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The Nebraska Educator, Volume 6, Issue 1 (2021)

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

Contents:

• Again Awake: A White Researcher’s Iterative Positioning for Entering Black Spaces—Eileen Boswell, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education. (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne021)

• Exploration of Lived Experiences of Science Teachers of English Language Learners: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study— Uma Ganesan, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne022)

• Confronting the Past, Challenging the Future: Linguistic Hegemony and Neoliberalism in TESOL— Crystal Bock Thiessen, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne023)

• The Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development on Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Literature Review—Danika Lang, Special Education and Communication Disorders (doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ne024)

• Assessments and Accommodations for English …

Inclusion, Engagement, And Nearpod: Providing A Digital Alternative To Traditional Instruction, Kristina Buttrey

Kentucky Teacher Education Journal: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children

Unfortunately, the onset of Covid-19 and the ensuing pandemic led to a shift in the structure of classrooms across all levels of the educational spectrum. The resulting move to more social distancing methods, including a combination of face-to-face and online formats, led to a need for innovative uses of technology. In this article, Nearpod is explored as an alternative way to present information while increasing engagement and inclusivity in the classroom. Research studies and reviews are scrutinized on the use of Nearpod as tool for teachers and pre-service teachers in K-12.

Engineering Students' Perceptions Of Their Development Of Professional Skills, Caitriona Depaor, Una Beagon, Aimee Byrne, Darren Carthy, Patrick Crean, Louise Lynch, Dervilla Niall

Conference Papers

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An Analysis Of A High School American History Textbook, Harris Ong

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

For my honors project I will be examining and analyzing a high school American history textbook. The specific textbook that I will be looking at is _America: Pathways to the Present_ written by Andrew Clayton, Elisabeth Israels Perry, Linda Reed, and Allan M. Winkler. This textbook was published by Prentice Hall in the year 2003. I will be analyzing the textbook for it’s historical accuracy, checking that the events covered in the textbook tell the actual story of what really happened during that event. I will determine the textbook completely covers incidents that happened during big events. I will also …