Transformative Teaching Around the World: Stories of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy

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Short Description

Book contains 40 short stories from award winning Fulbright teacher and alumni of Indiana University around the globe who enrolled in a course on instructional strategies for thinking, collaboration, and motivation, including technology integration. There are eight sections: (1) Personal Transformation; Innovative Education; (3) Technology with Teaching; (4) Pandemic Practices; (5) English Education and Collaboration; (6) Active Learning Strategies; (7) Global Education; and (8) Overcoming Challenges. Readers will hear stories from outstanding teachers in India, Morocco, mainland China and Taiwan, Singapore, Finland, Botswana, New Zealand, Mexico, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Palestine, Rwanda, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Israel, Uzbekistan, and several other countries. Authors tell emotional, educationally powerful, and highly impactful stories of transformative changes in their classrooms, communities, and countries. Many of their stories relate to the use of innovative technology during the pandemic as well as global technologies for international exchanges and collaboration among K-12 students in different countries.

Authors

• Presenter: Curtis J. Bonk, Indiana University

• Presenter: Meina Zhu, Wayne State University