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Imogen Rose Neilson Herrick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As social, racial, and environmental justice topics dominate national conversations, STEM teachers must provide learning opportunities that support students to make sense of these problems and co-construct hope for their futures (Calabrese-Barton et al., 2020; Ojala, 2012). Thinking about how teachers can begin to transform their classrooms into…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Data, STEM Education, Local Issues
Megan Leigh Normandin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study used a qualitative action research approach to engage a group of secondary English teachers in a collective inquiry to determine the best model for transformative teacher reflexivity and dialogue. Through solution-focused conversation, the goal was to design a sustainable framework for professional development that fosters creative,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Transformative Learning
Gena Merliss – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teacher education has made strides towards preparing preservice teachers with ambitious visions and teaching practices through the use of core practices, specifically the Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) framework (e.g. Kang & Windschitl, 2018). However, there is an argument in the field about whether the AST framework can support…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
Hutchings, Rosario – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to explore how teachers using culturally responsive instructional practices negotiate a high-stakes testing environment (HSTE). Culturally responsive pedagogy, an asset-based approach to improving student outcomes for marginalized students of color, has been established as an effective means of closing the 'opportunity…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, High Stakes Tests, Educational Environment, Transformative Learning
Dana Elizabeth Tottenham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study considers the intersections of education abroad and alumni engagement through a social justice lens. This research examines the "cultural imperative to systemic reform" (Kozaitis, 2013, p. 139) through the perspective of higher education's integration of education abroad as a core high-impact practice (Kuh,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Justice, Alumni, College Graduates
Jacob Tyler Jobe – ProQuest LLC, 2023
White people have a responsibility due to their complicity in White Supremacy, to practice antiracism in solidarity for racial justice with Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) people and communities. Antiracist education, which fosters this sort of work, necessitates learning about racism and Whiteness to comprehend the violence of White…
Descriptors: White Teachers, White Students, Racial Attitudes, Racism
Sheree M. Hawkins Bielecki – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This descriptive qualitative study was designed to understand the experiences of former Community Psychology (CP) undergraduate students who participated in a degree program at a California university. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how former Community Psychology undergraduate students describe their experiences using…
Descriptors: Photography, Reflection, Psychology, Undergraduate Students
Molly D. Siebert – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In November 2020, the school board governing Patinmay Public Schools (PPS) passed a policy change requiring ethnic studies coursework to graduate. For several years, numerous people have worked to make ethnic studies a possibility for all students. My story with ethnic studies in PPS, however, began more recently in August 2020. Utilizing methods…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Racism, Social Justice, Whites
Michael Levicky – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research study honors teacher-as-researcher and utilizes qualitative methods of data collection alongside emergent design to study arts-integrated teaching and learning at a mid-sized Midwestern university in a social studies methods course. The thinking and learning of both pre-service teachers and the teacher educator/researcher are…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Methods Courses, Art Education, Integrated Curriculum
Ishita Pradhan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Caste-based discrimination persists as a formidable barrier within Indian higher education, compelling Dalit students to employ university spaces not only for learning but as arenas for activism and social change. This dissertation explores the agency of Dalit students as they confront and dismantle systemic inequalities through strategic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Higher Education, Activism
F. Tyler Gidney – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A number of social and ecological justice educators have long recognized the need for educational institutions to foster the development of a critical interest in civic engagement. They also have recognized the lack of appropriate education for students who are already civically engaged. One popular way to address this context in higher education…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Transformative Learning, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation
Caddell, Constance Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aims to examine Black educators' experiences within cultural heritage institutions that are documenting topics that include the long arc of the American Civil Rights Movement. Black educators are powerful conduits of the African American story because they align with African American cultural heritage institution's goals to foster…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Teaching Experience, Heritage Education, Civil Rights
Temitope Efemena Olabiyi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation, "A Need to Teach Differently: Storied Experiences of Transformative Educators in Nigerian Special Education," explored the narratives of educators who have significantly impacted the special education landscape in Nigeria. The study aimed to highlight the motivations, challenges, and transformative practices of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Social Justice, Educational History
Peloquin, Danielle – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The adult learner population attending higher education has been on the rise for decades and is continuing to exceed expectations in regards to enrollments. However, today's higher education institutions still cater to traditional age learners when creating and delivering curricula. By incorporating social justice courses into the curriculum,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Social Justice, Outcomes of Education
Parks, Jalesa D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study focuses on bridging the gap in the literature as it relates to the use of social justice pedagogy as a proactive means by which to address the achievement gap, inherent biases, and deficit views of low-socioeconomic, African American students in today's schools. Research questions for the study are as follows: 1) What practices within…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Transformative Learning, Resistance (Psychology), Low Income Students