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- 1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration
- This chapter reports the findings of a two-year case study of how one first-grade teacher in a Florida charter school with 1:1 iPads progresses through stages of concerns and levels of use to achieve technological innovation. Findings inform technology integration practices and emphasize the importance of acknowledging change concerns associated with technology acceptance.
- The Action of Action Research: A Case Study of Four Projects in a Professional Development School
- Introductory paper to the special section on education in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather, which examines the viability of action research as a meaningful form of research applicable to social settings, such as schools.
- Administrators’ unintentional sensegiving and system reform outcomes
- Article examining how administrators help teachers and other administrators make sense of a system reform during the first two years of implementation.
- America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged?
- This paper uses systems theory and force field analysis to evaluate the potential for combining special education with America 2000 national educational strategy and goals.
- Amish Teacher Dialogues with Teacher Educators: Research, Culture, and Voices of Critique
- Article discussing a collaborative project to examine literature and research on the Amish culture.
- “Being Wholly Muslim and Wholly American”: Exploring One Islamic School’s Efforts to Educate Against Extremism
- This article reports findings from a qualitative case study of an Islamic school in the United States that counters religious extremism through the promotion and development of an American Muslim identity in its students, an ideology that advances the idea that an individual can be wholly American and wholly Muslim without any incongruity.
- A Book Review: Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By Kristen L. Buras
- Book review of "Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space: Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance" by Kristen L. Buras.
- Book Review: On Rereading
- Book review of "On Rereading" by Patricia Meyer Spacks.
- Can Regular and Special Education be Integrated into One System? Political Culture Theory May Have the Answer
- This paper examines proposals to integrate regular and special education.
- Child Care Experiences Among Dual Language Learners in the United States: Analyses of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort
- This article uses nationally representative data from the Early Chlidhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort used to examine child care experiences with repreated cross-sectional analysis at 9, 24, and 52 months for dual language learner and non-dual language learner children.
- Classroom observations of a cross-age peer tutoring mathematics program in elementary and middle schools
- Article describes how a growing body of research has shown the positive effects of peer tutoring on students’ academic achievement, self-concept, attitude, social, and behavioral outcomes. The authors' study examined classroom practices, as well as program teachers’ and students’ behaviors within a cross-age peer-tutoring program implemented in elementary and middle schools that serve predominantly Hispanic students.
- Coherent District Reform: A Case Study of Two California School Districts
- This article argues that whole district reform is possible in ways that increased student achievement results on standardized tests across two districts.
- Concept Raps versus Concept Maps: A Culturally Responsive Approach to STEM Vocabulary Development
- This article argues that the development of rap song lyrics or lyrical concept mapping can be a viable pedagogical alternative to the development of concept maps as a means to reinforce STEM vocabulary.
- The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales: Characters, Contexts, and Critical Issues
- Article is a study examining three picture books to consider the significance of contemporary retellings of traditional tales.
- Counterstories about Leadership: A Latina School Principal’s Experience from a Less Documented View in an Urban School Context
- This article highlights one Latina school leader in the National Latina/o Leadership Study and her experiences developing a professional and racial identity within urban school contexts.
- Creating Bilingual Instructional Activities
- Presentation exploring research related to translanguaging and creating bilingual instructional activities. It was presented at the 10th International Conference for Teachers of English held in Honduras.
- Creating Student-Centered Classroom Environments: The Case of Mathematics
- This book chapter provides examples of how mathematics instruction emphasized meaning and understanding, skills embedded in context, and connections between and among subject areas and school and life outside of school.
- A Critical Analysis of Philosophies of Education and INTASC Standards in Teacher Preparation
- This article offers a critical analysis of philosophies of education and the Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards in teacher preparation.
- Critical Pedagogy: Translation for Education that is Multicultural
- Article on a study examining the translation of multicultural learning activities in a college classroom into critical pedagogy in the public school classrooms.
- Democratic Twittering: Microblogging for a More Participatory Social Studies
- This article uses the example of the Arab Spring to discuss how new media lowers barriers so that more voices may be heard.
- District Office Leadership Supporting Site-Level Teacher Collaborative Teams
- Article describes how previous researchers examining professional learning communities (PLCs) claim that effective building-level PLCs improve teacher collaboration and student achievement. Using an online survey, the authors investigated the claim that district office support enhances the success of site-level PLCs.
- Education and Employment Outcomes from the RSA Data File for Transition-Age African American, White, and Hispanic Youth with Learning Disabilities
- This article examines relationships among consumer demographic variables, services, and employment outcomes for 15-18 year old youth with learning disabilities using the 2012 Rehabilitation Services Administration database.
- Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in an Exploration of the Politics of Language
- This article discusses engaging pre-service teachers in an exploration of the politics of language.
- The Enlightenment Meets Twitter: Using Social Media in the Social Studies Classroom
- This article explains how social studies educators can, and have, used the microblogging service Twitter.
- Ethical Leadership: A Texas School District's Efforts Toward Cultural Proficiency
- This article discusses the use of cultural competency training at a Texas school district to bring about openness in talking about issues of diversity.
- Excavating theory in teacher evaluation: Implementing evaluation frameworks as Wengerian boundary objects
- This article explores the theory and practice between two existing conceptual frameworks: 1) social learning theory and 2) teacher evaluation systems.
- EXERT and TEAM21: Partnerships for Professional Development
- This article discusses the process of developing professional development programs for educational leadership in response to the 1984 Texas Education Reform Bill, also known as House Bill 72.
- Factores que Influyen en laCreciente Demanda y Escasa Oferta de Maestros Bilingües
- Presentation examining the factors influencing the growing demand for bilingual teachers in the United States, but it also highlights the ongoing shortage of bilingual teachers. It was presented at the 11th annual Jalisco-Texas Conference which was held virtually on March 30-31, 2023.
