Teaching Aboriginal perspectives is a cross-curriculum priority aimed at supporting Aboriginal school students' beliefs about themselves and promoting mutual respect and understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members of society. Many teachers feel they lack the efficacy to teach Aboriginal perspectives, and this may have implications…

This autoethnographic self-study explored how I, a hybrid preschool educator whose professional identity draws from both Japan and Iceland, transformed my understanding of love through praxis. The study's purpose was to better understand the form of love in my practice, which I have found deeply confusing. I aim to understand what love means to me…

This article explores the possibility of integrating theology and critical thinking to create a unique form of educational love that generates applicable and transmissible educational values. The central argument is that a synthesis of extended apophatic theology and critical thinking can be the foundation for a comprehensive framework of…

Comparability of student evaluation of teaching (SET) administered to different groups of students is crucial in supporting sound institutional analysis and decision-making, including personnel decisions. However, the interpretation of the same SET questionnaire may change as there are differences in beliefs about teaching and learning across…

Positive teacher-student relationships have been identified as important for teacher and student well-being and for high-quality teaching and learning processes and outcomes. However, research on the perceptions of teachers in higher education on a high-quality relationship with students and the perceived antecedents is still scarce. This study…

The interactions young children have with adults are of vital importance in developing mathematical reasoning. This paper describes the behaviours of teachers who work with young children in school yet manage to have individual and natural mathematical conversations with children. These mathematical interactions young children have with their…

Mentoring has long been a strategy leveraged to support college students' development and academic success. The majority of studies on mentoring have focused on formal mentoring programs that involve a structure and the support of a program administrator. Studies have focused on mentorship outcomes such as increased academic achievement,…

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between student self-efficacy, student motivation, student-teacher relationship, and teachers' perceptions of student motivation in the science classroom. Using a relational correlational design, the researcher utilized teacher and student surveys to measure student motivation in a…

This dissertation investigated the relationship between students and teachers in the context of writing pedagogical practices and writing curriculum. This study sought to extend the understanding of classroom relationships, specifically centered around writing instruction. Three dyads of teachers and students were observed as they interacted and…

Understanding student teachers' development of conceptions of teaching and learning is critical for teacher educators. Drawing from the findings of a four-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong, this paper examines the trajectories of the student teachers' changing conceptions of teaching and learning approaches throughout their undergraduate…

Competence to work in schools is an important dimension of professional competence, although it is often a neglected dimension of teacher development. This article reports a qualitative study that examined student teachers' learning experiences in initial teacher education (ITE) in relation to competence to work in schools. In-depth interviews…

In the past decade, there has been limited longitudinal qualitative research examining the effects of training programs on graduate students' teaching performance. One gap in this research is a discussion of Teaching Assistants (TAs) who resist such programs and an examination of strategies for overcoming this resistance. This action research…

Teaching and learning, an evolving endeavour, is associated with many factors, with advancements in technology, playing an ever-growing role in the classroom. It is therefore important to include the use of interactive communication technologies (ICTs) in university curricula of teacher education programmes. Universities ought to be creative in…

In this article the author opens up a space for reflective inquiry linked to her pedagogy with Student English Teachers and in conjunction with readings on embodiment and aesthetic experience. The author tries to deepen her practice as a teacher educator, 'looking back to travel forward' (Cremin et al. 2005:1) and looking forward in desire and…

Teaching is a sacred profession performed by self-sacrificing individuals with high responsibilities who are aware of their roles, have undertaken the task of raising future generations, make easier individuals' process of becoming citizen in a way to ensure the peace and welfare of the communities, and allow them to learn knowledge, skills,…