Supporting literacy development in two‐way immersion classrooms (Grades 3–5)

Making Mathematical Literacy a Reality in Classrooms

Modelling of new problems is at the heart of mathematical literacy, because many situations that arise in adult life and work cannot be predicted, let alone taught at school. There are now plenty of examples of the successful teaching of modelling at all levels – yet it is to be found in few classrooms. How can every mathematics teacher be brought to teaching modelling reasonably effectively? T...

Software for Supporting Virtual Classrooms

Supporting Teachers in Orchestrating CSCL Classrooms

A pedagogically effective and sustainable use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in education is far from being a reality, in spite of the huge advances in ICT, the investments and political plans, and especially all promising research results in the field (Cuban 2001). One of the reasons for such a delay can be found in the lack of understanding on how teachers orchestrate th...

A High-Quality Professional Development for Teachers of Grades 3–6 for Implementing Engineering into Classrooms

With the increasing emphasis on integrating engineering into K-12 classrooms to help meet the needs of our complex and multidisciplinary society, there is an urgent need to investigate teachers’ engineering-focused professional development experiences as they relate to teacher learning, implementation, and student achievement. This study addresses this need by examining the effects of a profess...

A High-Quality Professional Development for Teachers of Grades 3â•fi6 for Implementing Engineering into Classrooms

With the increasing emphasis on integrating engineering into K-12 classrooms to help meet the needs of our complex and multidisciplinary society, there is an urgent need to investigate teachers’ engineering-focused professional development experiences as they relate to teacher learning, implementation and student achievement. This study addresses this need by examining the effects of a professi...