Due to lack of research to track inclusive teaching behavior changes, the extent of faculty application of inclusive teaching practices remains unknown. Therefore, direct evaluation of faculty behavior change is needed to understand the process of incorporating inclusive practices into their teaching such as through the syllabus or course design.…

Alternative grading schemes are gaining in popularity in higher education. Review of the literature reveals little in the way of geography-specific examples involving these grading mechanisms. Specifications Based Grading offers many purported benefits from time savings to an increased emphasis on learning. This paper explores the use of…

A teacher education professor and former secondary school instructor discusses using punk pedagogy and content in the English classroom to promote experimentation, interdisciplinarity, participation in community, and process-focused work.

Teacher education is expected to be a setting to develop preservice teachers' professional identities before they enter the teaching profession. Research, however, has shown that such development seldom occurs during teacher preparation. How to effectively do so thus requires further research. Given a newly revisited tendency toward practice-based…

This study applied Lambert's 3R framework (redistributive, recognitive, and representational justice) to explore the impact of social justice framing and open educational practices on undergraduate students' perceptions. Using a within-subjects design, 191 participants were exposed to four hypothetical course syllabi, each reflecting different…