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Changing Hearts and Minds
By the nature of their occupation, first responders witness numerous traumatic events. Most of the time, their training and desire to help others allows them to respond professionally and appropriately. However, there are...
Published by: IGI Global
Enhancing Student Affect From Multi-Classroom Simulation Games via Teacher Professional Development
Educational simulations often require players to maintain a high degree of engagement for play in the simulation to continue. Student motivation and engagement is tied to affective factors, such as interest and self-efficacy. As...
Published by: IGI Global
Specialized Educational Leadership for Rural Students Living in Poverty
To serve students living in rural poverty, school leaders must understand intimately the specific challenges that students face. Equally, leaders must embrace and leverage the funds of knowledge and assets that these students...
Published by: IGI Global
Developing Written Argumentation Skills With an Educational Simulation Game (ESG)
In this chapter, the authors present the case of GlobalEd, a virtual educational simulation game (ESG) that focuses on the development of student written argumentation and socio-scientific literacy skills over the course of...
Published by: IGI Global
Hybrid and Virtual Educational Simulation Games (vESGs) for the Remote Learning Era
Virtual educational simulation games (vESGs) promote unique combinations of learning interactions and affordances to create environments with which students can engage to effectively learn about complex phenomena and processes...
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Defining and Designing Responsive Online Professional Development (ROPD)
Teacher professional development programs typically do not meet teachers' ongoing, long-term needs that arise. In this chapter, the authors forward a systematic framework called responsive online professional development (ROPD)...
Published by: IGI Global
Men, Masculinities, and the Global Pandemic
This article reflects on and analyzes interlocking relations of power pertaining to the politics of masculinities during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Situated within the context of the current global pandemic, we...