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A Study of Elementary Educators’ Perceptions and Experiences Related to the Implementation Process of the Responsive Classroom Approach

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2018, Doctor of Education (Educational Leadership), Youngstown State University, Department of Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.
Administrators and educators face increasing challenges to prepare students for standardized test while simultaneously supporting each child’s behavioral, social, emotional and physical growth and wellbeing. The philosophy and teaching practices of The Responsive Classroom Approach offers educators tools to bring balance to the whole child. The current investigation examines the implementation efforts of seven educators in a small rural school district. This school district has a building-wide (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) system in place, while a small group of educators are using the Responsive Classroom Approach. The current investigation utilizes a mixed-methods approach. A short self-assessment reflection was used as a warm-up activity, and Q methodology provided the basis to gain quantitative and qualitative results. Results indicate that all response variance loaded on one perspective, explaining more than 70% of the variance in the Q-sort. The current study revealed an increase in educator job satisfaction related to Responsive Classroom implementation. Participants also revealed that collegial collaboration was one of the strongest factors related to successful Responsive Classroom implementation.
Karen Larwin, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Kathleen Aspiranti, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Patrick Spearman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sherri Harper-Woods, D.Min. (Committee Member)
156 p.

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  • Mild, T. L. (2018). A Study of Elementary Educators’ Perceptions and Experiences Related to the Implementation Process of the Responsive Classroom Approach [Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1527677983874569

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mild, Tammy. A Study of Elementary Educators’ Perceptions and Experiences Related to the Implementation Process of the Responsive Classroom Approach. 2018. Youngstown State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1527677983874569.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mild, Tammy. "A Study of Elementary Educators’ Perceptions and Experiences Related to the Implementation Process of the Responsive Classroom Approach." Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1527677983874569

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)