Twitter: More Than Tweets For Undergraduate Student Researchers, 2022 Ouachita Baptist University
Twitter: More Than Tweets For Undergraduate Student Researchers, Nathan S. Reyna, Christin Pruett, Mike Morrison, Jennifer Fowler, Sumali Pandey, Lori Hensley
Articles
During the COVID-19 pandemic, biology educators were forced to think of ways to communicate with their students, engaging them in science and with the scientific community. For educators using course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), the challenge to have students perform real science, analyze their work, and present their results to a larger scientific audience was difficult as the world moved online. Many instructors were able to adapt CUREs utilizing online data analysis and virtual meeting software for class discussions and synchronous learning. However, interaction with the larger scientific community, an integral component of making science relevant for students and allowing …
Perceptions Of School Through The Lens Of Black Male Elementary Students: A School Climate Study, 2022 Kennesaw State University
Perceptions Of School Through The Lens Of Black Male Elementary Students: A School Climate Study, Erica Peek
Doctor of Education in Teacher Leadership Dissertations
This qualitative case study focused on the perceptions of 5th grade black males at a suburban neighborhood elementary school in the southeastern United States. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how the participants felt about their teachers and school community. The theoretical frameworks that informed this study were Critical Race Theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Several data gathering techniques (qualitative questionnaire, focus group meeting, and student journals) were utilized and analyzed to describe the participants’ experiences regarding school climate at TES. From the data collected, several themes emerged such as Building Relationships & …
Preparing Middle Grades Candidates For Edtpa In Uncertain Times, 2022 Western Carolina University
Preparing Middle Grades Candidates For Edtpa In Uncertain Times, Holly H. Pinter, David C. Virtue
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Teacher candidates in North Carolina must earn a passing score on the edTPA assessment to get certified. The middle grades education program at Western Carolina University integrates aspects of the edTPA assessment throughout pre-student teaching coursework and field experiences to prepare candidates for this high-stakes assessment. Some of the edTPA practice assignments serve as key assessments that help the middle grades program faculty evaluate the program and make decisions about curriculum. The pivot to remote and blended learning formats on campus and in partner middle level schools affected the implementation of the edTPA-related assignments. The authors share some of the …
Integrating Social Studies Education With Mathematics: Pre-Service Teachers’ Use Of The Pyramids Of Giza To Plan A Stem Lesson, 2022 University of Saint Joseph
Integrating Social Studies Education With Mathematics: Pre-Service Teachers’ Use Of The Pyramids Of Giza To Plan A Stem Lesson, Randa Elbih, Elyssa Miller, Grace Sheldon, Mackenzie Wilson
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Pre-service teachers (PSTs) often struggle to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) content effectively due to lack of training on how to plan a STEM lesson in meaningful ways as well as which subjects to integrate. This dilemma often results in an avoidance of STEM methodology altogether. This paper describes a productive method for training PSTs to successfully teach STEM lessons by using Social Studies content to integrate with Mathematics and Science, and provide context and connection to real world applications. Along with providing a STEM lesson, the article demonstrates the critical role social studies can play as the …
Fostering And Maintaining Relationships: Teacher Education During Covid-19, 2022 Columbus State University
Fostering And Maintaining Relationships: Teacher Education During Covid-19, Jessica Vanvalkenburgh, Aaron R. Gierhart
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
This article expounds how our pedagogical practices have changed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these effects others have contended with in the education community. The authors share pedagogical strategies they have found to be effective in terms of building and supporting relationships with teacher candidates. They suggest using digitally-mediated teaching and learning strategies, staying connected with students, and badge-based assessment and feedback approaches to build and support relationships with students; examples of the instructional design and implementation strategies are described. The authors propose that when looking forward, teachers at any level may benefit from providing students …
Home Literacy Initiatives Of Middle School Families During The 2020 Quarantine Period: Transformation In Education?, 2022 Texas Tech University
Home Literacy Initiatives Of Middle School Families During The 2020 Quarantine Period: Transformation In Education?, Elizabeth S. Stewart, Jeasik Cho, Mellinee Lesley, Julie Smit
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
The coronavirus pandemic changed everything almost overnight for students and their families. The purpose of this qualitative case study, thus, was to investigate the views of families about the sudden change in education for their middle school children, particularly literacy practices, during the pandemic. Drawing upon Bourdieu’s theoretical framework of cultural capital, coupled with socioeconomic status, funds of knowledge, and crisis management, we conducted interviews with 4 parents. Using the in vivo coding data analysis method, we identified some key preliminary findings: all-day-happy-hour, the strange disconnection between teachers and parents, and soft and hard approaches to school-home literacy. Participants revealed …
Introduction, 2022 Georgia Southern University
Introduction, Amanda Wall
Current Issues in Middle Level Education
Introduction
The articles in this issue of Current Issues in Middle Level Education reflect different experiences of middle level educators particularly as we continue to adapt to new realities given the coronavirus pandemic.
