Research studies on how faculty apply transformational leadership in college success courses is limited. As a result, this research case study identifies, describes, and analyzes faculty application of transformational leadership and its elements, idealized influence, inspirational motivation, individualized consideration, and intellectual…

This chapter describes instances of play within a teaching episode on integer addition and subtraction. Specifically, this chapter makes the theoretical distinction between integer play and playing with integers. Describing instances of integer play and playing with integers is important for facilitating this type of intellectual play in the…

Socio-economic and political changes as well as rapid technological advances are constant features of the present era. While many classrooms still appear more suited to models of learning and teaching practices adopted in the last century, there are loud calls for educational and assessment reform. [For the complete volume, "Innovation and…

Almost 50 years ago, Arthur Coxford and I developed a high school geometry course in which geometric transformations were fundamental to the mathematical development. Properties of reflections and size changes (dilations) were taken as postulates and used to deduce properties of symmetric figures, the traditional theorems of triangle congruence…

Education requires rethinking as the country faces the demands of educational and socio-economic transformation of different kinds such to provide learners' opportunities to acquire knowledge; to have skills for literacy, numeracy, creativity and ability to have free communication and listening skills. The purpose of this research was to examine…

This article presents one teacher's effort to reflect and reconsider a missed opportunity to teach for critical literacy and promote social justice through the exploration of racist nicknames, mascots, and logos in sports culture.

Most education systems around the world today rely heavily on conventional methods of teaching. Yet the challenges and needs of contemporary life necessitate innovative ways to teach children life skills. To create a positive and accessible environment in which to build positive life narratives, every student must be able to see people around them…

Growing studies show that exergames (EG) which can combine physical activity (PA) and games is an effective educational tool in physical education (PE). The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of dance-based EG on the attitude of 8th grade female students towards PE. The research group consists of 15 female students who are…

In this article, we examine non-Indigenous pre-service teachers' (PSTs) storylines in terms of how they conceive the call to incorporate First Peoples' worldviews and perspectives into their mathematics teaching, a current/recent mandate of the province of British Columbia. In an undergraduate teacher preparation course, discussions of how…

Teacher education research continues to show a gulf between teaching practices advocated in teacher preparation and practices adopted by beginning teachers in schools. Informed by the sociocultural perspective on teacher learning that foregrounds the social origin of human cognition, this article reports a qualitative study to investigate the…

The purpose of this study was to investigate upper elementary (Grades 4-6) and middle school (Grades 6-8) teachers' views of grammar and its instruction and to determine differences in their views about grammar, its instruction, and its importance to writing proficiency. Participants in this online study were 196 practicing teachers in eight…

Australian students' attitudes to mathematics are in decline relative to other countries. Their participation in senior secondary mathematics that provide pathways to further study is also falling. Pedagogical approaches that improve students' attitudes to mathematics and knowledge of mathematics are required. This paper reports on preservice…

This paper examines the pedagogical practices in three case studies of elementary science lessons that took place in classrooms or laboratories to make connections to the discourse about inclusivity in science teaching. Using the Singapore Teaching Practice as a reference, we analyzed the pedagogical practices enacted during three lessons where…

After the pandemic necessitated a move to online learning and brought forth a multitude of traumas for students and faculty, faculty teaching in the graduate Composition program at San Francisco State University came together to redesign our graduate courses. This program profile describes a process by which the redesign efforts were organized,…

Compared to aerobic catabolism, the theories and experiments of anaerobic catabolism are not covered in depth in biochemistry education curricula. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a feasible method for converting common organic compounds to renewable energy-methane that has drawn a great deal of attention in practical applications. In this study, we…