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Hope: Elementary Teachers' Perspective Regarding How and Why to Foster Student Hope

Hill, John Ernest
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1704734970361571

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2024, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
In this qualitative case study, strategies used in elementary school classrooms to promote hopefulness were examined. The strategies investigated were goal setting, agency, and pathways through six detailed interviews with high-qualified elementary teachers from diverse school systems located in Ohio. Teachers were chosen based on recommendations by principals who rated the teachers highly in the domain of culture and climate through the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System. The interview format in conjunction with the case study provided a platform for the teachers to share their stories on the strategies they use in elementary classrooms that benefit student mindsets. The strategies each teacher expressed as important in their classroom were analyzed through qualitative coding to decipher similarities and differences between perspectives and approaches. There were eight central principles that were present throughout the case study analysis: mistakes are part of learning, relationships with students are first and foremost, growth mindsets are important, commitments and goals are important steps in hope, celebrations are important in the classroom, reflections are part of the process, and it is important to have the sayings and phrases in the classroom. Overall, findings appeared to indicate that the most important contributor to hope is having adults believe in the student’s ability to do exceptional things.
Lucian Szlizewski (Committee Co-Chair)
Sherrill Sellers (Committee Member)
Joel Malin (Committee Co-Chair)
82 p.
Education Philosophy; Educational Leadership; Elementary Education
hope; elementary school classrooms; hope strategies

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  • Hill, J. E. (2024). Hope: Elementary Teachers' Perspective Regarding How and Why to Foster Student Hope [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1704734970361571

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, John. Hope: Elementary Teachers' Perspective Regarding How and Why to Foster Student Hope. 2024. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1704734970361571.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, John. "Hope: Elementary Teachers' Perspective Regarding How and Why to Foster Student Hope." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1704734970361571

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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