This article explores the transformation of courses among online, traditional, and hybrid modalities with a special focus on transforming an online course into a traditional classroom format. While there has been much written about transforming courses from traditional to online, especially as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has not…

Contemporary higher education institutions are marked by diverse, internationalized classrooms that bring together various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. However, realizing the full potential of this diversity poses challenges, as academics, key players in maximizing the benefits of international classrooms, often lack the necessary…

This dissertation research reports on the experiences of a team of community college educators who develop, implement, and teach an introductory biology course on the inverted classroom platform. Research questions addressed include: (1) What have been the motivations and professional influences of the instructors for transitioning to the inverted…

With the growing number of non-native English speakers, improving communication through direct vocabulary instruction (DVI) is important. The problem investigated in this study was that English as a second language (ESL) teachers were not using the strategy DVI, in the ESL classroom. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore ESL…

The literature indicates that collaborative activities can support professional learning (PL) for academics teaching in higher education (HE). Nevertheless, limited approaches for collegial PL exist that can be embedded in the day-to-day work of busy academics. This paper reports on an evidence-based approach to practice that was undertaken to…

In 1963, Howard Y. McClusky wrote the theory of margin, defining the personal ratio of power to load. Margin theory has been used to predict success; however, more research is needed to redevelop how this sixty-year-old theory is situated in the current environment. This grounded theory study examined the changes to margin by hybridization.…

Teaching young children to read is one of the most important aspects of education. There is a vast body of research examining the neuroscientific processes at work in learning to read, the many components of literacy, and the best instructional methods to support literacy. The purpose of this study was to collect perceptual data from teachers…

This study investigates practices around the bestowal of personal sign names to adult New Zealand Sign Language learners, from both teachers' and students' perspectives. Key findings include that, (1) learners receive similar types of sign names to deaf signers but in different proportions; (2) getting a sign name is regarded as a significant…

Teacher professional development (PD) is often an underutilized resource for reform in K-12 schools, and ineffective models often limit the organizational improvements that can be made. In this Action Research report, teachers' experiences with PD at the research site were analyzed using qualitative methods to determine what components of learning…

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore part-time college instructors' perceptions of Multiple Intelligence Theory. The study centered on the phenomenon existing within the perception of 12 part-time instructors from a variety of departments, all from the same community college in New England. Data was extracted pertaining to…

In this paper, we outline English language teaching practices from a private language school in Serbia. We use data from qualitative interviews with six English language instructors from one private language school in Serbia to understand how these individuals prepare for and teach adult learners. We discuss these based on the andragogical process…

Teachers are experiencing a change in practice, from teacher-centered to student-centered, which affects their work with English learners (ELs) in third through fifth grade mathematics classrooms. The implementation of student-centered discourse practices is essential to orchestrating productive mathematical discussions. However, the common…

Children living in areas affected by violent conflict and disasters are especially at risk of being denied their right to learn. Efforts to provide education in these contexts are termed "Education in Emergencies." Teachers in Education in Emergencies may benefit from teacher professional development; however, there is a lack of…

The purpose of this survey design research study was to assess the teaching styles of naturopathic medical (ND) faculty in terms of teacher-centered or learner-centered using the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). A secondary study question was the comparable differences in ND faculty teaching styles, and that of the published literature…

The increased enrollment of adult learners in colleges and universities that offer online programs has provoked a need for skilled online adjunct faculty. Administrators at online universities in the Mideastern region of the United States have sought to better understand the relationship between formal evaluations and teaching practices of the…