Humanizing family engagement practices seek to foster the community cultural wealth and funds of knowledge to working with and for immigrant families and communities. In this manuscript we explore asset-based theories for working alongside families and communities in our schools, with a focus on classroom examples for involving parents and…

Teaching interdisciplinary research methods to honors students across disciplines is complex. A pre-capstone seminar, The Art of Inquiry, centers ethical considerations within and beyond individual research interests, helping junior and senior students of all majors prepare for ethical, scholarly projects.

We will present cultural transposition as a particular perspective to frame the use of foreign mathematics education practices as an opportunity for questioning the didactic practices of one's own cultural context. This requires a process activated by researchers, who deconstruct the cultural layers underpinning the foreign education practice…

Achieving the desired level through education in society, conducting a planned and effective training in schools, reaching determined educational objectivities depend on the elimination of problems in an educational environment. Research often focuses on problems experienced in education, shortcomings, and responsibilities of schools and…

The purpose of this study was to identify international trends in K-12 computer science curricula in countries that have introduced computer science education. Content analysis method was used to analyse the country-wide curricula of 10 countries which have introduced computer science education at the primary level. The K-12 Computer Science…

In the last half-century the primary aim of sex education has centred on sexual health and reducing the number of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies. However, this focus on the biological aspects of sex under the premise of the 'value neutral' transfer of knowledge has been criticised. Scholars have instead suggested…

Popularly used in marketing and business, gamification has been gaining interest in educational contexts for its potential to invigorate otherwise mundane or difficult processes. A gamified environment transfers motivational elements of games to learning activities thereby engaging learners in the learning task thus transforming dull classroom…

Purpose: This article discusses the need for continued evaluation of health education interventions/curricula and provides tools and resources to facilitate the selection of appropriate, evidencebased interventions/curricula for school health education programs. Methods: We review the literature related to the evaluation of school health education…

This study explores learners' perceptions of and experiences in a flipped-blended Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language (CFL) course. Based upon dynamic complex system and social interaction theory for language learning as well as on instructional design approaches, this study examines the seamless integration between the online and face-to-face (FTF)…

Does Nietzsche imagine that an Überkind could prepare the path for an "Übermensch?" Linking Nietzsche to Greta Thunberg through their mutual concern about life's future, this essay reviews Nietzsche's 1871 through 1888 research on preparing children for a task demanding nearly superhuman powers: guaranteeing life's future against human…

Pedagogical studies -- related to teaching didactics and methodologies -- are fundamental in the globalized world, especially in the complex field of comparative education (Morin, 1999. "Os sete saberes necessários à educação do futuro." Cortez). Exchanges of knowledge from applied educational practices, coupled with their underlying…

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of two effective and expert physical education (PE) teachers' value orientations on the curricula they delivered and the pedagogies they employed. The specific research questions we attempted to answer were: (a) What were the teachers' current value orientations? (b) How had these value…

This article illuminates how faculty translate professional development around contextualized math instruction into teaching practice, and offers practical recommendations for those embarking upon similar curricular reform efforts at community colleges.

The following paper argues for a critical creative paedagogy as a means of meaningfully engaging with Indigenous and decolonial philosophies. We showcase our critical frameworks and pathways for teaching a decolonial and Indigenous university course where philosophy and arts meet to engage with complex colonial, racial and epistemological…

The purpose of this article is to provide (1) declarative knowledge on metacognition, (2) procedural knowledge on how to design metacognitive learning experiences for both teacher candidates and their students, and (3) strategic/conditional knowledge on when to use these metacognitive strategies. Educators can teach, develop, and support…