This hybrid program combines classroom and online course work to prepare professional teachers to enhance their content and instructional expertise thereby strengthening their ability to improve student learning. Research and dissertation designed to address authentic, school-based problems.
Degree Highlights:
- Content-based in four areas: Chemistry, English, Mathematics, and Social Studies
- Combines best practices of face-2-face and online delivery.
- A total of 66-hour course of study (30 hr EDS followed by 36 hr EdD)
- All degrees are approved for certificate upgrades by the Georgia PSC
- Focus on learner-centered curriculum and instruction in the content areas.
- Small class size, small cohort, focus on individual.
- Ed.S. Degree embedded, certificate upgrade upon completion of 4 semesters of courses.
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Dissertations from 2025
The Impact of Flipped Classroom With Active Learning Model of Instruction in Teaching Stoichiometry in Chemistry Among Black and Brown Students, Lawrence Femi Akintokun
The Impact of a Multilingual Learner Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Perceptions of Teacher Support, Mark A. Bryan
Using Sustained Silent Reading in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom To Increase Reading Engagement, Hannah S. Burwell
Student Engagement in ELA Choice-Based Core Curriculum: A Case Study of the Dramatic Writing for Film, Television, and Theater Course, Brian Thomas Clements
We Speak Life Into Their Language: Black Educators’ Approaches to Linguistic Justice in Urban Secondary ELA Classrooms, LaKeisha A. Davis
Opening Access to Advanced Placement English, Tabitha J. Evans
Teacher Perceptions of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in High School Social Studies Classrooms: An Ethnographic Case Study, Sheronda L. Hardy
African American Males’ Academic Experiences While Enrolled in College Algebra, Willtresca N. Heppard-Streeter
Together We Can! High School Algebra PLC Members’ Experiences on Implementing New Curriculum and Its Impact on Their Self-Efficacy, Chasity L. Hughes
How New Mathematics Teachers Develop Teacher-Student Relational Pedagogy, Dustin Kinser
Writing Feedback for Middle Grades Students: Commentary that is Timely and Impactful for Creating Self-Sufficient Writers, Kaitlin P. Lambert
The In-Between: Poetic Counter-Narratives Reimaging the Canon, yisheika lawrence
Peer Mentoring and Teacher Collaboration: A Case Study of Practices and Self-Efficacy in a Rural Title I School, Jasenda R. League
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning in High School Social Studies Curricula in Georgia: A Case Study, Sharon Ann Mcmeans-Lukiri
Can You Hear Me Now? Student Perspectives of 3D Phenomena-Based Science Teaching Practices, LeShea A. Moncrease
The Interplay Between Structure and Teacher Agency in the Detracking of Algebra 1: A Qualitative Case Study, Kristine Norris
Student Engagement in High School Mathematics Blended Learning Classrooms, Therese A. Rinehart
Illuminating Student Voice: Stories of Student Experiences With Graphic Novels in the Secondary ELA Classroom, Rhiannon L. Sims
Perspectives on Using Multimedia in Social Studies for Student Engagement in Marginalized Youth: A Case Study, Dorrian Swinger
Teaching for Global Ecological Citizenship: A Case Study of Rural Teachers’ Experiences and Practices, Sarah L. Tennyson
Civics Teachers’ Perceptions of Disciplinary Literacy Strategies That Use Primary Sources: A Case Study, Whitney Williams
Dissertations from 2024
The Influence of Misconceptions on Pedagogical Choices of Secondary Science Teachers: An Embedded Case Study, Tracey Beyer
Finding Focus: Authentic Inquiry and Composition in the Third Space, Noah Brewer
What are the Odds? Integrated STEM and Student Conceptual Understanding of Genetics Dihybrid Inheritance, Jessica Cooper
Inclusivity within the Digital Age, Jarvis Denmark
Empowering Female Voices in the ELA Classroom, Jacqueline Gurliaccio Vance
