[Vpaaetal] Complete Schedule of Proposal and Dissertation Defenses for June

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June 1 - 10:00 a.m., EDS 205, Cynthia Slater, Final Defense
"Using Arts-Based Representation as a Way of Knowing in a 3rd Grade
Classroom with a Mandated Standards Based Curriculum:  A Documentation of
the Process"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Martha Foote
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Linda Ball

June 2 - 9:30 a.m., EDN 113E, Harald Hill, Proposal Defense
"Programs Implemented by School Districts in Texas to Decrease Teacher
Turnover Rates"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Edward Seifert
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Wayne Linek

June 4 - 10:00 a.m., HL 141, Hsuehching Shih, Proposal Defense
"Connecting Basic Writing Pedagogy and Sociocultural Education to EFL
Pedagogy in Taiwan"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Wendell Edwards

June 10 - 1:30 p.m., EDN 113, David Fitts, Final Defense
"Evaluating District-level Site-Based Decision-Making Practices in Texas
Public Schools"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Carolyn Kneese
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Linda Matthei

June 10 - 2:00 p.m., HEN 202, Holly Jones, Final Defense
"Teachers' Personal Efficacy and Perceptions of Disturbing Behaviors:  What
are Their Effects on Classroom Behavioral Interventions?"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Harry Fullwood
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Randy McBroom

June 10 - 3:30 p.m., EDN 113E, Lori Blaylock, Final Defense
"Dissertation Integration at Texas A&M University-Commerce Educational
Administration Department 1996-2003:  An Historical Research Study"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Carolyn Kneese
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Dick Fulkerson

June 14 - 10:00 a.m., EDN 113E, Gerald Hudson, Final Defense
"Beginning Teacher's Induction Practices in Texas:  A Comparative Analysis"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Carolyn Kneese
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Glenda Bell

June 16 - 11:00 a.m., HL 141, Lance Weldy, Final Defense
"Seeking a Felicitous Space:  The Dialectics of Women and Frontier Space in
Giants in the Earth, Little House on the Prairie, and My Antonia"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Ann Moseley
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Amir Abbassi
June 21 - 3:00 p.m., EDS 205, Kimberly Welsh, Final Defense
"Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness as Evidenced by the Professional
Development and Appraisal System and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and
Skills"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Michael Sampson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Perry Francis

June 23 - 1:15 p.m., EDN 107, Thomas Graca, Final Defense
"Communication Apprehension Among Teacher Education Students"
Major Adviser:  Dr. James Hardy
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ashley Renck

June 28 - 1:00 p.m., EDN 202, Valerie Casto, Final Defense
"Perceptions and Use of Play Interventions by Public Elementary School
Counselors:  An Exploratory Study"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Carmen Salazar
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Tracy Henley


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