Elementary school teaches children to read and write, develop math skills, live together, explore the world, understand that world at a basic level, and grow as people. The objectives of this article are to examine the beliefs of elementary school teachers regarding sex education, to gain a notion of the limits and scope of sex pedagogy in the…

Each year, the existing cohort of elementary teachers at The American School participate in a professional development program. This program includes both academic and social adaptation resources and support for teachers within the school community. Previous to this research study, the program mostly included training on academic programs,…

Differences in bullying rates between schools could be explained by school efficacy. This study examined the relationships among teachers' perceptions of principals' practices, school climate, and school collective efficacy to prevent bullying. The sample comprises 403 Mexican elementary-school teachers; 35% were male, and 65% were female. The…

This article explores how the implementation of the education reform led by the federal government in México (2012-2018) took place in rural disadvantaged contexts and, specifically, in schools where an anti-establishment union movement has been developing for several decades. Based on semi-structured interviews and classroom-focused ethnographic…

This article reports the results of a study that was part of a master's thesis. The research focused on a private primary school in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. It aimed to explore English language teachers' cognition, specifically into the teaching practice and emotional responses reported when implementing the use of the iPad in their lessons. Four…

This article reinterprets Sauvé's typology of Environmental Education (EE) as an analytical framework to study the EE conceptions of 11 primary school teachers working in Monterrey, Mexico. Each teacher engaged in a sequence of three face-to-face semi-structured interviews that explored their ideas and teaching experiences in relation to EE.…

We conducted a case study of a rural primary school in Mexico. Its teachers consented to introducing an EE model using PAR methodology. Our objective was to analyse how PAR can generate specific issue-related understandings in teachers, thus resolving the gap between EE theories and practices. We conducted a qualitative study and implemented…

Drawing on life stories and classroom observations, this qualitative study examined how six bilingual maestras enacted and embodied critical biliteracies through bilanguaging love. These maestras were born, raised, and now teach bilingual education on the Texas-Mexico border. Their stories revealed contradictory and complex beliefs about literacy…

This study investigated the predictors of attitudes toward acceleration as an educational intervention among primary school teachers in Mexico. For this purpose, data collected from a survey completed by 246 primary school teachers residing in two states of Mexico were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis.…

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruption to education around the world. There is much to learn from this period, to better understand what happened, to provide support to those affected, and to inform future responses to disruption. This research aimed to contribute to this field by recording teachers' experiences of teaching in the…

We report our progress on the "River Memorial Museum" didactic intervention project developed with schools, in the basin of the Atoyac River in Mexico, that are significantly impacted by the pollution produced through industrialisation. The teachers of the elementary schools in these communities, environmental scientists, educators, and…

It is widely recognized that education plays a key role in addressing current global challenges. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) combines local actions with global thinking. In Virtual School Garden Exchanges (VSGEs) primary and secondary students from the Global South and North interact and communicate digitally about their school…

Research shows that family involvement in learning activities at school improves students' academic performance and social cohesion. This study analyses the impact of involving families through interactive groups, dialogic literary gatherings and tutored library in a Mexican primary school in a highly underprivileged urban area, within the…

This article, which is based on an ethnographic approach, analyses the models and strategies that a rural elementary school community in Mexico has developed to keep available, accessible, and in daily use, digital devices and connectivity despite their marginality conditions. This case study is explored from two theoretical perspectives. First, a…

This study utilized an online survey instrument to investigate the degree to which former student teachers abroad have transferred, adapted and integrated previous experiences gathered in their student teaching abroad (STA) experiences in semester-long international school, classroom, and cultural settings to (a) positively shape the current…