Faculty Scholarship

A Qualitative Case Study Exploring How Faculty Incorporate Equity in a Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Program

Thomas, Stephanie; Hart, Jaalil (2022)

There is a huge shift in teacher education to make it more practice-focused while also incorporating equity which has been elevated as a result of the pandemic. As teacher preparation programs evolve to prepare teachers ...

Engaging Students With College-Level Texts

Painter, Janet (2010)

This is a presentation provided at the Appalachian College Association Summit in October of 2010 in Abingdon, Virginia. A version of it was presented in 2006 to teachers at the NC Dept. of Juvenile Justice, Corrections in ...

How Nurture Groups Can Facilitate Inclusive Practice in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Theory Map for Enriching the University Students' Learning Experience

Painter, Janet; Broecher, Joachim; Davis, Joyce Hubbard (2018-05)

Nurture groups originated in East London, in the 1960s. The first nurture groups provided education for multicultural migrant children, whose schools and parents were under enormous stress. Today, there are more than 1000 ...

How Transatlantic Workshops and Field Trips Can Make German-American University-Partnerships an Active Learning Space.

Painter, Janet; Broecher, Joachim; Davis, Joyce Hubbard; Matthews, Kim K.; Pasour, Katherine (2014-05)

Ten-day workshops and field trips had a key role in the partnership between a university of applied sciences in East Germany and a small private liberal arts college in North Carolina. This case study evaluates activities ...

Dissertation: Growth of a Teacher Garden: A Research Evaluation Study of the Creative Options Partnership in Education (COPE).

Painter, Janet (2004)

This qualitative single case study examined a school-university partnership program known as the Creative Options Partnership in Education (COPE). The purpose of the study was to understand the emergent qualities of the ...

Spaces of Commoning, in Berlin and Other Cities, and Their Potential for the Building of Sustainable Social Communities and Educational Cultures

Painter, Janet; Broecher, Joachim (2019-04)

As educators, we strive for accessible, just and inclusive educational options for all children and youth, including those from vulnerable social strata. We reflect the processes inside of educational institutions, and ...

Bringing the Student's Life into the Classroom? Genesis, Scientific Status and Development of the »Lifeworld-oriented Didactics« for Children and Youth with Emotional, Social, and Behavioral Needs

Painter, Janet; Broecher, Joachim; Siebert, Julie M. (2019-08)

The model »Lifeworld-oriented Didactics« (in German: »Lebensweltorientierte Didaktik«) has been developed by Joachim Broecher, through his own educational practice as a classroom teacher during the 1990s while teaching in ...

Pioneers of German-Polish inclusive exchange: Jaczewski’s and Kluge’s Europeanization in education despite the Iron Curtain

Painter, Janet; Broecher, Joachim; Toczyski, Piotr (2021-03)

Historical and autobiographical approaches are combined with interviews to analyze the case of the Europa-Kontakt in pre-1989 Poland and West Germany within the framework of Europeanization. The international education ...