Research Leadership Learning Podcast
Welcome to the Research Leadership Learning Podcast from Dowling College's Research Leadership Learning Center.
On this podcast we explore many fields of knowledge related to leadership in social agencies, bringing you conversations with teachers, principals, superintendents and others working in and around the Long Island region, including Dowling faculty and Dowling doctoral candidates. By sharing research and knowledge from the field, we hope to develop a profound human awareness among leaders of social agencies in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and beyond.
Trust
Posted Wednesday, September 01, 2010. Total length: 22:55
Dr. Jill Karp
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Today Dr. Albert Inserra talks with Dr. Jill Karp on the subject of trust and its effects in the elementary classroom. Dr. Karp is a recent graduate of Dowling's Doctoral program. In her dissertation, Teacher Expectations and the Mediation Effects of Trust on Eighth Grade Adolescent Academic Self-Efficacy and Achievement, she surveyed eighth graders from two middle schools on Long Island. She discusses her findings on the role of the trust factor in student self-efficacy and possible implications for the curriculum and classroom teaching.Dr. Karp is Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction - Elementary in the Sachem School District.
Links:
- Karp, J. (2010). Teacher expectations and the mediation effects of trust on eighth grade adolescent academic self-efficacy and achievement. (Ed.D. dissertation, Dowling College, 2010)
- Weinstein, R. (2002). Reaching higher: The power of expectations in schooling.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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IBM Change Toolkit
Posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Total length: 26:47
Dr. Mary Kelly
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On this episode, Dr. Richard Walter interviews recent Dowling graduate Mary Kelly on her doctoral research into the IBM Change Toolkit. Dr. Kelly's dissertation was The relationship between school leaders' perceptions of High Involvement Model characteristics in their organizations and their attitudes towards the use of the Change Toolkit to facilitate organizational change.Dr. Rich Bernato joins the conversation as they discuss what the high involvement model entails and how online resources like the Toolkit can help school leaders prepare for today's rapidly changing educational environment.
Links:
- IBM Change Toolkit
- Kelly, M.. The relationship between school leaders' perceptions of High Involvement Model characteristics in their organizations and their attitudes towards the use of the Change Toolkit to facilitate organizational change. Ed.D. dissertation, Dowling College, United States -- New York.
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