Fun activites for class Zooms! Add an idea, tsk an idea! https://t.co/bClkSRoH8Q Thanks to @barbsaka #remotelearning #edchat #onlineteaching #distancelearning — 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡 (@ShellTerrell) April 27, 2020 We invite you to share experiences of distance learning! Please link under comments… Read More ›
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Motivations for Choosing a Teaching Career and Deciding Whether or Not to Teach in Urban Settings
Yong Yu, George Bieger Abstract This study addressed the ongoing problem of the shortage of highly qualified teachers in many urban schools. Particularly, the study explored what motivates pre-service teachers’ choice of a teaching career, and to what extent those… Read More ›
Teaching and Learning to Teach with Recursive Mediated Learning Experiences
Reuben L. Yarmus, James J. Vagliardo Abstract Data points continue to underscore an alarming crisis in U.S. public education especially for poor children, non- whites and English Language Learners as well as persistent, pervasive demographic dissonance between future teachers and… Read More ›
How can exposure to practice in a foreign context enhance the professional development of teacher students? Case study from South Africa.
Sissel Tove Olsen, Anikke Hagen Abstract This research paper presents a case study aimed to explore and analyse Norwegian teacher students’ professional development through exposure to the concept of Teacher Well-Being in a South African context. We have chosen Wenger’s… Read More ›
On the Importance of ‘Positive Identity’ to Transformative Education
Boaz Tsabar Abstract The article seeks to highlight the fundamental importance of positive concept of identity to transformative education. The paper will claim that critical education needs to address the complex dialectical nature of identity – its immanent tensions between… Read More ›
Breaking Down Barriers for Low-Income College Bound Students: a Case-Study of Five College Access Programs
Jennifer Damico Abstract For this case study, a mixed methods research approach was used to evaluate the components and best practices college access advisers used to influence low-income and first generation college bounds students’ matriculation into postsecondary school. Qualitative data… Read More ›
Visual Representation of Multilingualism in Early Childhood Classrooms in Cape Town, South Africa
Kari Bratland Abstract In urban classrooms, we find that immigrant children`s multilingual competence is not always recognised (Chumak-Horbatsch 2012). To explore whether this was the case in the multilingual nation of South Africa, I took photos in three first grade… Read More ›