This thesis is a qualitative study of how native and non-native speaking teachers treat classroom oral errors across three lesson types: reading, free activity and grammar in a military school in Saudi Arabia. The general purpose of this thesis is to understand error treatment f…
Scope and method of study . This descriptive exploratory study utilized survey research for collecting data pertinent to the views of Yemeni educators about the need for curriculum reform and their attitudes toward Western reform initiatives. Relationship between these views and…
Bumping against dominant school stories of teacher as subject matter specialist and stories of mandated assessment that shaped the professional knowledge landscapes of schools in Turkey, I felt uncertain about how to make the lives of the youth I taught, and their families, part…
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of multimedia as a delivery tool for enhancing vocabulary in second-language classrooms. The mixed method design focused on specific techniques to help students acquire Spanish vocabulary and communication skills. The theoretic…
Bu araştırmada, sosyal bilgiler dersinde uygulanan değer odaklı etkinliklerin toplumsal sorunların kavranmasına etkisini belirleyebilmek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada, nitel ve nicel yöntemlerin birlikte kullanıldığı karma yöntem tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmanın nicel boyutunda, önt…
This dissertation is a qualitative testimonio study that documents the reflections and experiences of twenty Mexican/Latinx Chicago teachers through a Latino Critical Race (LatCrit) Studies in Education theoretical lens. These testimonios contribute to the ongoing documentation …
This dissertation was designed to examine how experiences, education, and professional development informed culturally responsive pedagogy and influenced teacher beliefs in their ability to guide students to success when employing culturally responsive teaching practices. The re…
The contributions and achievements of African Americans in the field of education are diverse and wide-reaching; however, few of those responsible get the credit they truly deserve. William B. Fielder was a man driven with purpose. His tenacity towards the advancement of his ski…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Saudi teachers' curriculum perspectives and their preference of curriculum development models. The sample of the study consisted of science, math, and social studies teachers who taught in elementary, middle, …
Although the system of education in Iran has been reformed several times since the 1970s, the system is still struggling with many educational problems needing to be treated in appropriate ways. One of the problematic fields in this system is the way education tries to respond t…
The ultimate goal of this two-phased study was to develop a model program for preparing initial business teachers to teach at the Saudi secondary and postsecondary schools, and business employees for the Saudi businesses and industries. This study attempted to answer these two s…
This research is a study of how the present teaching and learning process for children in pre-school classes in Malaysia might be improved by introducing an Enhanced Classroom Interaction approach (ECI). This particular approach was developed by the author, based on Vygotskian i…
Limited schooling in the first language (L1) has allowed English Language Learners (ELLs) to face obstacles in their second language (L2) and science courses. Therefore, this study examines these variables in the following two hypotheses: (1) there is a significant relationship …
This study explores the way in which the Iranian Post-Revolutionary political and religious authorities subordinate the teaching of History to their political agenda by analyzing the political, ideological, and cultural discourses embedded in the secondary school history course …
In relatively poor schools, in which school facilities and human resources are limited, people rarely expect to find high National Examination (UASBN in Indonesia) test scores. Rimpang Elementary School was an exception. This study focused on studying this anomaly. A main resear…
Teachers should be critical thinking agents who guide students to become better critical thinkers through teaching strategies (Halpern, 1999). The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which polytechnic lecturers in Malaysia incorporate critical thinking into th…
This dissertation documents an arts-based peace education doctoral study that employed narrative métissage as both a pedagogical and a research tool. The research question asks: Does practicing narrative métissage in an intra-conflict society foster empathy and understanding of …
My study concerns the teacher knowledge of mehankhim, teachers in Israeli high schools entrusted to promote students' moral, civic, and social growth. It examines two mehankhim from a secular Israeli high school who participated in a long-term professional development program in…
Although heritage language teachers' processes of identity formation have been studied in recent years (e.g., Milner, 2007), much of the work on heritage languages has explored foreign language teachers' beliefs (e.g., Nespor, 1987; Pajares, 1992; Williams & Burden, 1997) and pe…