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Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom (open access)

Information Communication Technology Use among Students in Inclusive Classroom

This article compares the leisure and school-related computer use of students in inclusive classrooms.
Date: May 29, 2018
Creator: Bagon, Špela; Gačnik, Mateja & Starcic, Andreja Istenic
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

International Perspectives Curriculum Project: EDAD 5680 Administration of the EC-12 Curriculum

Poster presented as part of the 2013 University Forum on Teaching & Learning. This poster discusses the international perspectives curriculum project. The project described in this poster was developed as part of the "Globalizing your Curriculum" Transformational Instructional Innovation (TII) Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and redesign (CLEAR) and UNT - International.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Stromberg, Linda
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latina/o School Administrators and the Intersectionality of Professional Identity and Race (open access)

Latina/o School Administrators and the Intersectionality of Professional Identity and Race

Article describes study which examines the intersectionality between professional identities and race/ethnicity among Latina/o school leaders.
Date: May 18, 2018
Creator: Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth; Hernandez, Frank; Valle, Fernando & Almager, Irma
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter (open access)

Learning in 140 Characters: English Teachers’ Educational Uses of Twitter

This article describes results from a survey of 109 English teachers describing their frequent and versatile uses of Twitter.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Krutka, Daniel G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Make a Move: Creating a Culturally Aware Community of Masters and Scholars

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on creating a culturally aware community of masters and scholars.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Montejano, Sara N. & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Make a Move: Creating a Culturally Aware Community of Masters and Scholars (open access)

Make a Move: Creating a Culturally Aware Community of Masters and Scholars

This paper explores the experience of 30 university students in their final year of the teacher education program.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Montejano, Sara N. & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring Student Success: The Effectiveness of Scholastic Reading Counts! (open access)

Measuring Student Success: The Effectiveness of Scholastic Reading Counts!

This study examines the Matthew Effect in children's reading ability development through an analysis of reading progress measured in a fifth grade classroom using the Scholastic Reading Counts! program.
Date: 2015
Creator: Krastin, Ashleigh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mentorship: The Gift that Gives (open access)

Mentorship: The Gift that Gives

Introduction to the special section on Teacher Education in the 2014 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
(Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District (open access)

(Mis)Understanding Islam in a Suburban Texas School District

This article reports a Texas suburban school district's efforts to promote cultural proficiency after leadership trainings.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Ezzani, Miriam & Brooks, Melanie C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

¡Muévete! Integrating physical education and language learning in bilingual classrooms

Presentation sharing strategies for developing academic vocabular in Spanish and English through movement. It was presented at the Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference held in 2018.
Date: 2018
Creator: Abels, Karen Weiller; Boyd, Rossana R. & González-Carriedo, Ricardo
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas (open access)

Multicultural Efforts and Affirmative Action in Brazil: Policies Influencing Education in the Americas

This article explores the intercultural movements toward social justice in education in the Americas, most particularly, North America, and how U.S. multicultural movements and policies influence countries like Brazil.
Date: March 2, 2011
Creator: Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth & Auxiliadora Lima Dias da Silva, Maria
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience (open access)

Naming Her World: A Freirean Analysis of a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome's Post-High-School Experience

This article seeks to better understand to what extent the Individual Education Plan (IEP) adequately prepared one girl for major life transitions following high-school graduation.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Sayman, Donna M. & Krutka, Daniel G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

NCLB: The Myth, The History, The Reality

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on No Child Left Behind. In this presentation, the author discusses the law's impact on curricula and student learning, particularly in mathematics.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nurturing Life-Long Language Learners (open access)

Nurturing Life-Long Language Learners

This article discusses nurturing life-long language learners.
Date: 2012
Creator: Rodriguez, Cynthia; Araujo, Juan; Narayan, Ratna; Shappeck, Marco & Moss, Glenda
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment (open access)

Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment

This article explains how teachers can adapt traditional STEM enrichment activities to support girls of color through culturally relevant institutional practices.
Date: 2017
Creator: Young, Jemimah L.; Young, Jamaal & Paufler, Noelle A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parents’ mobile technology adoption influences on elementary children’s use (open access)

Parents’ mobile technology adoption influences on elementary children’s use

This article identifies 120 parents' intentions to adopt mobile technology and gathers in-depth perceptions about mobile technology adoption with a smaller subset of 13 parents.
Date: January 2, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Participatory Learning Through Social Media: How and Why Social Studies Educators Use Twitter (open access)

Participatory Learning Through Social Media: How and Why Social Studies Educators Use Twitter

This article draws on Deweyan conceptions of participatory learning and citizenship aims of the field as lenses through which to consider social media activities.
Date: 2016
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G. & Carpenter, Jeffrey P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading (open access)

Partnering With Parents: Devices and Apps to Support Elementary Children Reading

Article providing evidence of how children from 120 homes across 46 classrooms use apps and portable technology to support their reading development. The finding that nearly all children in this study supported reading skills with portable technology in the home demonstrates the need to foster partnerships between parents and teachers that builds on children's technological knowledge and use to deepen learning between home and school.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Platforms, Purpose, and Pedagogy: Reclaiming Context and Resisting Technopoly with Participatory Media (open access)

Platforms, Purpose, and Pedagogy: Reclaiming Context and Resisting Technopoly with Participatory Media

This article examines the work of media theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman in the wake of participatory media.
Date: 2015
Creator: Krutka, Daniel G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predictors of Portable Technology Adoption to Support Elementary Children Reading in the Home (open access)

Predictors of Portable Technology Adoption to Support Elementary Children Reading in the Home

Article identifying predictors of parent's portable technology adoption to support children's reading development in the home by applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology to informal elementary education.
Date: March 15, 2018
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Antonenko, Pavlo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity (open access)

Private blog reflections connecting course content with field experiences: Preservice teachers grapple with teacher identity

Article examining teacher preparation programs ability to help preservice teachers connect educational theory with teaching practice. This article systematically reflects on written responses, recorded in a private weblog over the course of a 15-week intermediate reading methods course.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren & Curcio, Rachele
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Professional Development School helps Pre-Service Teachers Gain Confidence in the Classroom

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing professional development school helping pre-service teachers gain confidence in the classroom.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Jamadar, Anita & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Read to Succeed (open access)

Read to Succeed

This paper discusses research on reading and a study on transition times in the classroom.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Daniel, Monica & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Read to Succeed

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on reading.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Daniel, Monica & Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library