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Creating Community from a Physical Distance: Insights and Reflections from a Bilingual Teacher Educator
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Soto-Peña, Michelle – Issues in Teacher Education, 2020
Education is an act of love. One may argue however, that because it is such a personal act, it is difficult and nearly impossible to achieve it in an authentic manner beyond the face-to-face interaction of teacher and student. Yet, we now live in a time in which education has been transmitted to a virtual platform. This paper highlights how I…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Electronic Learning
"Pa'lante, Siempre Pa'lante": Pedagogies of the Home among Puerto Rican College Educated Families
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Garcia, Nichole Margarita – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2019
Research focused on Latinas/os in higher education often examines patterns of failure, while neglecting factors that contribute to Latina/o generational familial success. This article focuses on intergenerational strategies taught within college-educated Puerto Rican households that assist in academic achievement and success in higher education.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Family Environment
What Is College for?
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Wise, Phyllis M.; Martin, Carolyn A.; Kinbrough, Walter M.; Hitt, John C.; Urgo, Joseph R.; Lief, Charles G.; Drake, Michael V.; Hellyer, Brenda; Pepicello, William – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Lately there has been a great deal of discussion about the importance of measuring a college's "return on investment." Is the point of a college education quantifiable results or personal and intellectual growth? In pursuit of answers, "The Chronicle" asked a selection of higher-education leaders. Phyllis M. Wise, Chancellor of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Role, Role of Education, Presidents
Feedback on Teaching from Observations of Teaching: What Do Administrators Say and What Do Teachers Think about It?
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Khachatryan, Edit – NASSP Bulletin, 2015
Teachers crave yet rarely receive qualitative performance feedback. Though student feedback has been studied, we know little about what kinds of feedback are useful to teachers for improving practice. This study begins to address the need in research on the nature of feedback teachers receive from classroom observations as well as on how teachers…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Observation, Teaching Methods, Administrator Attitudes
At the Intersection of Leadership and Learning: A Self-Study of Using Student-Centered Pedagogies in the Classroom
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Tillapaugh, Daniel; Haber-Curran, Paige – Educational Action Research, 2013
This paper describes the outcomes of a self-study that we undertook as instructors of a capstone undergraduate leadership course. Using the framework of action inquiry and a variety of pedagogical approaches, we sought to create a course and classroom environment that was student-centered, empowering, and transformative. Three questions are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Study, Leadership Training, Action Research
Transformational Learning and Role of Self-Authorship in Developing Women Leaders
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Collay, Michelle; Cooper, Joanne – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2008
Given the challenges of the workplace and the historic exclusion of women and people of color from positional leadership, this dual case study explores women's experiences in two graduate programs designed to support transformational learning of educational leaders. Data included participants' structured reflections on learning about leadership,…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Females, Transformative Learning, Leadership