Crafting multicultural science education with preservice teachers through service-learning

Student and Teacher Attitudes as Correlates of Performance in Mathematics in Cameroon Secondary Schools

“…Such Mathematics-related behaviour as avoidance of Mathematics, pursuit of Mathematics and instructional behaviour in the classroom all affect student attitude and performance. Usually, the way that Mathematics is represented in the classroom and perceived by students, even when teachers believe they are presenting it in authentic and context dependent way stands to alienate many students from Mathematics (Barton, 2000, Furinghelti & Pekhoren, 2002. Ogunniyi, as cited in Yara, (2009) stipulates that students' positive attitude towards Mathematics is enhanced by the following teacher-related factors: teachers' enthusiasm, teachers' resourcefulness and helpful behaviour and teachers' thorough knowledge of the subject-matter and their making Mathematics quite interesting.…”

Engineering Technology Students’ Attitudes towards Engagement in Mathematics

“…Previous research concluded that positive attitudes towards mathematics leads students towards success in mathematics [5], [6], [7]. In order to increase the positive attitudes towards mathematics, three elements that are very related to attitude should be covered.…”

The Project of Air Pollution Awareness: Interdisciplinary Community Service Practices

“…Similar practices also exist in various other countries and these courses are not only conducted within the scope of teacher education (Beldağ, Yaylacı, Gök & İpek, 2015). For example, there is a program named Service-Learning in the United States that include all students from K-12 to university (Barton, 2000). Service Learning is based on the importance of "experience" as given by John Dewey (Giles & Eyler, 1994;You & Rud, 2010).…”

“…Service Learning is based on the importance of "experience" as given by John Dewey (Giles & Eyler, 1994;You & Rud, 2010). Within the scope of teacher education, Service Learning is regarded as acquiring experience on complex social problems, developing social skills, and familiarizing with social culture and values by pre-service and in-service teachers (Barton, 2000).CSPC includes participation as speakers or organizers in scientific events such as seminars, panels etc. about the importance of community service, determining the social problems, designing projects for the purpose of solving these problems, and social issues (Council of Higher Education [CoHH], 2006).…”