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Cropp, Simon; Pugh, Kevin; Bergstrom, Cassendra; Kriescher, Dylan – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2022
Using transformative experience theory as a framework, we investigate the potential of utilizing mobile technology and social media to foster deep-level engagement in the form of connections between in-school and out-of-school experience. A ninth-grade Earth science teacher instructed students to take pictures with their mobile devices when they…
Descriptors: Science Education, Transformative Learning, Barriers, Social Media
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Garrard, Kerri Anne – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
'Intercultural understanding' (ICU) and its core concept 'interculturality', was introduced in the new national curriculum, implemented across Australia from 2013 (Australian Curriculum, ACARA. [2013]. Australian curriculum V.60. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/copyright). This paper draws on a study conducted in Victoria,…
Descriptors: History, Secondary School Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
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Evans, Michael; Fisher, Linda – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's 2021 Curriculum Research Review outlines a language pedagogy predicated on an exclusively cognitivist approach to language learning, which relies on three 'pillars of progression': phonics, vocabulary and grammar. The review makes a brief acknowledgement of the importance of motivational factors, including 'pupils' positive views of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
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Albers, Peggy; Frederick, Tammy – TESOL Journal, 2013
This yearlong ethnographic study explored the work of two Latino teachers who identified themselves as critical literacy teachers and who taught ninth-grade Latino students whose scores on standardized reading tests fell in the bottom 20th percentile. Framed in critical pedagogy and multimodality, this study sought to answer the following…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Literacy Education, Social Justice, Transformative Learning
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Gallagher, Kelly – Educational Leadership, 2010
The "elephant in the room" when we talk about preparing critical thinkers for the 21st century, Gallagher believes, is U.S. students' lack of reading proficiency and their general disinclination to read. Gallagher's provocative argument is that a significant factor behind the decline of reading in young people is a set of practices…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing