Accomplishments: Department of Teaching and Learning

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) recently published her article, "Healing-Centered Educator Activism in Mathematics Actualized by Women of Color Mathematics Teacher Activists," in the journal, Equity and Excellence in Education.
Marla Goins (Teaching and Learning) published an article in Comparative Education Review titled, "Diva’s Culturally Sustaining Black Feminism: Tales from an Afro-Brazilian Teacher-Activist-Mother." The article centers an Afro-Brazilian woman named Diva, who promoted a culturally sustaining praxis during a politically divisive time. Diva works to…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) recently published an article in The Journal of Mathematical Behavior titled, "The stories we tell: Why unpacking narratives of mathematics is important for teacher conocimiento," with her collaborators Rochelle Gutiérrez and Marrielle Myers, as part of their work on their Spencer Large Research Grant on…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and learning) will be a keynote speaker for San Diego State's 8th Annual Voice Your Language Forum. The dual language and English learner education department (DLE) at San Diego State University, and supported by Student Success Fee Funding, is hosting this free event for students, faculty, local educators, staff, and…
Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) has been selected for one of 15 highly competitive annual fellowships with the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), a resource network for STEM education researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).   The CADRE Fellows program, which is now in its 14th year,…
Shaoan Zhang and his doctoral student Danny Unger (both Teaching and Learning) published an article, "Exploring mentor self-disclosure in preservice teachers’ field experience," in the premier international journal of teacher education, Journal of Education for Teaching.     
Samantha Godbey (University Libraries) and Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning), along with colleagues from University of Central Florida and California State University Long Beach, received the Outstanding Symposium Award for their presentation "Success in Publishing: Crafting Publishable Manuscripts for Journals in the Field" at the…
College of Education faculty and doctoral students presented at the Council for Exceptional Children — Teacher Education Division (TED)'s annual conference November 8-11 in Richmond, VA. Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education); doctoral student/visiting lecturer Scotia Hammond (Education);…
Professor emeritus Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) co-authored an article, "National Testing: Academic Achievement of Career and Technical Education and Non-Career and Technical Education Graduates," in The CTE Journal.   
Sam Leif, Danielle Head, and Michael McCreery (all Teaching and Learning) earned the Best Paper Award at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research fall conference for their paper, "A hardcore look at the casual measurement of gamer experience."
Sadia Shaukat (Teaching and Learning) published "Challenges for Education of Children With Disabilities in Pakistan" on SAGE Journals. Abstract: Considering the needs of children with diverse needs, current legislation emphasizes the allocation of a special budget to address the needs of children with disabilities in Pakistan. However,…
Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and doctoral students/Holmes Scholars Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) were presenters at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects 2022 conference. Through the GeoPaths NSF Grant project headed by Pamela Burnley (…