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Susan Wynn

Susan Wynn

Associate Professor of the Practice of Education
Education
susan.wynn@duke.edu
Box 90739, Durham, NC 27708-0739
213 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Student autonomy and course value: The unique and cumulative roles of various teacher practices

Journal article Motivation and Emotion · March 1, 2013 High school students (N = 278) in 30 classrooms with ten teachers (grades 9 through 12) reported on teacher practices in a single course, autonomy need satisfaction, and value for that course. Using hierarchical linear modeling, results indicated that stud ... Full text Cite

Expanding the Conversation: Collaboration, Complexities and the Missing Pieces

Journal article Educational Administration Quarterly · 2012 This trio of books adds to conversations about women in educational leadership. Considered together, they are timely additions to the literature on women’s leadership, a way of leading that warrants much more attention that it currently gets. The authors s ... Cite

The Effectiveness and Relative Importance of Choice in the Classroom

Journal article Journal of Educational Psychology · November 1, 2010 This investigation examined the effects of providing choices among homework assignments on motivation and subsequent academic performance. Students were randomly assigned within classrooms either to receive a choice of homework options or to be assigned an ... Full text Cite

Next generation education: Narratives for the 21st century

Journal article Journal of Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics · 2010 Students in today’s classrooms have grown up using an array of technology tools and applications. For educators in the information age, technological literacy is critical. The potential of digital storytelling as an instructional tool for teachers and stud ... Cite

Principal Leadership and Professional Learning Communities: What Beginning Teachers Value

Journal article International Journal of Educational Reform · January 1, 2008 Beginning teachers in the United States continue to exit the classroom in alarming numbers, despite numerous recruitment and retention strategies. High turnover rates negatively affect instruction and, ultimately, student achievement. The purpose of this e ... Full text Cite

Action Research with Undergraduate Preservice Teachers: (E)merging Voices

Journal article Teacher Education Quarterly · 2007 Cite

Action Research with Undergraduate Preservice Teachers: (E)merging Voices

Journal article Action Research in Teacher Education · 2006 Cite

Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions of Mentoring, Climate and Leadership: Promoting Retention through a Learning Communities Perspective,

Journal article Leadership and Policy in Schools · 2006 Often viewed as a recruitment issue, the teacher shortage is better defined as a retention issue. This three-year study examines teacher retention through a professional learning communities framework. During the first year of data collection, 217 first- a ... Cite

Teaching Versus School Administration: The Choice Leadership-Skilled Women Teachers Make

Journal article National Forum of Applied Educational Research Journal · 2006 Indicators point to a potential shortage of school administrators, as well as teachers, in the USA. Without doubt, the role of the principal has grown increasingly complex in light of greater accountability and problematical social complexities. In an effo ... Cite

Finding, Supporting and Keeping: The Role of the Principal in Teacher Retention Issues

Journal article Journal of School Leadership · 2006 Although once viewed as a recruitment issue, the teacher shortage is better defined as a retention issue. As such, school districts now focus on finding ways to encourage highly qualified teachers to remain in the classroom. High teacher turnover rates res ... Cite

Principal leadership: What new teachers need.

Journal article International Journal of Leadership in Education · 2005 Cite