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Bickford, John H.; Clabough, Jeremiah – Social Studies, 2020
In this article, the authors discuss how to explore the agency of ordinary citizens using local institutions to combat Jim Crow segregation laws during Freedom Summer. Primary sources from Miami (OH) University website about Freedom Summer and Susan Goldman Rubin's trade book ground the inquiry. Through the series of activities discussed, middle…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Middle School Students, Primary Sources
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Remley, Dan; Goard, Linnette Mizer; Taylor, Christopher A.; Ralston, Robin A. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Although many consumers perceive locally produced, fresh fruits and vegetables to be healthier, they might not have the knowledge and skills to retain optimal nutritional quality following harvest or purchase. We surveyed Ohio farmers market consumers' and managers' knowledge and interests related to maximizing nutritional value of produce.…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Nutrition Instruction, Teaching Methods, Consumer Education
Hicks, Angela Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In a rural elementary school, characterized by high poverty levels in Appalachian Ohio, school personnel were concerned that student literacy and math proficiency levels remained low during 2005-2015 and teachers had not been able to close the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged students and non-economically disadvantaged students…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
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Dover, Alison G. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
A growing body of research explores theoretical models of teaching for social justice in P-12 classrooms and in teacher education. However, many of these models fail to account for the relationship between teachers' social justice frameworks and their classroom practices. In this article, I use vignettes drawn from a recent study of secondary…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Praxis, Vignettes, English Instruction
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Felton, Mathew D.; Koestler, Courtney – New Educator, 2015
As social-justice mathematics teacher educators, we have always engaged and supported the prospective and practicing teachers in our classes in critical reflection about mathematics and the teaching and learning of mathematics (Felton, 2010, 2012; Felton & Koestler, 2012; Koestler, 2012). Although there are different notions, purposes, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Reflection, Critical Thinking, Faculty Development
Weaver, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined beginning teachers' perceptions of self-efficacy and professional development while engaged in communities of practice. Wenger's research on communities of practice serves as the conceptual framework for this mixed method phenomenological study. Six beginning and tenured teachers were surveyed using the Ohio State Teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Social Change