This article is a reflection on a sabbatical experience in a mainstream school where an inclusive ethos underpinned the curriculum and environmental approaches for all children. The period as Acting Head teacher raised some challenges for me in reconciling inclusion for all children and the exclusive nature of some professional and physical spaces available to the community of adults working in...

We propose digital storytelling as a pedagogical tool for online Library and Information Science education that recognizes diversity and fosters reflection among students and teacher. In a course titled Documenting Diverse Cultures and Communities, students contemplated their role as future information professionals and produced a short digital story dealing with community, archives, and histor...

This paper describes a study of teacher scaffolding to support reflection and self-regulated learning (SRL) with an open learner model (OLM) in a geography based task on a touch screen. The study was carried out in 6 one-on-one sessions with students between the ages of 10 and 11. We present examples of teachers scaffolding students’ SRL behaviours using the OLM, demonstrating how an OLM can be...

An eminent clinician, teacher and scientist, Jan Brod (1912–1985) was among the founders of academic nephrology in post-war Europe. In particular, he pioneered the pathophysiological approach to kidney disease and hypertension. Today, Brod is nearly unknown to the younger generation of nephrologists, not least because few publications have dealt with his remarkable life. His journey through nep...

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is believed to be a powerful pedagogical process to equip students with critical reflection to be more sensitive to cultural diversity, stereotypes, and multiple perspectives. The elements of collaborative learning are drawn from research findings and result in a new model to be implemented for learners using Blackboard as avenue for on-line self...

Self-assessment is a powerful technique for improving achievement. In this article we outline a theory of teacher change that links self-assessment by teachers to their professional growth. This theory provides avenues for peers and change agents to influence teacher practice. We apply the theory to change in mathematics teaching and report an explanatory case study in which use of the self-ass...

from paper presented at BAAL IC SIG Annual Seminar:Language Teaching and Language Learning, University of Edinburgh, March 2014. The main aim of the talk is to explore the role of (critical) cultural awareness in teachertraining pedagogies. Based on the assumption that language teachers want to develop theirstudents’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC), it behoves the teach...

the main purpose of this research is investigation of foundations and principles of islamic ethics concerning the relationship of teacher with students. to achieve this goal, the analytical - inferential method was used. based on the results, at first eight ethical principles related to the relationship of teacher with students were deducted from religious and educational texts of islam. these ...