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1、ACASESTUDYOFNONTRADITIONALFEMALESINTEACHEREDUCATIONPROGRAMSADissertationPresentedtoTheFacultyoftheSchoolofEducationLibertyUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeDoctorofEducationbyNatashaBrownSpellmanJuly2009iiACaseStudyofNontraditionalFema
2、leStudentsinTeacherEducationProgramsbyNatashaBrownSpellmanAPPROVED:COMMITTEECHAIRDeannaL.Keith,Ed.D.COMMITTEEMEMBERSSarahC.Hutter,Ed.D.MargaretColeWhite,Ed.D.CHAIR,GRADUATESTUDIESScottB.Watson,Ph.D.iiiAbstractNatashaBrownSpellman.ACASESTUDYOFNONTRADITIONALFEMA
3、LESINTEACHEREDUCATIONPROGRAMS.(UnderthedirectionofDr.DeannaKeith)SchoolofEducation,July,2009.Thisstudyexaminedtheexperiencesofnontraditionalfemalestudentsage30andolderastheypersistedinteachereducationprograms.Theimpactofliferoles,internalandexternalriskstopers
4、istence,andsupportsystemswereconsidered.Nontraditionalstudentsjugglemanyresponsibilitiesincludingbalancingacareer,family,andcoursework(Compton&Schock,2000).Theproblemisthatoverhalfofnontraditionalstudentsenrolledinteachereducationprogramsappeartobeatriskofleav
5、ingcollegebeforecompletingtheirprogramofstudy.Casestudiesoffivenontraditionalfemalestudentsfromthreeuniversitysettingswereconductedtounderstandtheoverallexperiences,barriersencountered,andsupportsutilizedinteachereducationprograms.Interviews,two-columnmemoing,
6、anddocumentanalysiswereusedtotriangulatedata.Thefindingsrevealedthatsituationalbarriers,followedbyinstitutionalbarriers,posedsignificantthreatstopersistenceinteachereducationprograms.Allofthenontraditionalfemalesstruggledtobalancehomeandschoolresponsibilitiesa
7、tsomepointwhileenrolledinateachereducationprogram.Participantsprimarilyreliedonfamilymembersforemotionalsupportthroughouttheirprograms.Themajorimplicationofthisstudyistheneedforteachereducationprogramstoconsiderrevisingpoliciesandproceduresthatlimitparticipati
8、onbynontraditionalstudents.Classesneedtobeofferedattimesconvenientfornontraditionalstudentsandteachereducationprogramsshouldtrytoivsimulatethesupportprovidedbyfamilymemberstohelpst
