Submissions from 2023
Developing Hearts and Minds: How Field Experiences Informed and Inspired Students in a BA Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Program, Jolene Pearson
This study is a qualitative analysis of the reflective journals and prayers of thirteen pre-service students enrolled in a BA early childhood teacher preparation program at a faith-based university in the mid-west. While the journal entry a...
3 Education Wins Sustained by District Technology Directors Post-pandemic, Tracy Reimer and Jennifer Hill
Books from 2022
Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University, Christopher Gehrz, Esther Shull, Carl Albing, Rebekah Bain, Andy Bramsen, Susan Leigh Brooks, Jeannine K. Brown, Michael Crawford, Julie Anne De Haan, Joy Doan, Dale Durie, Julie Finnern, Barrett Fisher, Joel Frederickson, Laura Gilbertson, Rhonda Gilbraith, Ann Holland, Stephen Hunt, Rachel Jorgensen, Patricia Kelly, Denise Muir Kjesbo, Marion H. Larson, Erik Leafblad, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Jim Lewis, Joyce LeMay, Alison Lo, Gary A. Long, Christopher Moore, Katherine Nevins, Pauline E. Nichols, Meredith Nyberg, Chad Osgood, Jeanine Parolini, Richard Peterson, Dan Ritchie, Matt Runion, Robin Rylaarsdam, Kristin E. Sandau, Sara L. H. Shady, Angela Shannon, Marta Shaw, Paula A.G. Soneral, Peter T. Vogt, Laura Wennstrom, Gloria Wiese, Brandon Winters, Yu-li Chang Zacher, and Nick Zeimet
For the 2022 season of Lent, Bethel faculty and staff members collaborated to pen Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University. The daily devotionals in Centered on Jesus are intended to help the Bethel commu...
The Discursive Utility of the Global, Local, and National: Teach For All in Africa, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Sahara Pradhan, and Matthew A. M. Thomas
Values in Early Childhood Education (ECE): A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Values for ECE Expressed in Policy Documents, Jolene Pearson, Arve Gunnestad, Sissel Mørreaunet, and Sobh Chahboun
Purpose
This comparative study identifies core values expressed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) official policy documents from a sample of thirteen countries. Design/Approach/Methods
This study employs document analysis as well as c...
Fostering School-Home Partnerships: Transforming Learning as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tracy Reimer and Jennifer Hill
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need for schools to strengthen their relationships with families in order to support remote learning. Framed with the theoretical lens of the traditional partnership model, this paper details the result...
Submissions from 2021
Implementing Professional Development Days within the Elementary Methods Semester, Patricia Paulson, Geri Von Grey, Danny Swensen, Jay Rasmussen, and Katie Bonawitz
Systemic Inequities: A Poverty Responsive School Leadership Framework to Address the Opportunity Gap, Tracy Reimer
The purpose of this study was to construct a school leadership framework well poised to meet the needs of students and families experiencing poverty. Structural ideology and culturally responsive school leadership were synthesized and reima...
COVID Disruption Requires More Than Providing a Device, Tracy Reimer and Jennifer Hill
Crossing the Digital Divide and the Equity Expanse: Reaching and Teaching All Students During the Pandemic, Tracy Reimer and Jennifer Hill
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the digital divide revealing an expanse of inequity among students who had access to the internet, personal devices, and parental support during remote learning and those who did not. Framed with the theore...
Leading Through a Pandemic: How to Survive and Thrive in School Administration, Tracy Reimer, Matthew Vetrini, and Jacob Truby
Submissions from 2020
Adapt or Perish, Tracy Reimer and Michelle Wang
Teaching synchronous-service teachers: Traditional teacher education at a crossroads, Matthew A.M. Thomas and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre
Background/Context: Teachers enrolled in alternative training and licensure programs may have experiences that lie outside what is considered typical for both preservice teachers and in-service teachers. This article explores the experience...
Submissions from 2018
Getting Ahead and Getting By: Exploring Outcomes of Youth Livelihoods Programs, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Acacia Nikoi, Richard Bamattre, Amina Jaafar, Emily Morris, David Chapman, and Joan DeJaeghere
This report is a collaboration between the Mastercard Foundation and University of Minnesota that examines the livelihoods of youth aged 16–25 who participated in two Learn, Earn and Save programs in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It document...
The dangers of relentless pursuit: teaching, personal health, and the symbolic/real violence of Teach For America, Matthew A.M. Thomas and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre
This paper examines the pressures experienced by teachers as they strive to embody the Teach For America (TFA) motif of ‘relentless pursuit’. It draws on interviews conducted with 36 teachers and uses a Bourdieuian analysis to consider the ...
Submissions from 2017
Construction With Scaffolds: Helping Community College Students Build Explanations, Steven Bennett and Amelia Wenk Gotwals
Science education reform documents call for students to learn science by engaging in inquiry and using science practices. One such science practice is constructing evidence-based explanations. Few students enter community college science cl...
‘Shit shows’ or ‘like-minded schools’: charter schools and the neoliberal logic of Teach For America, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre and Matthew A.M. Thomas
Over the past three decades, two neoliberal educational reform efforts have emerged in tandem–the charter school movement and Teach For America (TFA). This paper critically examines the relationship between these entities through the lens o...
Books from 2016
Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents Nurture Healthy Development in the Earliest Months, Jolene Pearson
This . . .handbook serves as a parent educator's guide to coaching and supporting new parents. Describes innovative teaching techniques, along with practical and effective strategies that are field-tested, science-based, and can be applied ...
Submissions from 2014
“I Would Like to Live a Better Life:” How Young Mothers Experience Entrepreneurship Education in East Africa, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Amy Pekol, and Brooke L. Krause
This paper examines the capabilities, values, and constraints of young mothers participating in a youth entrepreneurship program in Tanzania and Uganda. Entrepreneurship education is an increasingly popular development strategy for vulnerab...
Dissecting the teacher monolith: Experiences of beginning basic school teachers in Zambia, Matthew A.M. Thomas, Carolyn M. Thomas, and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre
This article explores the multifaceted experiences of beginning basic school teachers in Southern Province, Zambia, through a qualitative study comprised of interviews with 35 basic school teachers. Our research examines the uniqueness of b...