RESEARCH AT TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY | |
FACULTY PROFILE SYSTEM | |
| Name: | Brian K. Leavell, PhD |
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Department: | Teacher Education |
| Email address: | bleavell@mail.twu.edu |
| Description of research activities: Dr. Leavell’s key interests lie in two areas: a) discovering K-16 students’ perspectives regarding their educations and their educational ‘self’; and b) determining alternatives to the current model of music education which address rather than attempt to change students’ musical preferences. For example: Political and philosophical trends among pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers’ perspective of the effectiveness of the teacher preparation programs and its impact on their self-efficacy. The educational ‘self’: Children’s self concept through the lens of George Herbert Mead’s “I” and “Me”. Music education: Is the current isolation from societal ‘musicking’ good for kids? | |
| Keywords: Pre-service teachers, Students’ perspectives, Personality development, self-confidence, self-efficacy, George Herbert Mead, Philosophy, Socio-psychology, Music education | |
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