Volume 10, Issue 1 (2012) Northwest Passage: Journal of Educational Practices
Trends in Teacher Education
The articles in this issue of The Northwest Passage present a variety of perspectives on teacher education issues. We see several examples of how 21st century learning and personalized learning are interpreted and practiced in elementary and secondary Canadian schools, several studies that diversity in teacher preparation programs from Canada and the United States, discussions of key topics such as mathematics education, rurality, classroom management, and field experience, to name but a few.Articles
Improving Student Engagement with 21st Century Learning Practices
Thelma M. Gunn and Maurice Hollingsworth
Secondary school students’ lack of mathematics understanding
Masomeh Jamshid Nejad
Latinos in Action: Cultivating Academics, Access, Equity, and Future Bilingual Educators
Maria Timmons Flores, Marilyn Chu, and Michael Sampson
Enhancing Rural Internships: Considering the Post-Intern Voice
Edwin Ralph and Keith D. Walker
The Efficacy of Inquiry-based Learning in Undergraduate Physiology
James DePaepe and Tracy Campion
Because It’s a Girl Cake!:Because It’s a Girl Cake!: Fostering Dialogue About Gender Identity in Elementary Classrooms
Niko Wacker and Amy E. Ryken
Collaborating to Teach Research Methods in Education
Todd Milford and Catherine Etmanski
The Importance of Professional Dispositions: A Survey of Diverse Teacher Educators
Kelly M. Benson and Naomi Jeffery Petersen
The Perils and Promise of Personalized Learning
Allyson Fleming
Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Awareness in Teacher Education: Toward the Integration of Western and Non-Western Perspectives
Stephen Woolworth and Vidya Thirumurthy
Life Changing Events for Students: An Initial Exploratory Study
Michael A. Rousell
Student Teacher Field Supervisors Articulate Their Roles
Jan Byers-Kirsch and Naomi Jeffery Petersen
Physical Activity during Full-Day and Half-Day Kindergarten
Lauren Talley, Ryan Cook, Patti-Jean Naylor, and Viviene Anne Temple
Becoming the Cultural “Other”: Pre-service Teachers Conducting Ethnographic Projects While Studying Abroad
Maria Dantas-Whitney, Chelsea Cotton, Haley Christensen, Maggie Edwards, Lindsay Freeman, and Jessica Wood