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Feriver, Sebnem; Teksöz, Gaye; Olgan, Refika; Reid, Alan – Environmental Education Research, 2016
In this study, we discuss findings from a small-scale project evaluating an in-service teacher training programme focused on "perspective transformation" in early childhood education and education for sustainability (EfS). A bespoke professional development programme was developed for Turkish early childhood teachers, based on a variety…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Mixed Methods Research
El-Amin, Aaliyah; Seider, Scott; Graves, Daren; Tamerat, Jalene; Clark, Shelby; Soutter, Madora; Johannsen, Jamie; Malhotra, Saira – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Research has suggested that critical consciousness--the ability to recognize and analyze systems of inequality and the commitment to take action against these systems--can be a gateway to academic motivation and achievement for marginalized students. To explore this approach, the authors studied five urban schools that include critical…
Descriptors: High School Students, African American Students, Academic Achievement, Racial Bias
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Giles, Hollyce C. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
Connecting with others and experiences of dissonance are two factors identified as central to transformative learning in engaged teaching and research (Kiely, 2005). At the same time, these ways of knowing are unpredictable and come with the risk of actually disrupting rather than enhancing learning. This article reports the findings of a mixed…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Ethnography, Research Methodology, Undergraduate Students