Impact of Disciplinary Literacy Pedagogy on Student Historical Content Learning: A Mixed Methods Research Study, Jeffrey Mayr
Humanizing History: Empowering Educators To Navigate Difficult History Through Museum-Led Professional Development, Andrea Miskewicz
Leveraging Social Practices in the 11th Grade American Literature Classroom: Video Games As Texts, Alora Moser
Student Perceptions of Integrated STEM Education in a High School Geometry Class, Alyssa Noland
Thoughts, Conflicts, and Feelings of ELA Teachers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Matthew Osborn
Promoting Civic Engagement and Knowledge Amongst Middle School Adolescents Through Simulation Based Teaching Models, Karrie Palmer
More than just a grade: Factors influencing secondary students’ engagement with digital feedback, Mandy Prior
The Impact of Verbal Discourse on General and Special Education Students in the Ninth Grade Algebra I Classroom, Lauren Raschen
Creating the Spaces We Wish for Ourselves: How Black Women Secondary English Teachers Respond to Racism in Schools, Velrastine Shaw
Perceived Factors Impacting Teachers’ Pedagogical Decision-Making Pertaining to the Use of PBL in the Classroom: A Dissertation, Amanda Slaughter
Generational Differences and Teacher Burnout in the Post-Pandemic Era, Michelin springer
Understanding chemistry concepts through analogies and the Frayer Model, Ashley A. Walls
Pre-Service Teachers Conceptions of Equity in Secondary Mathematics Education, Mariah Walton
Dissertations from 2023
Rural Voices: A Photographic Journey of the Intersection of Place and Reading Identity in Rural Adolescents, Gena Brown
Rhetoric vs. Reality: A Critical Analysis of Georgia’s Official Curriculum for United States History, Haley Dawkins
Understanding the Impact of Asset-Based Teaching on the Academic Motivations of High-Achieving Marginalized High School Students, NICHOLE L. GILLIAM
Navigating the Context: Implementing Inquiry in the Middle School Social Studies Classroom, Juliann Noble Healy
Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Melissa Kane
Tracking and mathematical identity for rural adolescent students of color, Joseph Melvin Kelly
Implementing global citizenship education: A case study of exemplary practices, opportunities, and challenges, Judson Kidd
Improving Students’ Confidence and Competence Using Critical Media Literacy Skills in a Secondary English Language Arts Class, Leeanne Kline
“I Forget to Enjoy the Book”: A Narrative Analysis of Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Real Selves and Ideal Selves as Readers, Brittany McWhorter
Teachers Re-Imagining Parental Involvement: Using Parents' Funds of Knowledge in Math Lesson Designs, Enyinnaya Onyeukwu
How Participation in a Peer-Led Writing Center Impacts Struggling Students’ Self-Efficacy and Motivation, Laura Peterson
Effects of adaptive learning technologies on mathematics achievement in low SES settings, William Roberts
8th Grade Students’ Perceptions of 1:1 Laptops in Algebra 1, Richard Wilford
Growth Mindset Intervention and Its Impact on Productive Struggle in the Eighth-Grade Mathematics Classroom, Jordy Wilson
Dissertations from 2022
The Art of Sketchnoting in a High School Language Arts Classroom, Rachael Bourne
The Flipped Model Classroom Experience for 8th Grade Students Enrolled in Algebra 1: A Case Study, Mary Colclasure
Student Perceptions in Conferring: A Phenomenographic Exploration of Student Perceptions on Teacher-Student Writing Conferences, Jacqueline Johnson
Investigating the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Georgia 6-12 Science Teachers in Relation to Conservation of Mass, Lyric Portwood
Dissertations from 2018
Self-Regulation & Student Achievement in Mathematics, DeAnne Young
Dissertations from 2017
Students’ Experience of Flow in a Critical Literacy Unit in a 6th Grade English/Language Arts Classroom, Barbara E. McClure
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Writing to the Edge: Motivating Reluctant Rural Adolescent Male Learners, Marcia Scott Wright