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Gube, Maren; Shore, Bruce M. – Online Submission, 2018
From the 1990s until 2017 the High Ability and Inquiry Research Group (HAIR) at McGill University in Montreal, received C$1.3M in research funds from Canadian, Quebec, and US agencies to support its research and graduate training in education and educational psychology. Their research encompassed two principal areas, Inquiry in Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Objectives, Academic Ability
Almaguer, Isela; Esquierdo, J. Joy – Online Submission, 2013
It is essential to support bilingual learners' language and academic development; however, teaching second language learners English has taken precedence over teaching content area knowledge and vocabulary, specifically for language arts. The focus has shifted from content area instruction to primarily second language instruction due to an…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Nevin, Ann; Bradshaw, Lori; Cardelle-Elawar, Maria; Diaz-Greenberg, Rosario – Online Submission, 2009
Using principles derived from critical pedagogy theory and constructs from motivation theory such as meta-cognition and self-regulation, the authors elicit teacher candidates' voices so as to deepen an understanding of the major factors that shape their identity in becoming teachers, especially in light of today's multicultural societies. They…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Social Environment