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Direct linkLeung, Allen – International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
This commentary aims to discuss an overarching boundary crossing framework under which integrated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) pedagogy can be conceptualized. Four potential learning dialogical processes for boundary crossing are presented and used as the main theoretical construct for the discussion. A proposal of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Communities of Practice
Download full textEaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis challenged us to learn, teach, and work in ways we never had before. As we move further into 2021 more educational institutions are thinking about how online teaching and learning can become a permanent way of offering programs. However, there are still ethical considerations that merit deeper consideration. Before the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Integrity, Ethics, Teaching Methods
Mercado-Garcia, Diana – Democracy & Education, 2017
This essay response critically examines and expands on the arguments put forth by the authors of "Navigating Middle-of-the-Road Reforms through Collaborative Community." Using organizational theory, the paper clarifies questions about the theoretical construct of collaborative community and middle-of-the-road reforms. It concludes by…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Educational Philosophy
Behizadeh, Nadia; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
In his focus article, Koretz (this issue) argues that accountability has become the primary function of large-scale testing in the United States. He then points out that tests being used for accountability purposes are flawed and that the high-stakes nature of these tests creates a context that encourages score inflation. Koretz is concerned about…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High Stakes Tests, Testing, Test Validity
Thiers, Naomi – Educational Leadership, 2016
Richard DuFour, a leading advocate for creating professional learning communities in schools, shares his insights on why teaching has become an "embattled profession" and the steps teachers and school leaders can take to enhance teachers' practice and their working lives. DuFour explains how recent reforms aimed at educators themselves…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Morale, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Dyer, B.; Loytonen, T. – Research in Dance Education, 2012
This dialogical article reflects stories of encounter. The unexpected collision of our worlds and thoughts, and the familiarities and tensions we came to recognize in each other's experiences when facilitating collaborative research in two communities of dance teachers, has given birth to this shared line of inquiry. We have come to acknowledge…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice, Inquiry
Crow, Tracy – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
Kristen Weatherby is a senior policy analyst at OECD in the education directorate. She runs the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and is author or co-author of publications and blog posts on TALIS and teachers. She started her career as a classroom teacher in the United States before working in education in the private sector in…
Descriptors: Surveys, International Programs, Teaching (Occupation), Faculty Development
Goldman, Karen L.; Cardell, Melanie – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Relevance is discussed in light of 21st c. communication skills and relevance. How do these areas impact both the face-to-face and online candidates in the MAT and MAED programs to positively impact P-12 students? Relevance theory and communication in 21st c. is clarified for working in both face-to-face and online learning environments leading…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Relevance (Education), Communication Skills, Conventional Instruction
Loertscher, Jennifer – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
The science teaching community is currently in the midst of a major shift from traditional, lecture-based teaching approaches to student-centered approaches that emphasize inquiry, cooperative learning, and development of a broad range of transferrable skills. These changes demand substantial curricular reform. One way to support the collective…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Biochemistry
Bassendowski, Sandra Leigh; Petrucka, Pammla – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The image of students passively absorbing information from an educator who is lecturing from behind a podium does not reflect the current scope and dimension of higher education. There are now tools of technology that can be used to create learning experiences to actively and meaningfully "pull" students into course content. The author…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Student Participation, Learner Engagement
Flogaitis, Evgenia; Nomikou, Christina; Naoum, Elli; Katsenou, Christina – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2012
The educational approach views the community of practice as a community of teachers and students who share common rules and values, information and experiences through dialogue and collaboration. Three doctoral theses are in progress at the University of Athens which study the possibilities of creating a community of practice in three different…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Nursery Schools, Environmental Education, Action Research
McKinney, Kathleen – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
In this essay, I remind readers of the importance of using SoTL work in a range of ways and settings at different levels to increase our impact on student learning as well as institutional and disciplinary cultures. I briefly discuss and illustrate six strategies already in use on which we can build. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Instructional Improvement, Learning Strategies
Allie, Saalih; Armien, Mogamat Noor; Burgoyne, Nicolette; Case, Jennifer M.; Collier-Reed, Brandon I.; Craig, Tracy S.; Deacon, Andrew; Fraser, Duncan M.; Geyer, Zulpha; Jacobs, Cecilia; Jawitz, Jeff; Kloot, Bruce; Kotta, Linda; Langdon, Genevieve; le Roux, Kate; Marshall, Delia; Mogashana, Disaapele; Shaw, Corrinne; Sheridan, Gillian; Wolmarans, Nicolette – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010
In this paper we propose that learning in engineering involves taking on the discourse of an engineering community, which is intimately bound up with the identity of being a member of that community. This leads to the notion of discursive identity, which emphasises that students' identities are constituted through engaging in discourse. This view…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Discourse Communities
Allie, Saalih; Armien, Mogamat Noor; Burgoyne, Nicolette; Case, Jennifer M.; Collier-Reed, Brandon I.; Craig, Tracy S.; Deacon, Andrew; Fraser, Duncan M.; Geyer, Zulpha; Jacobs, Cecilia; Jawitz, Jeff; Kloot, Bruce; Kotta, Linda; Langdon, Genevieve; le Roux, Kate; Marshall, Delia; Mogashana, Disaapele; Shaw, Corrinne; Sheridan, Gillian; Wolmarans, Nicolette – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
In this paper, we propose that learning in engineering involves taking on the discourse of an engineering community, which is intimately bound up with the identity of being a member of that community. This leads to the notion of discursive identity, which emphasises that students' identities are constituted through engaging in discourse. This view…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Discourse Communities
Wubbels, Theo – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
This paper comments on strengths and weaknesses of the papers on communities of practice in this special issue of "Technology, Pedagogy and Education." First it discusses the character of communities of practice and the question of whether schools are environments that are conducive to the development of teacher communities of practice. It then…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Computer Mediated Communication, Research Methodology, Teaching Methods
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