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A Veteran Social Studies Teacher's Journey To Meet The Needs Of Her Students
(2023-05)
This autoethnography discusses the ways in which I, a veteran and ambitious social
studies teacher, can evolve as a teacher and learner to meet all the needs of her students. The
literature shows that being a social ...
The Oklahoma Canon: A Need for Multicultural Literature in the ELA Classroom
(2020)
This study examines the frequency with which Oklahoma English teachers include multicultural literature into their curriculum. In addition, this study explores teachers’ attitudes and beliefs toward multicultural literature, ...
HOW CAN TEACHERS INTEGRATE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN INTO THEIR MAINSTREAM SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES?
(2020-05-08)
Women are often underrepresented in traditional social studies courses. In this qualitative study I sought to understand how current teachers were integrating the history of women into their mainstream social studies ...
Using TikTok as a Reflective Teaching Tool
(2023-05)
The purpose of this paper is to better understand the current reflective teaching practices of in-service teachers and to determine whether TikTok may be an effective and sustainable reflective teaching tool. There has ...
Using video games in the secondary English classroom for the teaching of writing and rhetorical skills
(2021)
English Language Arts (ELA) teachers are searching for new and novel ways to engage students in classroom activities involving reading and learning reading/writing-related skills, such as rhetoric or the use of literary ...
Five pillars for creating readers in high school students and the English teachers’ role
(2020-05-08)
This study explores English teachers’ beliefs about their role as educators particularly when it comes to creating personal reading lives in their students. In addition, this research will explore how those teachers who ...
A self-study in middle school social studies engagement
(2023-05-13)
We live in a time of great challenge and great opportunity. Neoliberal socioeconomic paradigms have become a global norm. Economic and military competition are driving forces on the world stage. Postmodern thinking has ...
Developing Comprehensive Training on LGBT Issues in the Classroom
(2021-05-16)
Social studies educators hold an important role in shaping the ideas their students have about society and what we owe to each other. Because of this, it is crucial that we model how to treat LGBT individuals with respect ...
Anthropocentrism as an Illustrative Example of how Foundational Epistemologies Unconsciously and Consciously Impact the way we Live and Teach: It is not just Changing the way we Think, it is also Changing the way we Are
(2023-12-15)
Climate change poses an immense threat to the planet and all life on earth, and yet in public education the environment continues to be an afterthought. The largely unnamed phenomenon of anthropocentrism is a driving force ...
Teachers as Writers: A descriptive case study of my observations of English teachers in the middle school classroom
(2020)
ABSTRACT
For decades, numerous reports show a deficit in the American students’ ability to write well. Many sound recommendations, such as teachers acting as writers, have been made to improve the performance of students ...