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Fornaciari, Aleksi; Rautiainen, Matti; Hiljanen, Mikko; Tallavaara, Riitta – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
Teacher education (TE) in Finland is based on strong university autonomy, including the right to decide the curriculum content and the teaching methods. Democracy and its values are generally seen as central principles for TE, and the normative basis for education promoting democratic culture is strong. However, in practice, education for…
Descriptors: Democracy, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs
Jervis, Kathe – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
The author--in the role of one teacher observing another--documented a spring 2021 remote introductory art history course during the COVID-19 pandemic when graduate student teaching assistants called a campus-wide strike. Forced to improvise, the professor replaced formal analysis papers and exams with an ungraded journal. Drawing from the content…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Introductory Courses
Alanko, Antti – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
This study investigates the hopes of a group of Finnish of ninth-graders and how hopeful they are. This study also explores how to teach in a way that promotes hope. The theoretical framework of this study combines two different theories of hope, C. R. Snyder's psychological hope theory and Paulo Freire's philosophy of hope. This study holds that…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Guidelines
Seher, Rachel – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
This piece describes how the faculty of City-As-School used Descriptive Inquiry to generate shared educational principles during the 2020-21 school year during the coronavirus pandemic. City-As-School is a public experiential learning school in New York City serving older adolescents seeking an alternative to traditional high school. Descriptive…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Principles
Espinosa, Cecilia M.; Bachman, Renee – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
This article describes through six brief stories or illustrative examples the impact of Patricia Carini's work on the practice of two maestras bilingües at a large urban school in the Southwest. Carini supported the school's community for several years in apprenticing descriptive inquiry, as they developed a stance of attending to children and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Bilingual Education, Teaching Methods, Caring
Lynch, Brian – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
This article describes the author's journey into the world of teaching. The author begins with his transition into academia and his goal to become an antiracist educator. He reflects on teaching (and observation) moments in the classroom and moves to descriptions and insights of specific lessons teaching Eve Ewing's "1919" poetry…
Descriptors: Racism, Teacher Role, Social Justice, Poetry
Barnhart, Ginger; Olan, Elsie Lindy – Schools: Studies in Education, 2022
In this scholarly article, teacher researchers explore the disparity between modern classroom pedagogies and the almost complete absence of a key component of identity. It advocates for religious language inclusion, examines students' religious engagement during the study of Anne Frank and the Holocaust, and serves as a practical support for…
Descriptors: Religion, Language Usage, Rhetoric, Religious Factors
Mullins, Diane K. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2022
The author presents a child-centered approach to teaching, developed through longtime connections with colleagues, which concentrates on the children and provides them time to make their own connections, to learn, to think, and to develop at their own pace with the support of their classmates. Two examples of how mathematics interlaced into…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Class Activities
Gorsetman, Chaya R. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
This article is a personal memoir of how Vivian Gussin Paley deepened a veteran teacher's understanding of how young children learn through play. With careful observation of children at fantasy play, intentional listening, and dictation, Paley enhanced and sharpened appreciation of how children relate to their surroundings and build skills for…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Faculty Development, Play, Young Children
Allen, Megan; Arnold, Erin D.; Carroll, Richard E.; Freze, Matthew B.; Parson, Daniel W.; Mattson, Shawna M.; Inouye, Martha C. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
It is rare when a group of teachers gets to embark on a sustained, collaborative journey together to transform their teaching. It is even rarer that this group gets to reflect on this work and take a step back to appreciate the triumphs of their toils. In this article, six science educators share their reflections on how a journey of sustained…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
Lee, Trisha – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
"Pieces of Magic" is a letter examining the three coincidences that resulted in a 20-year friendship between UK-based Trisha Lee (author of Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories) and Chicago-based Vivian Gussin Paley. From letters to meeting face to face in both the United States and the United Kingdom, Trisha talks about the many…
Descriptors: Teachers, Teaching Methods, Letters (Correspondence), Friendship
Katch, Jane – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
As a young teacher, Jane Katch was mentored by Vivian Paley. Katch watched how Paley turned puzzling issues into exciting explorations. Later in her own class, Katch became intrigued by the violent imaginative games that a group of boys were playing. Following Paley's example, Katch immersed herself in trying to examine the play rather than to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mentors, Play, Games
Huang, Yu-ching – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
This article shares four dialogues with Vivian Gussin Paley to show how the author embarked on a journey of "writing, thinking, and teaching" with Mrs. Paley. Their journey started with the author sharing stories about students in her classroom through written correspondence with Mrs. Paley. In the process of writing and thinking, the…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Play, Early Childhood Education, Story Telling
Ruparel-Sen, Nisha – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
This article is based on a teacher's journey over the years with her mentor. She highlights her personal and professional relationship through anecdotes and conversations. The article focuses on the year she cotaught with Vivian Gussin Paley and shares her experiences in the classroom and the lessons she learned during that year. The article…
Descriptors: Teachers, Mentors, Teaching Experience, Teacher Characteristics
Mitchell, Gloria; Hudson, Will; Barone, Melissa – Schools: Studies in Education, 2020
William Heard Kilpatrick's essay on "The Project Method," first published in 1918, argues for a method of education in which students' school activities are inspired by their own interests and guided by their own purposes. This article describes the project method as it is carried out in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Private Schools, Cooperative Learning