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Embedding Diversity Into The Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Conversations, Chimille E. Dillard
Embedding Diversity Into The Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Conversations, Chimille E. Dillard
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Wagner, Kegan, Lahey, Lemons, Garnier, Helsing, and Rasmussen’s (2006) four C’s, consisting of competency, conditions, culture, and context, were used to think systemically when looking at the current (As-Is) and projected (To-Be) in the Galaxy School district. This paper focused on the need to embed past and current racial and gender diversity issues into the everyday curriculum in an effort to have a positive impact on students’ social-emotional learning skills. The current curriculum has limited racial and no gender diversity. Students can go from Kindergarten to eighth grade being taught very little history and current events that are racially and …
Teachers' Confidence And Preparedness For Teaching Mobile Learners, Kelley Kirk Gonzales
Teachers' Confidence And Preparedness For Teaching Mobile Learners, Kelley Kirk Gonzales
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Mobile devices, such as tablets, laptops, and Smart phones have changed the landscape of education requiring teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. The integration of mobile devices in the classroom is referred to as mobile learning, and requires teachers to be confident and prepared in their ability to teach mobile learners. This study was an attempt to explore and examine teachers’ confidence and preparedness in teaching mobile learners and close some of the gaps in the research. A quantitative method of investigation and analysis was used for this study to draw conclusions relative not only to teachers’ confidence and …