Volume 9, Issue 1 (2011) Northwest Passage: Journal of Educational Practices
Teacher Education Diversity, Inclusion, and Change
The articles in this issue of The Northwest Passage present a variety of perspective on teacher education in the 21st century. We see one example of a comprehensive review of a School of Education, an innovative approach to a planned research study, the importance of expert-novice dialogues, what motivates teacher candidates to teach, and an overview of transformative learning in relation to cultural immersion, to name but a few.Articles
Using Exploratory Interviews to Re-frame Planned Research on Classroom Issues
Julia Ellis, Vera Janjic-Watrich, Vicki Macris, and Richelle Marynowski
Changing Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Literacy in Content Classes: The Role of Expert-Novice Dialogues
Peter Thacker and Sally Hood
Secondary Education in Washington State: A Historical Look at Teaching Change in a Changing World
John Traynor
Transformative Learning Through Cultural Immersion
Rebecca A. Addleman, Carol Jo Brazo, and Tatiana Cevallos
Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Motivations to Teach
Maureen Siera and Steve Siera
“I Feel Fairly Confident…”: Investigating Literacy Candidates’ Self Confidence through an On-Line Standards-Based Survey
Sharryn Larsen Walker, Janet Finke, Carol Butterfield, and Judy Backlund
Taming the Crammed Curriculum: Selective Abandonment as a Strategy in Professional Learning Communities
Vincent A. Aleccia
Programmatic Navel Gazing: One School of Education’s Experiences of a Comprehensive Review
Andrew Kitchenham
Using A Smartboard Smartly: Considering Digital Tools for Interaction, Collaboration and Storytelling
Susan Crichton, Jennifer McCaffrey, and Barb Brown