This article presents a discussion of how criticality is constructed and implemented for English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher development in Nepal. The authors draw on Freire's (1970) notion of conscientization to discuss how Nepali EFL teachers develop critical awareness in incorporating local sociopolitical issues in their lessons.…

This article explores teachers' knowledge and views on the role of learners' socio-cultural background when teaching Natural Sciences to Grade 9 learners at three South African township schools. Within a socio-cultural framework, the research investigated how teachers accommodate learners' cultural norms and values, religion and beliefs,…

This study reports on the responses to a survey of 55 upper primary school teachers, conducted prior to their classes engaging in a substantial unit of work in multimodal composition. The survey was designed to ascertain the extent to which the teachers were already familiar with, and had already embedded in their teaching, a metalanguage of…

In this paper, we examined teachers' understanding of electrical concepts such as power, current and potential difference based on how these concepts were applied to understand the relative brightness seen in bulbs of different wattage under different connections--series or parallel. From the responses of teachers to a concept question, we…

Math teachers' circles are a form of professional development that is recommended by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences in their publication Mathematical Education of Teachers II (2012). However, little research has been published on how effective math teachers' circles are in advancing the mathematical knowledge of teachers and…

This manuscript presents findings from a reflective inquiry of one global educator's attempt to develop globally competent teacher candidates in an elective general education course for teacher candidates. The course, "Issues in Global Education," was offered to 23 undergraduate teacher candidates in the spring of 2016. One goal of this…

At the crossroads of our prior research on prospective teachers' feedback to mathematics-learners and our mathematics teacher educator feedback practices, we study written feedback as part of relational practice. Using self-study methodology and an analysis of our narratives and conversations about written feedback, we identified factors that…

Choosing a text that offers students the chance to empathize with a character from a sociocultural background different from their own and that is based on an understanding of universal challenges all adolescents face offers the opportunity to change minds. The preservice teachers who field tested the use of "Moon at Nine" in middle…

Socio-political and demographic developments in Western Europe make diversity and multiculturalism a relevant line of research and emerging topic in education sciences. This paper discusses a case study that investigates Belgian pre-service teachers' attitudes towards ethnic diversity in their classrooms, how their teaching caters to student…

This study explores the relationship between participating in a graduate course aimed at enhancing teachers' theoretical and practical knowledge of mathematical creativity and one teacher's changing perspectives regarding mathematical creativity and tasks that may occasion mathematical creativity. Results indicated that perceptions of…

In this article, we analyse three "classical" cases of using history of mathematics in teacher training and reinterpret them using the framework of mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT). We continue with a discussion of the potential benefits of applying MKT as a framework for discussion in research related to the use of history in…

The emergence of the knowledge society age calls for innovative forms of teachers' professional development for improving student performance outcomes. Teachers' networks are the innovative forms of teachers' professional development. This survey study focused on assessing the effect of teacher networks on teachers' professional development and…

This study aimed to explore the ways of helping pre-service EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers gain and develop practical theories related to teaching EFL. For this purpose, the researcher devised a model primarily based on creating awareness on pre-service EFL teachers related to basic methodological knowledge of teaching besides their…

Quantitative skills are an important competency for undergraduate biology students and should be incorporated early and frequently in an undergraduate's career. Community colleges (CCs) are responsible for teaching introductory biology to a large proportion of biology and prehealth students, and quantitative skills are critical for their careers.…

Knowledge that teachers bring to the teaching context is of interest to key stakeholders in improving levels of numeracy attained by learners. In this regard, the centrality of, and the need to investigate, the quality of teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching mathematics has been gaining momentum in recent years. There is a general…