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Miller, Jane – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2022
A consideration of how reading may change in retirement and old age, demonstrated in relation to five books by women.
Descriptors: Older Adults, Retirement, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading
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Saito, Eisuke – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Some of the problems addressed by the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE) refer to the issues concerning the Global South. This commentary elaborates upon the problematisations by the editors with reference to the ethical challenges arising in contexts of political turmoil; issues related to the power, or lack of it,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Writing for Publication, Authors, Foreign Countries
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Willis, Arlette Ingram – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2023
The Library of Congress has acquired the Omar ibn Said Collection, including an exceptional artifact, the autobiography of Omar ibn Said, written in ancient Arabic by an African enslaved man. In this article, I analytically examine the role of literacy in Omar ibn Said's life as informed by African cultures, ethnicities, histories, languages, and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Authors, Arabic, Autobiographies
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Benn, Melissa; Bousted, Mary; Glaser, Eliane; Hudson, Jim; Yarker, Patrick – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
As it grew safer for schools to reopen fully in spring 2021, "FORUM" convened a roundtable discussion to hear more about the experience of teaching and learning through the pandemic, and how that experience might help us rethink the education system. Melissa Benn chaired this wide-ranging and insightful conversation between Eliane…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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Blatchford, Peter – Education 3-13, 2021
The issue of class size is a complex and contested topic that has divided opinion for many years. Whilst many teachers believe that smaller class sizes assist in enhancing outcomes, a number of policy influencers, policy makers and researchers argue that it has little influence on success in learning and that decreasing class sizes is not…
Descriptors: Class Size, Teacher Attitudes, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research
National Council of Teachers of English, 2022
This statement is a response to several recent and historical exigencies that have demonstrated a need for a broader conversation about citation justice in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies. This position statement aims to encourage scholars to engage in citation justice in all areas of scholarly production, with the specific goals of:…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Professional Associations, Citations (References), English Instruction
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Glanfield, Florence; Nicol, Cynthia; Thom, Jennifer S. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
How might mathematics educators recognize discourses as resonating harmonies in their practices as researchers? In this paper we share individual experiential narratives guided by Ojibway author Richard Wagamese's Medicine Wheel teachings in the four directions of East (humility), South (trust), West (introspection), and North (wisdom). As we…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Personal Narratives