Elizabeth Stewart, Jeasik Cho, Mellinee Lesley, and Julie Smit interviewed a small group of parents about their experiences supporting their children’s literacy learning at home in the early weeks of the pandemic in 2020. Their research provides insights and ideas from a parent perspective.
As teacher educators, Jessica VanValkenburgh and Aaron R. Gierhart adjusted their practices and approaches to teaching science methods for middle grades and elementary …
Human Resource Mechanisms For Mitigating Internal Disputes Within Public Service And Non- Profit Organizations: The Analysis Of An Equitable Process/System Focused On New Hire Trends And Retention, 2022 Liberty University
Human Resource Mechanisms For Mitigating Internal Disputes Within Public Service And Non- Profit Organizations: The Analysis Of An Equitable Process/System Focused On New Hire Trends And Retention, Tranard Harvin
Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue
No abstract provided.
Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, April 4, 2022, 2022 San Jose State University
Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, April 4, 2022, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association
SJSU ERFA Minutes
SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes
April 4, 2022
Understanding The Perceived Impact Of Social And Emotional Learning Interventions On High School Student Success, 2022 University of New England
Understanding The Perceived Impact Of Social And Emotional Learning Interventions On High School Student Success, Michelle Wright
All Theses And Dissertations
Integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) skills into instructional practices and academic content has become a priority in many school districts (CASEL, 2018). While educators and clinical professionals alike have made strides in recognizing the importance of SEL, the level of implementation across districts varies greatly (CASEL, 2018). This qualitative program evaluation explored whether school staff at a public suburban high school in the Northeastern United States perceived the implementation of various interventions aimed at increasing SEL skills of students to be successful. This study utilized semi-structured interviews to identify which interventions had been implemented by a group of school …
Fdst 132- Practical Applications In Food Science — A Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Benchmark Portfolio, 2022 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fdst 132- Practical Applications In Food Science — A Peer Review Of Teaching Project: Benchmark Portfolio, Rossana Villa-Rojas
UNL Faculty Course Portfolios
The aim of this course portfolio was to assess improvement of students’ literature research skills and scientific writing after embedding communication lectures, activities and assignments in FDST 132 Practical Applications in Food Science. This is a terminal laboratory course for first year Food Science majors with basic science knowledge. The goal of the course is to allow students to put in practice some basic food science principles and work with their cohort. This portfolio outlines the changes made to this course, the rationale for embedding lectures and assessments in scientific communication. The specific skills and topics I aimed to teach …
Supporting Virtual Instruction In Rural Kentucky: Google Apps, 2022 Morehead State University
Supporting Virtual Instruction In Rural Kentucky: Google Apps, Lesia Lennex
Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education Research & Publication Archives
Fall 2020 marked the first fully virtual semester for P-12 classrooms across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Teachers were faced with challenges such as the digital divide, device access, and materials access (Prichard Committee, 2020). Toward improving the success of our teacher education candidates to teach in virtual environments, a task force was formed to investigate the use of Google Classroom, a free learning management system (LMS) which allows third-party creation, distribution, and collection of common P-12 classroom artifacts (Clark, 2020), Google Apps for Education (GAFE), and Google Level I certification. Teachers (N=427) and school administrators (N=66) in 22 counties in …
Wku Course Evaluations, 2022 Western Kentucky University
Wku Course Evaluations, James W. Barker
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Course evaluations for James W. Barker between Fall 2015 and Spring 2022.
Lesson Plan Template For Clinical Practice, Teaching Performance Assessment, And In-Service Teaching, 2022 California State University - San Bernardino
Lesson Plan Template For Clinical Practice, Teaching Performance Assessment, And In-Service Teaching, Karen Escalante
Teacher Education and Technology Faculty Publications
Becoming an effective teacher takes time, preparation, purposeful planning and deep knowledge of your students and the content / curriculum. Purposeful lesson planning supports you in your development as an educator and it works to ensure PK-12 students are being taught to think and engage with the content area, with the ultimate goal of transferring that knowledge to global understandings and patterns.
