Kirk, Gerald

Ed.D.

August 2000. The Relationship of Attitudes Toward Science, Cognitive Style, and Self-Concept to Achievement in Chemistry at The Secondary Level

Chair

Small, Nelson

Ed.D.

July 2000. Academic Achievement Orientation of West Indian American Parents and Adolescents.

Chair

Nitti, Joanne

Ed.D.

April 2000. A Qualitative Case Study of Teacher Perceptions and Concerns During the Implementation of Literacy Folders in a Select Elementary School in Broward County, Florida.

Chair

Kenney, Linda

Ed.D.

April 2000. Cross-age Tutoring Routines: Change Agents of Perception of Self as Reader.

Chair

Macia, Jose

Ed.D.

August 1999. Transcultural Experiences: A
Literature Bridge to English for ESOL Students from Cuba.

Chair

Manner, Jane Carol

Ed.D.

May 1999. A Comparison of the Academic Achievement of Montessori and Non-Montessori Students in a Public School Setting.

Member

Byrd, Marie

Ed.D.

April 1999.  A Study of the Difference Between African American, Hispanic, and Anglo Women on the Perceived Barriers and Strategies to Career Advancement in Public School Administration.

Chair

Kalan, Suzanne

Ed.D.

April 1998.  Implementing Aspects of Blueprint 2000: Investigating Readiness Expectations in Selected Elementary Schools in Broward County, Florida.

Chair

Lee, Jeffrey

Ed.D.

March 1998.  Perceptions of Family Environment, Body Image and Self-Esteem of Eating Disordered and Non-Eating Disordered Women.

Member

Johnson, Channey

Ed.D.

January 1998. A Comparative Study of High-Achieving and Low-Achieving African-American Students in an Urban Setting.

Member

Knapp, Ronald S.

Ed.D.

January 1998. Historical Analysis of Two Contemporary Issues at The International Community School of Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire: Local-Hired and Overseas-Hired Teacher Relationships Community Perceptions of The U.S. Embassy at ICSA.

Chair

Underhill, Margaret

Ed.D.

December 1997.  The Eye of the Beholder: The Impact of a District Plan of State Mandates as Perceived by School Personnel.

Chair

Cordova, Denise

Ed.D.

November 1997.  The Effects of the Advance Placement for Credit Policy by the Florida State Universities on the Acceleration of a Student’s Post-Secondary Education.

Chair

Koch, Rebecca

Ed.D.

November 1997. Effect of an Inservice on the Teacher’s Knowledge of General School Law Section 504 and the Meta Consent Decree. 

Chair

Kirkwood, Toni

Ed.D.

November 1995. Teaching from a Global Perspective:  A Case Study of Three High School Social Studies Teachers.

Chair

Ogazon, Thomas

Ed.D.

November 1995. Structural and Procedural Barriers to Transfer Student Success to Upper Division in Selected Program at a State University.

Member

LaVilla, Silvia

Ed.D.

October 1995. The Effects of Parents Observation on the Development of Their Children's Abilities and Success in Kindergarten.

Member

Rubin, Major

Ed.D.

April 1993. Assessment of perceived in-service needs of Educators of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh Days Adventists.

Member

Edward, Marcia

Ed.D.

November 1992. Assessing the Leadership profile of appointed second-line administrators on the American Community College:  A Case Study.

Chair

Kalui, Benjamiin

Ph.D.

June 1989. Cross-cultural Comparison of Burn-out between Administrators in Kenya and the United States.

Chair

Poulin, Amy

M.A.

November 1989. Nursing Education in a developing country:  Case of Cameroon.

Chair

Anderson, P.

M.Ed.

August 1989. Region 3 Idaho Limited English Proficiency Program Development.

Chair

Dody, D.

M.Ed.

June 1989. Curriculum for Developing Health Lifestyles for Hospitalized Adolescents.

Chair

Johnson, D.

M.Ed.

July 1989. Japanese Education:  Egalitarian Tendencies and Implications for the United States.

Chair

Dicker, J.

M.Ed.

Spring 1988. Integrating the Social Studies within the Content Area.

Chair

Anderson, L.

M.Ed.

February 1988. The Development of a Health Education Curriculum for Multicultural Employees.

Chair

Barnes, J.

M.Ed.

Spring 1987. Elements of self-concept enhancement.

Chair

Audrianne, D.L.

M.Ed.

Spring 1987. A peer tutoring design for elementary mathematics.

    • Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee (7)
    • Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee (10)
    • Chair, Master’s Thesis (20)
    • External Examiner Doctoral Dissertation (March 1996) State University of New York, Buffalo.
    • External Examiner Doctoral Dissertation (July 1996) University of Toronto, (OISE).
    • External Examiner Masters (1997-2003) University of the West Indies-St. Augustine, Trinidad, W.I. 
    • External Examiner Doctoral Dissertation (2002-2003) University of McGill, Quebec, Canada
    • Evaluator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant, Canada (1999-2002).
    • Evaluator, Liberal Arts College of Mandeville, Jamaica (2001-2002).
    • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Applications, University of Toronto OISE (2003-2004).
    • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion Applications, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada   (2004).
    • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Applications, University of Minnesota-Duluth (2004).
    • External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Applications, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX (2004).