Exploring Language Ideologies and Preparing Preservice Teachers for Multilingual and Multicultural Classrooms

Preparing Preservice Teachers for Diversity: The Power of Multicultural Narratives

A widely accepted goal of teacher education is to prepare culturally competent practitioners who are ready to serve diverse student populations (Guyton & Wesche, 2005). One major challenge, though, is the mismatch between the increased diversity in student populations, including students of color, English language learners (ELLs), and children living in poverty and a teaching force consisting l...

Exploring Teachers’ Perception of Intercultural Communicative Competence and their Practices for Teaching Culture in EFL Classrooms

This study aimed to examine the effect of EFL teachers’ level of instruction, education, and experience on their perceptions of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) on the one hand and the effect of teachers’ ICC perceptions on their practices of teaching culture on the other. The participants of this study were 111 EFL teachers (59 males, 52 females), selected through purposive samplin...

Exploring preservice teachers' views of intelligence

Preparing Preservice Elementary Teachers to Teach Science Through Computer Models

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which preservice elementary teachers were able to construct viable scientific models with a computer-modeling tool, namely Model-It, and design a science lesson with models. The results of the study showed that (a) Model-It, through its scaffolds (i.e., Plan, Build, and Test modes), enabled the majority of preservice teachers to build model...

teachers emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and perceived english language proficiency: a case of iranian efl teachers

educational researchers have provided evidence that teachers’ emotional intelligence has strong effects on various aspects of teaching and learning. yet, in the field of teaching english to speakers of other languages (tesol), inquiry into teachers’ emotional intelligence is nearly limited. given its documented powerful impact on teaching practices and student learning, it is critical to pursue...