"How can our students' authentic, every day social interactions provide us with opportunities to critically self-reflect and examine our practices as educators?" In the summer of 2011, a book character, 'Shawn Trenell', was born, based upon characteristics of former students from my early teaching experiences, and I began recounting…

Adaptive expertise is considered key to improving teacher practice. While literature suggests that classroom observations followed by professional learning conversations may contribute to the development of adaptive expertise, few studies have specifically examined the influence of this process. Hence, this qualitative study investigated the…

In the face of the traumas of a global pandemic, it became pertinent for teacher training programmes and educators like me to be intentional about practices that foreground a pedagogy of care with a focus on wellness and healing, courageous conversations and what Price-Dennis and Sealey-Ruiz (2021) has described as critical love. What does it mean…

The rapid reforms that the education system in Kosovo has witnessed over the last decade are constantly challenging teachers and the teaching process. It is important for local institutions to gauge the success of different teaching practices to approve replication. Reflection is an integral part of learning and education as a whole. A highly…

Metacognition involves teachers reflecting on their knowledge and teaching practices and mobilising students' metacognition. Teachers' metacognitive regulation is necessary to promote students' learning and motivation. Additionally, teacher identity is a dynamic process that evolves through social interactions and relationships in the workplace.…

This study examined the experiences of elementary education teacher candidates in a servicelearning literacy methods course in which they were placed in two public school settings-- one urban elementary school and one urban laboratory school. This was teacher candidates initial field experience in elementary classrooms. Teacher candidates explored…

The author responds to the growth of Jingxiu Cheng's teaching described in Akiko Hayashi's "Teaching Expertise in Three Countries" by describing the ways his own growth as a teacher of writing mirrored both her increasing focus on valuing children's feelings and experience and in the collaborative nature of that growth. He tells how an…

This paper reports the results of a study conducted in an elementary education mathematics methods course aimed at increasing elementary preservice teachers' (EPTs) level of professional noticing. Weekly reflections conducted by EPTs from tutoring sessions were video recorded and scored using the Framework for Learning to Notice Student…

In classrooms that implement student-driven, collaborative knowledge building, there is a lot for teachers to attend to in student work, alongside numerous ways of interpreting and responding to what is noticed, giving rise to countless possibilities of furthering students' inquiry and discourse. The current study aims to make sense of these…

The new dimension of a stimulating, open and innovative learning environment in education is recognised in the integrative collaboration of all those involved in the educational process. Such an environment provides children with a variety of contextual experiences to enter the symbolic world of culture and art. Collaboration between artists and…

We know that making mistakes in mathematics is an inherent attribute of doing mathematics deeply. Yet, making mistakes is at the root of mathematical fear and anxiety for elementary preservice teachers (PSTs). Valuing mistakes in mathematics is an essential part of shifting from deficient views to asset views of mistakes and having better…

This article addresses the pedagogical practices applied by teachers at pre and primary school level when working with children with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) as well as potential challenges in a research collaboration between teachers and academics. A praxeological study was conducted with two preschool teachers and…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to explore how novice elementary teachers in the southern United States describe the role of spontaneous and conscious decision-making to influence their instructional practice. Two research questions were developed using the cognitive experiential self-theory and decision-making theory which…

This study describes the planning activities of 12 in-service elementary school teachers in Quebec. Theureau's (2006) course-of-action theory was used to document the teachers' life course relating to their planning activities over an entire school year. Semi-directed interviews were conducted using authentic planning materials (agendas,…

This study investigates teachers' understanding of how conversations between colleagues can promote the development of knowledge. Its purpose is to supplement previous research in the field of knowledge processes in respect of conversation as an integral part of teachers' everyday work. On the basis of interview data obtained from teachers in a…