This thesis investigates the play and book The Diary of Anne Frank as an effective educational tool for students in the grades 7–9, when they might read the book in Clark County School District (CCSD), Southern Nevada, to study about bullying, prejudice, discrimination, and into…
Gaining popular recognition in the U.S. with the advent of the first White House Maker Faire in 2014, makerspaces have become an increasingly popular feature of the K-12 educational landscape. While makerspaces have been subject to critique related to the lack of inclusivity wit…
The purpose of this case study was to define clearly and to identify the programmatic elements that support positive adolescent decision-making for students at a private New England high school. Knowledge generated is expected to inform secondary school teachers and administrato…
Ser Culto es ser Libre To be Cultured [is the only way] to be Free The 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign (CLC), initiated on January 1, was a socio-political project of the Cuban Revolution seeking to eradicate profound social and racial inequalities in Cuba. While little is known ab…
What do we hope to teach in teaching literature, and how can we best serve that purpose? These are questions that are no less urgent than they are fundamental, and should, in fact, be constantly in our minds as we engage in our practice. This discussion will entail a conversatio…
Graphic design as a discipline is more complex than it might initially seem, and in many ways is still struggling to establish its independence from the fine arts as well as other disciplines within and outside of design. This endeavor is complicated by confusion and disagreemen…
Las prácticas pedagógicas en las clases de inglés como lengua extranjera (ILE) tienen una rica historia de análisis desde una perspectiva monomodal. Sin embargo, es necesario adoptar una perspectiva multimodal (Kress, 2010) para explicar comprensivamente las oportunidades de apr…
Este trabalho foi elaborado no âmbito da unidade curricular de Seminário de Investigação sobre as Práticas, no Mestrado em Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Ensino de Português e História e Geografia de Portugal no 2.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, encontra-se dividido em duas pa…
To address learning needs and learning interests among college level history students, a curriculum reliant on critical pedagogical and critical thinking and historical thinking exercises was explored. These exercises combined to form critical historical analyses. Critical histo…
High school students deserve educations that honor and respect their cultural positionalities, of which religious beliefs are frequently an integral part. Almost 25% of students in Catholic high schools identify as non-Catholic, but the U.S. Catholic bishops have mandated that C…
This thesis, written from the perspective of an academic staff developer, examines the phenomenon of academic agency in curriculum development in South African higher education. In light of rapid change, academic staff are often required to be agents of change. However, despite …
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attainment of social justice through the teaching of sexual diversity education in Life Skills in Namibia. In many cases inclusivity is claimed to be applied but social justice is not served. Therefore, access and equity as provided…
This dissertation asserts that in the epistle to the Colossians, Paul taught with an understanding of the source, nature, and purpose of wisdom, rooted in the Old Testament which affirms wisdom as a gift of God characterized by love unto salvation, thus providing a guide for Chr…
Recently, Canadian governments and public institutions have initiated a wide range of symbolic gestures and policy reforms aimed at reconciling historical injustices. Reforming history education to teach Canada’s difficult past has been a key priority in this movement, leading t…
Within the last 10 years, social media has become an increasingly prevalent component in the daily lives of students, including those in universities. Although many social media sites were developed and updated within this timeframe, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, r…
Eğitim ülkelerin gelişmesinde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Çağımızda uluslararası bir nitelik kazanan eğitimin, karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmesi; eğitim gereksinimlerini karşılamada, yeni eğitim politikaları geliştirilmesinde ve ortak kültürel projelerin oluşturulmasında etkin ro…
Este reporte describe los resultados de un estudio cualitativo exploratorio cuyo objetivo fue analizar el proceso de toma de decisiones curriculares que realizan los docentes de la asignatura de Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales para que sus estudiantes desarrollen las hab…
En esta tesis busco comprender los posicionamientos, creencias y valores sobre el pueblo mapuche que actualmente se están transmitiendo en los textos escolares de historia en Chile. Desde una perspectiva social e ideológica del discurso (Oteíza y Pinuer, 2019), esta investigació…
Human trafficking continues to be a “global enterprise generating billions of dollars in revenues and affecting over 600,000 people each year” (McKee, 2016, p. 298). Over the past 15 years, public awareness of international human sex trafficking has grown due to media incentives…