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Kimberly Granger; David Gerlach – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
Based on an action research project, this paper provides innovative teaching approaches for ELT to ensure gender equality through critical pedagogy. The qualitative study focuses on the reconstruction of students' perceptions through the analysis of group/peer talk allowing for the display of changing viewpoints after having dealt with feminist…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Feminism, Social Change, English (Second Language)
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McEntyre, Kelsey; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Richards, K. Andrew R. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the patterns of teacher-student negotiation that occurred when preservice teachers (PTs) taught within the teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) model. Method: The participants were seven PTs enrolled in an elementary early field experience. They taught three to four mini-units of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Field Experience Programs, Elementary Education
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Zhou, Yun; Chen, Yijin – English Language Teaching, 2020
The absence of students' willingness for classroom participation is known to lead to a lose-lose situation where teaching schedules are disrupted, teachers lose enthusiasm, and students hardly learn anything. The problem is plaguing Chinese college EFL teachers as much as it did decades ago. Large quantities of studies have tackled the problem;…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Baggett, Hannah Carson – L2 Journal, 2020
Critical pedagogical work hinges upon teachers' critical consciousness about students' identities that constitute 'diversity' and how they are situated within systems of oppression and privilege. In this study, survey data were collected from practicing world language teachers' (WLTs) to explore their beliefs about the extent to which dimensions…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
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Bowers, K. Westmoreland – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The purpose of this study was to identify constructivist concepts that are important to student-perceived learning outcomes in college courses that use a virtual world, such as Second Life, as an educational tool. Identification of these concepts will help instructors to make the best use of their course design efforts in mediated environments.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning), Student Responsibility, Computer Simulation
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Sakai, Shien; Takagi, Akiko; Chu, Man-Ping – Educational Perspectives, 2010
With the advent of communicative language teaching in East Asia, the idea of learner autonomy has become a topic of discussion and a goal among language teachers. The idea of autonomy raises important questions that need to be further explored, particularly in terms of students taking responsibility for learning. While examining the English…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Learning Strategies, Personal Autonomy, Learning Processes
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Kanbar, Nancy – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2012
The population growth together with the unsustainable consumption pattern is putting increasing stress on the planet's natural resources. The increasing realisation that humans are harming the environment is taking the form of a global movement intended to change behaviour towards sustainability, now recognised as a framework that links humans to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Arabs, Business Administration Education