Doctoral Dissertations at the Center for International Education
This folder contains the doctoral dissertations of students in the International Education doctoral program in the College of Education.
During the 50 year existence of the doctoral program associated with the Center for International Education at UMass Amherst almost 300 students have successfully completed their doctoral degrees. The majority of their dissertations will be available on this site..
The topics of these dissertations reflect the experience and research interests of the students. They also provide a good indicator of the commitment of CIE and its associated degree programs to working with education of all kinds, especially in conflict or emergency contexts.
Dissertation abstracts from 1969-2019, indexed by author, topic, and country can be found in the document link here. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cie_diss/1/.
Dissertations from 1979
Education planning for South African refugees., Nana Ruth Mbelle Seshibe, Education
Community education for self-reliant development., Jane Kathryn Vella, Education
Understanding pictures : a study in the design of appropriate visual materials for education in developing countries., David Addison Walker, Education
Dissertations from 1978
A comparison of several algorithms for maximum-likelihood estimation of parameters in unrestricted common factor analysis., Michael Patrick Hagerty, Education
A study of the self-concept of Basotho male and female adolescents in secondary schools., Mercy Rapelesega Montsi, Education
Recasting Gandhian basic education in the light of nonformal education., Vasudevan Nair, Education
Bilingual desegregation : school districts' responses to the spirit of the law under the Lau vs. Nichols Supreme Court decision., Victor Alberto Monroy Ochoa, Education
An emerging problem for educational planners in Zaire : unemployment among the educated: causes and tentative solution., Radja S. Bin Saidi, Education
Agricultural and educational development in rural Ghana., Howard L. Steverson, Education
Developing a strategy for analyzing sex role stereotyping in reading skills materials., Yvonne Villanueva, Education
Dissertations from 1977
The counselor's dilemma : a unique view of secondary school counseling based upon the notion of complementarity., Alan Kent Bridges, Education
Animation rurale : education for rural development., Jeanne Moulton, Education
Dissertations from 1975
Conscientizacao : an operational definition., William A. Smith, Education
Dissertations from 1974
Education and development in Iraq : with emphasis on higher education., Falih A. Al-Shaikhly, Education
Black studies : a challenge to the American educational system., Jeanette G. Davis Harris, Education