The trend of placing English language learners (ELLs) in mainstream classrooms has teacher education programs developing their capacity to prepare all teachers to educate ELLs. This study examined how universities in Florida implement a professional development requirement to help faculty infuse ELL content into their courses. Our findings suggest…

This is a three-part essay featuring six teacher educators and one classroom teacher researcher. Part one describes faculty efforts to build curriculum for teacher research, scaffold the research process, and analyze outcomes. Part two shares one teacher researcher's experience using an equity audit tool in several contexts: her teaching practice,…

In this article, literacy, which is conceived of as a set of cognitive skills, is juxtaposed with a sociocultural orientation that sees literacy as a set of social practices for the production of meaning. Cognitive, skills-based pedagogies treat literacy as universal, autonomous, and independent of context, whereas sociocultural literacy…

This research report presents a student-focused model aimed at involving students, academics, and administrators in improving and enhancing learning and teaching at a university business school. The "partners in learning" model involves using student feedback to develop curriculum, teaching, and assessment; systematic, in-context…

An interview with William Schubert emphasizes how formal study of curriculum can help teachers succeed with diverse learners. In particular, he stresses the use of interests and concerns from students' outside experiences in the curriculum. (SK)

Considered the report "For a Community Education Policy" by Professor Henri Janne, director of the Institute of European Studies in Brussels. (Author/RK)

Article focused on making connections and showing people connections and helping them see and make their own connections within the school system as well as their social environment. (Author/RK)

This article helps to set the record straight on Dewey's educational philosophy and compares his ideas with those of contemporary versions of free educational opportunities. (Author/RK)