This article explores the work of "Rethinking Schools" (RS). RS is at one and the same time a grassroots movement of teacher-activists, a quarterly journal, and a publishing house. For almost four decades the movement has sought to enact Freirean-inspired curricular/pedagogical initiatives within US public schooling. What makes the work…

This study investigated newly qualified primary and lower secondary school teachers with a master's degree in Norway and how they experienced being stirred into induction practices in their school. The theory of practice architectures was the theoretical framework used in the analysis, and the term 'stirred into' refers to the dynamics of entering…

This study explored eight middle school teachers' language about literacy implementation in their disciplinary classrooms. Interview data and supplemental artifact data were gathered from two previous studies focused on disciplinary literacy in middle school settings. This critical discourse analysis examined how teachers' language elucidated…

Scholars have devoted increased attention in recent years to students identified as twice-exceptional (2e), those who have a concurrent federally recognized disability while also identified as gifted. However, there has been little if any study of how the lived experiences of teachers who themselves are identified as 2e inform their practices with…

This study aims to determine what factors the primary school teachers working with gifted students prioritize and give importance to in their curriculum designs and explore how these are reflected upon their teaching practices. The research was carried out in the fall semester of the 2020 to 2021 academic year in Türkiye, with the participation of…

In the face of the global sustainability crisis, schools and teachers are called on to transform education and implement educational innovations to strengthen sustainability education. One of these innovations is 'open schooling': educational practices that involve students in identifying, exploring, and tackling real-world sustainability problems…

Comprehensive Sexuality Education is vital in educating youth about gender and sexuality diversity, and yet there has been a growing debate about including LGBTIQ+ content. Using focus group interviews with 11 cisheterosexual school-attending youth in Cape Town, South Africa, this article considers their accounts of whether and how…

The integration of web-based discussion platforms in education is increasingly recognized for its potential to enhance pedagogical practices. This study examined the impact of web-based discussion tools on teachers' pedagogical practices in teaching organic chemistry in selected Rwandan secondary schools. The study adopted sequential explanatory…

In the 1930s schooling in the United States underwent fundamental transformations, ultimately responding to the profound social, economic, and technological changes taking place in the early decades of the twentieth century. Students' social and emotional health needed support, especially for entry into a rapidly changing nation and world. One…