- A Fresh Perspectives: Newbies Implementing the SIOP Model
- Presentation sharing a program to support English language learners in mathematics and science by training in-service and pre-service teachers using the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model. It was presented at the TexTESOL conference in 2017.
- Geometry, groceries, and gardens: Learning mathematics and social justice through a nested, equity-directed instructional approach
- Authors of the article addressed the call for explorations of how BIPOC students’ “experiences in secondary mathematics classrooms might advance transformative, equity-focused, pedagogical models” by exploring how a nested, equity-directed approach created different kinds of opportunities for students to take up, shift, or resist what it means to teach, learn, and do mathematics. Specifically, authors looked at efforts to engage equity-directed dominant and critical approaches through a series of three mathematics projects aimed at investigating food insecurity as a social (in)justice issue using geometry.
- How Parent Perceptions Relate to Elementary Children’s Portable Technology Use by Gender and Grade Level
- Article examining how parents' reports of children’s technology use in the home varies by a child’s gender or grade level. Strategies are provided for teachers, support specialists, and parents to improve how children use technology. Implications for app developers are suggested.
- Idiot's Guide or A People's History: Teaching U.S. History in Mexico
- This article discusses how textbooks can influence the classroom as a political space, using the example of the "Consorcio Clavijero" program, which offers Mexican professionals the opportunity to enter bilingual contexts in the U.S. as interns and classroom teachers.
- Ignorance or Indifference? Seeking Excellence and Equity for Under-Represented Students of Color in Gifted Education
- This article discusses data on under-representation of students of color in gifted education programs in the U.S., along with contributing factors and recommendations.
- The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary children's literacy achievement: A systematic review spanning 2007-2019
- This article conducts a review study to measure the effectiveness of mobile technologies to support children's literacy achievement on pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students from 2007 to 2019.
- Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom
- This article compares the leisure and school-related computer use of students in inclusive classrooms.
- Initial Response to COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Media and School Communications to Identify Pedagogical Implications for Remote Teaching
- Article examining one month of social media, news media, school district websites’ continuity plans and educational affiliate organizations, to unveil K-12 stakeholders’ initial response to K-12 remote teaching following the declaration of the national emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Initial responses focused on community lockdown procedures, sustaining education, adapting to a remote lifestyle and political tension. The authors revisited included tweets one week later to measure their connectedness, which revealed that educational organizations, which have the largest number of followers, also have the greatest outreach and visibility. This is the accepted manuscript of the article which has been approved to post in an institutional repository.
- Innovation to what end? Exploring the dynamic landscape of Texas teacher preparation pathways
- This article conducts an exploratory study of innovation in Texas' teacher preparation marketplace by drawing on theories of organizational innovation, specifically, dimensions of innovation related to organizational structure, processes, and outcomes. The analysis suggests programs should critically unpack what it means to be innovative in a dynamic and competitive teacher preparation marketplace.
- International Perspectives Curriculum Project: EDAD 5680 Administration of the EC-12 Curriculum
- Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses the international perspectives curriculum project. The project described in this poster was developed as part of the "Globalizing your Curriculum" Transformational Instructional Innovation (TII) Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and redesign (CLEAR) and UNT - International.
- An Investigation of the Organizational Impact of Computer Technology in Secondary Science Classrooms
- This article investigates the organizational impact of computer technology on four secondary science teachers’ teaching actions using the construct of community of practice. Analysis of data reveals three social participation structures that collectively orchestrated students’ science content learning: (1) students’ membership, (2) access to the structured tasks, and (3) confirmation of students’ learning of science concepts.
- Keep it Local: Retain More Teachers of Color By Helping Them Work Close to Where They Grew Up
- Policy brief sharing results from a study that looked at how new teacher retention patterns are predicted by the distance between the high school the teacher graduated from and the school where they were first employed.
- Latina/o School Administrators and the Intersectionality of Professional Identity and Race
- Article describes study which examines the intersectionality between professional identities and race/ethnicity among Latina/o school leaders.
- Leading with Heart: Urban Elementary Principals as Advocates for Students
- This article explores how urban elementary school principals reconcile the challenges of educational accountability within the constraints of standardized testing policies required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter
- This article describes results from a survey of 109 English teachers describing their frequent and versatile uses of Twitter.
- Making space for visual literacy in literacy teacher preparation: Preservice teachers coding to design digital books
- Article exploring preservice teachers’ coding in the design of a visually-enhanced digital book to reduce the lag between highly visual texts in elementary classrooms and a lack of emphasis on visual literacy in teacher preparation. Findings call for a shift to acknowledge and incorporate visual literacy theories and practices into teacher preparation programs to prepare preservice teachers for digitally literate classrooms.
- (Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District
- This article reports a Texas suburban school district's efforts to promote cultural proficiency after leadership trainings.
- The Missing Link for the Administration of Special Education: The Ethic of Care
- This paper discusses the application of a care orientation to special education service delivery and administrative practice.
- ¡Muévete! Integrating physical education and language learning in bilingual classrooms
- Presentation sharing strategies for developing academic vocabular in Spanish and English through movement. It was presented at the Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference held in 2018.
- Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas
- This article explores the intercultural movements toward social justice in education in the Americas, most particularly, North America, and how U.S. multicultural movements and policies influence countries like Brazil.
- Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience
- This article seeks to better understand to what extent the Individual Education Plan (IEP) adequately prepared one girl for major life transitions following high-school graduation.
- NCLB: The Myth, The History, The Reality
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on No Child Left Behind. In this presentation, the author discusses the law's impact on curricula and student learning, particularly in mathematics.