Category: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

A SUBSTANTIVE-LEVEL THEORYOF HIGHLY-REGARDED SECONDARY BIOLOGY TEACHERS’ SCIENCE TEACHING ORIENTATIONS ABSTRACT Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has been used as a heuristic for examining a specialized knowledge base for teaching.  …

A CASE STUDY OF A NOVICE COLLEGE STUDENT’S ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK AND LEARNING OF FORCE AND MOTION ABSTRACT A case study design was used to investigate in detail one female …

A CASE STUDY OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD INCLUSIVE PROGRAM: TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  AND COLLABORATION ABSTRACT   Today the issue of how young children with and without special needs play …

A STORY OF THE PAST MAKES ITS WAY TO THE PRESENT: MOBILITY IN ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND ABSTRACT     This study aims to understand a unique relationship between …

A RETROSPECTIVE INTERVIEW STUDY OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND THEIR SUCCUESS IN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH / LITERACY ABSTRACT   I interviewed six former students who were in enrolled in the …

A STUDY OF A THIRD-GRADE CHARACTER EDUCATION CURRICULUM BASED ON FEMINIST, MULTICULTURAL, AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES ABSTRACT   In this study, I have narrated my experience of teaching character education …

A SUBSTANTIVE-LEVEL THEORYOF HIGHLY-REGARDED SECONDARY BIOLOGY TEACHERS’ SCIENCE TEACHING ORIENTATIONS ABSTRACT Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has been used as a heuristic for examining a specialized knowledge base for teaching.  …

A TENSION BETWEEN DIALOGIC AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION: ONE COMMUNITY’S MATHEMATICS TEACHING CULTURE ABSTRACT This study uses ethnographic methodology to describe and interpret one community’s mathematics teaching practices. Sociocultural theory …

ACADEMIC SOCIALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE EMIRATI AND SAUDI  STUDENTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES ABSTRACT The present study examines academic, cultural, discipline-related challenges Emirati and Saudi …

AGENCY, IDEOLOGY, AND INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AT A SOUTH KOREAN COLLEGE Abstract   The      objective         of         this      study   was     to         investigate      the       ways   …

AMBIGUOUS PRESENCE: (RE)SEARCHING THE NEGOTIATIONS OF BE(COM)ING TEACHER ABSTRACT The textual space of this dissertation is performative and fluid; using the metaphors of yoga and glasswork, I invite multiple …

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT TEACHING COORDINATORS FOR MATCHING  STUDENT TEACHERS WITH CLINICAL PLACEMENT SITES  IN PENNSYLVANIA Abstract   Teacher education programs in Pennsylvania are …

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SUPPORTING ELEMENTARY PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ABSTRACT Social and Emotional Learning has gradually become a central theme in education all over the world. …

ANALOGICAL-MAPPING-BASED COMPARISON  TASKS AS A SCAFFOLD FOR ARGUMENTATION ABSTRACT   Given the centrality of the argumentation process to science and consequent importance to science education, inviting science students to …