Understanding The Role Of Science-Specific Literacy Strategies In Supporting Science Teaching And Student Learning: A Case Study Of Preservice Elementary Teachers In A Science Methods Course That Integrated A Disciplinary Literacy Framework, 2022 University of Central Florida
Understanding The Role Of Science-Specific Literacy Strategies In Supporting Science Teaching And Student Learning: A Case Study Of Preservice Elementary Teachers In A Science Methods Course That Integrated A Disciplinary Literacy Framework, Su Gao, Jonathan L. Hall, Vassiliki Zygouris-Coe, Rebecca A. Grysko
Teacher Education and Technology Faculty Publications
The shift to student engagement in scientific and engineering practices to learn science provides opportunities for science learning and language learning to occur in tandem. These opportunities also pose new challenges for elementary pre-service teachers (PSTs) since literacy methods courses have been presented separately from science methods courses. We integrated a disciplinary literacy framework in a science methods course to help elementary PSTs understand the synergistic connections between literacy and science teaching. The purpose of this study was to examine elementary PSTs’ understanding of the use of science-specific literacy strategies to support science teaching and learning through three points of …
Nefdc Exhange, Volume 36, Spring 2022, 2022 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nefdc Exhange, Volume 36, Spring 2022, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
President's Message, Annie Soisson
A faculty learning community on assessment and equity
Swimming with students: Organizing effective fishbowl discussions
Designers and deliverers: Undergraduates co-creating a flipped and blended college course
Subverting the dominant paradigm: Holistically fostering transformative learning
Additive assessment
Quick tips for teaching and faculty development
Faculty helping faculty: Ten minute takeaway
NEFDC Board members
Physical Activity In Education, 2022 Southeastern University - Lakeland
Physical Activity In Education, Isabella Sierra
Classical Conversations
A plethora of research and studies have been compiled on the benefits of physical activity in daily life, yet it is still lacking in the realm of education. Across all grade levels, an increase in physical activity would be beneficial to students’ academic performance and overall health. In education as a whole, there is a large amount of sedentary behavior associated with the classroom and learning. Elementary students have shorter attention spans than adults, and demand larger amounts of time for exercise and hands-on learning. Implementing short physical activity breaks or incorporating physical activity lessons create a better learning environment …
Teachers’ Lived Experiences And Perspectives Of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Plans, 2022 Southeastern University - Lakeland
Teachers’ Lived Experiences And Perspectives Of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Plans, Susanna J. Brice
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
The purpose of this case study was to examine how teachers from Title 1 elementary schools implemented school-wide positive behavior plans in Northeast Florida. This qualitative study was founded on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). According to TPB, an individual’s behavior can be predicted by attitude and purposes for the behavior. The research participants were six Title 1 elementary school teachers with whom semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather the data. Themes that emerged were professional development, consistency, teacher buy-in, administrative support, and the effectiveness of the plan. Participants indicated the importance of continued support through check-ins, collaborations, professional …
Comparing The Job Satisfaction Of Virtual School Educators To That Of Traditional Educators, 2022 Southeastern University - Lakeland
Comparing The Job Satisfaction Of Virtual School Educators To That Of Traditional Educators, Eric L. Sierra
Doctor of Education (Ed.D)
Virtual education in the K-12 environment is a growing field in the education industry. Not only does virtual education provide new opportunities for students, it also changes how teachers work in the industry and how they perceive the job satisfaction. Using the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ), this study compares perceived job satisfaction of virtual educators to that of traditional educators in the K-12 environment. Data collected from 112 educators suggested that both virtual and traditional educators were satisfied with their jobs. When teachers in both environments were compared to one another, there was no statistically significant difference in their …
Examining Middle School Core Teacher Knowledge And Practices In Stem Education, 2022 University of New England
Examining Middle School Core Teacher Knowledge And Practices In Stem Education, Rachel Brill-Lee
All Theses And Dissertations
Many educational institutions reported challenges with achieving student success in STEM disciplines and attribute these challenges to the lack of knowledge and education among educators on how and what to teach regarding STEM education (Stehle & Peters-Burton, 2019). This qualitative case study explored how core subject teachers outside STEM/CTE education in one middle school in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States view, understand, and integrate STEM education and skills into their curriculum. The study used a combination of Likert surveys and semi-structured interviews to identify themes that may contribute to challenges many educational institutions are experiencing in regard to …