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Bennett, Dawn; Roberts, Lynne; Ananthram, Subramaniam; Broughton, Michelle – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Despite the rise of teaching academic (teaching only) roles in Australia, the UK, the USA, and Canada, the experiences of teaching academics are not well documented in the literature. This article reports from a university-wide study that responded to the introduction of teaching academic roles during a major restructure of academic staff.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Borrero, Noah E.; Flores, Esther; de la Cruz, Gabriel – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
A group of preservice and first year teachers share their experiences as new teachers of Color entering the profession in urban public schools. Specifically, these novice teachers discuss the transition from an urban education teacher preparation program into the classroom and their successes and challenges enacting culturally relevant pedagogy.…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Social Justice
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Lang, Catherine; Fisher, Julie; Craig, Annemieke; Forgasz, Helen – Computer Science Education, 2015
This article presents a reflective analysis of an outreach programme called the Digital Divas Club. This curriculum-based programme was delivered in Australian schools with the aim of stimulating junior and middle school girls' interest in computing courses and careers. We believed that we had developed a strong intervention programme based on…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Computer Science, Females, Foreign Countries
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Ockerman, Melissa S.; Moore, James L., III – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2008
This research investigation, was utilizes data from a larger qualitative study (Ockerman, 2006). This study explored the influence of a Midwestern school counseling and wellness center on the lives of the urban high school students. The purposeful sample was comprised of 16 urban high school seniors (i.e., 12 females and 4 males). The qualitative…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research