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Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
This paper presents an instructional model to incorporate English-language communication between international practicing scientists and English learners into secondary science lessons. The aim was to identify a method that lets pupils practice English as the language of science and that elicits positive affective attitudes in the form of…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, German, Native Language
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Parks, Elinor – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
The paper reports on the findings of a PhD study exploring the implications of the separation between language and content in Modern Languages for students' development of intercultural competence and criticality across four universities -- two in the US and two in the UK. In particular, it exposes the diverse views students developed on the…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Degrees
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Mansour, Nasser – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study explored the interplay between science teachers' pedagogical beliefs, scientific evidence, and diversity. This study adopts a sociocultural view of science that views science as a cultural way of knowing, and acknowledges that it is laden with cultural understandings, interpretations, and a language of its own. This paper reports…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evidence, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Lahuerta, Ana – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper examines written language accuracy in a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and a non-CLIL instruction context including grade and gender in the analysis. Essays written by 393 third and fourth year CLIL and non-CLIL secondary education students were evaluated by two measures of second language (L2) accuracy: error-free…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Accuracy
Jackson, Kathleen Ryan; Ward, Caryn; Waldroup, Amanda; Sullivan, Veronica; Craig, Andrea – State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, 2020
This publication serves as a technical paper or How-To-Guide through a detailed description of the intentional step-by-step process Kentucky's executive leaders, educators, and stakeholders used to co-create a Mathematics Usable Innovation. The How-To-Guide includes italicized links to resources: Kentucky Examples, activities and research on the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement
Mede, Enisa, Ed.; Dikilitas, Kenan, Ed.; Atay, Derin, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2020
Teacher education in higher education has been of great interest as a research area in recent years. The discussion focuses on topics such as tertiary pedagogies, professional development, instructional innovative practices as well as technology and instruction. Following these topics, the contributors of this collected volume deal with English as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Special Purposes
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Littrell-Baez, Megan K.; Friend, Angela; Caccamise, Donna; Okochi, Christine – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2015
Classroom tests have been traditionally used to assess student growth and content mastery. However, a wealth of research in cognitive and educational psychology has demonstrated that retrieval practice (testing) as a form of low-stakes, rather than traditional high-stakes testing, can also be used as an effective pedagogical tool, improving…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Course Content, Formative Evaluation, Learning Processes
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Crawford-Garrett, Katherine; Sánchez, Rebecca M.; Meyer, Richard J. – New Educator, 2018
This article recounts our efforts as three critical teacher educators to respond to the postelection aftermath at an Hispanic-serving institution by organizing a conference aimed at re(engaging) our students in the kinds of critical conversations we deem essential to the profession. By considering the ways in which neoliberal ideology has shaped…
Descriptors: Dissent, Criticism, Preservice Teachers, Political Attitudes
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Kerrigan, John – College Teaching, 2018
Active learning involves students engaging with course content beyond lecture: through writing, applets, simulations, games, and more (Prince, 2004). As mathematics is often viewed as a subject area that is taught using more traditional methods (Goldsmith & Mark, 1999), there are actually many simple ways to make undergraduate mathematics…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Students
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Roulston, Kathryn; Pope, Elizabeth; Paulus, Trena; deMarrais, Kathleen – American Journal of Distance Education, 2018
This paper reports findings from a 2-year study of online coursework in a graduate certificate program in qualitative research methods in the USA. Thirty-four interviews with students enrolled in coursework offered over a 2-year period were analyzed to explore their perceptions of engagement with the course content and one another. Findings are…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Course Content
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Alvunger, Daniel; Wahlström, Ninni – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
In this article, we explore the meaning potentials of teacher education in terms of the significance of a research-based approach and the different pedagogic identities that such an approach implies. The study's aim is to examine the important factors for education to be considered research-based and to identify and analyse the research base of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Research, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys
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Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2018
Discussions surrounding ideology and free speech on college and university campuses continually occur in the popular press. In this forum, Herbeck (see EJ1171161) chronicles several heated clashes over free speech that have recently erupted on campuses across the country, fueling news stories reported through traditional and social media. Issues…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, College Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ideology
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Helkenberg, Davin; Schoenberger, Nicole; Kooy, S. A. Vander; Pemberton, Amanda; Ali, Karim; Bartlett, Sarah; Clair, Jillian; Crombleholme, Sydney; Dee, Alison; DePierro, Kristy; Greenwood, Timothy; Lobzun, Meagan; Petersen, Cassandra; Saunders, Sabrina Redwing; Tarzi, Mary; Ward, Kristyn; Zip, Stacey – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2018
This paper was produced as a collaborative project by a Progressive Librarianship class at an ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program located in Canada. Recent research in LIS has identified a need for issues of social justice to be discussed more prominently in LIS education. From a uniquely student perspective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Information Science Education, Library Science
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Lane, John L.; Sweeny, Shannon P. – Elementary School Journal, 2018
This article examines the challenges that 18 elementary school early career teachers (ECTs) faced and the colleagues they used to help them meet these challenges. We report several interesting findings. First, these ECTs faced challenges that extended beyond how best to teach particular content. ECTs also struggled with managing student behavior,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Kapon, Shulamit; Laherto, Antti; Levrini, Olivia – Science Education, 2018
Pursuing both disciplinary authenticity and personal relevance in the teaching and learning of science in school generates tensions that should be acknowledged and resolved. This paper problematizes and explores the conceptualizations of these tensions by considering personal relevance, disciplinary authenticity, and common school science as three…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Objectives, Course Content, Epistemology
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