Readers of this book will hear stories from outstanding teachers
in 22 countries such as in Mexico, India, Morocco, mainland China and Taiwan, Bhutan, Papua New
Guinea, Thailand, Cyprus, Singapore, Finland,
Botswana, New Zealand, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Rwanda, Costa Rica,
Kazakhstan, Israel, and Uzbekistan, Korea, and the United States. These authors
tell emotional, educationally powerful, and highly impactful stories of
transformative changes in their classrooms, communities, and countries. Many of
their stories will 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.
Transformative
Teaching Around the World:
Stories
of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy
Curtis J. Bonk and Meina Zhu
(Editors)
Dedication
To my
advisor Gary A. Davis who taught me that “Creativity is Forever” and to Robert
(Bob) and Donna Rae Clasen who helped me discover myriad ways that “Teachers
Tackle Thinking” and to all the other thoughtful, kind, and creative professors
with whom I took classes at the University of Wisconsin so long ago.
Curt Bonk,
Indiana University
To my
professors, friends, and family who encouraged me and supported me each day.
Meina Zhu, Wayne State University
Table
of Contents: Book Chapters
Introduction
Foreword:
The Power of Story
Gerardo
Gonzalez
Preface:
Before Making Impact
Curtis
J. Bonk and Meina Zhu
1.
Time for Making Impact
Curtis
J. Bonk and Meina Zhu
Section #1: Personal Transformations
2.
Professional Growth and Cross-Cultural
Exchange: A Glimpse into a Fulbright Program’s Life-Long Impact on Global
Educators
Jacob Butler
3.
Education found me; energy kept me:
Thoughts on power, sharing, and service
Alba
Rosario Marrón Canseco
4.
The World of Endless Possibilities-
The Educator in Me
Keitumetse
Thobani
5.
Questions that Matter – An Epistle
to the Learner
Pratiksha
Chopra
6.
Sun on the Snow: Ad Meliora - Toward
Better Things
Remya Parameswar Iyer
7.
From ancient history to current
practice: Experimenting with the pedagogical
tools for teacher creativity and student empowerment
Nourit
Ben David Erez
Section #2. Innovative Education
8.
“You can't use up
creativity: The more you use, the more you have”: The story of Chris Gadbury
Shengnan (Penny) Ma
9.
Community
health and environment: A learning project from India
Narayani
Singh
10.
Metacognitive experiences on an urban concept farm:
Local, project-based learning in science and sustainable agriculture
Simon
McMillan
11.
Empowering teachers to become transformational
leaders through reflective conversations: A school-based inquiry and a
professional development project
Mohana
Ratnam
12.
“Poipoia te kakano kia puawai”
(Nuture the seed and it will blossom): Affective spaces in education-- prison,
and beyond
Lynnette
Brice
Section #3. Teaching with Technology
13.
Fostering student motivation and
engagement through the Relevant, Appealing and Personal (RAP) pedagogical
guideline: Tech stories from Singapore
Muhammad
Nazir Amir
14.
Social media to tickle motivation to
learn: From Saudi high school to USA graduate school
Khadijah
Alghamdi
15. Sparking inspiration through motivation and technology
integration
Yassine
Abdellaoui
16.
Interactive writing
instruction in Zoom
Yan/Shyvia (Elaine) Zhang
17.
A Learning Journey by being Far and
Near: A Lesson Designed in the R2D2 Framework
Begaim
Adilkhanova
18.
It's all about the
experience: Technology enhanced designs to generate value
Maria Solomou
Section #4: Pandemic Practices
19. Chicken or Egg? Achieving the right balance between
technology and pedagogy in online learning
Edwin
Chew
20.
Learning in lockdowns: Creating
safe, structured, and student-centered classes during the pandemic
Maija
Heikkilä
21. Actively engaging students in India during COVID-19: A
former Fulbrighter finds hope
Rathnakaran Kozhukkunnon Othayoth
22. Online Education in a Korean Elementary School During COVID-19: Focusing
on My Experience using Blended Learning
Jeong-Ae Lee
23. Moving from face-to-face to online environments
in Mexico during the pandemic
Samuel Arriaga
Section #5: English Education and Collaboration
24.
English education enabled by
technology: Story from an Online Teacher for an Under-Sourced Village School in
China
Chaoran
Wang
25.
Highlighting collaborative learning
in language classroom: A story from Thailand
Apapan
Sailabada
26.
Live classes of lives: English reading to ponder life, social phenomena,
the fate of the world
Xiaoxiu (Anne) Wang
27. Student collaboration starts with teacher
collaboration
Sanna Leinonen
28.
Transformative Learning? Yes,
Possibly in a Flipped Classroom
Hyun-Ju
Kim
Section #6: Active Learning Strategies
29.
Why weren’t we taught like this?:
Introducing Creative Strategies to Indian Teachers
Marina
Basu
30.
Hooking students into science with
engaging activities
Sutapa
Mukund
31.
Pedagogical innovations from Finland:
Using positive phenomena for powerful learning
Tarja
Mykrä
32.
Active
learning through using Actively Learn
Fiona
Jeffries
33.
Activating the active learning
classroom: Making the connection from local to global
Jhenyi
Wu
Section #7: Global Education
34. Distant Horizon, Close Friendship: Learning through Cross-Cultural
Projects and Exchanges
Sandy Tsai
35.
Learning through
student exchange projects
Taru
Pohtola
36.
From Moment to Momentum: Technology
Expanded Classrooms from Mexico to France and Back
Diana
Gabriela Zamudio Troncoso
37.
Empowering
teachers with technology and pedagogy: Distance teacher training in Uzbekistan
Umida
Khikmatillaeva
38.
We can still be global citizens:
Virtual exchange program to connect Yemeni EFL youth with their AFL American
counterparts
Amani
Gashan
Section #8: Overcoming Challenges
39. Cancer, Covid-19,
and the Cultural Impact of Technology in the Classroom
Rhuperdia
Crowe-Clay
40.
Equitable learning in inequitable
classrooms: Cases of teacher design thinking in rural schools in Bhutan and
Papua New Guinea
Khendum
Gyabak
41.
The Story Behind Jacky’s Cell Phone:
Bring the Invisible Forward
Natalia
Ramirez Casalvolone
42.
The story of keeping education
wheels turning: Motivation and collaboration when Teaching in a post-war
context
Simon
Pierre Munyaneza
43.
Augmenting curriculum in a war-torn
country: Augmented reality online teaching
Ebrahim
Bamanger
Ending
44.
After Making Impact
Meina
Zhu and Curtis J. Bonk
Afterword:
The Power of Planning
Anastasia
Morrone
Acknowledgments
References and Web Links
