Towards a Critique of Teachers’ Digital Competence Frameworks

Teachers’ digital competence (or digital literacy as it is referred to in some countries) has been given significant attention in recent years, and this has resulted in the publication of several supranational competency frameworks. Yet like all frameworks, they have evolved over time and have, embedded within them, assumptions about teachers and technology. Unearthing these assumptions that have shaped their current form is important, however, as it can reveal the dubious nature on which they are based.

The Colonial Past in History Textbooks: Historical and Social Psychological Perspectives

Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools

Using Classification and Regression Trees: A Practical Primer

Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners With Disabilities: Beyond Special Education

How We Teach Science: What's Changed, and Why it Matters

Alicia’s Note: Education and Learning Beyond the Classroom

In this commentary, the author reflects on what she learned from a note left for her by a custodian at her university.

Mentoring at Minority Serving Institutions: Theory, Design, Practice, and Impact

Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning

Education, Equity, and the States: How Variations in State Governance Make or Break Reform

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Engaging African American Males in Community College

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Reflections of a Board of Education Member in a Time of Politicization and Intolerance

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This commentary adds to the discussion of theorizing education as infrastructure. The author discusses how aesthetics can be a part of the concept of school infrastructure.

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The Achievement Gap: A Perspective from Teacher Research

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Hollywood or History?: An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Teach United States History

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