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Exploring a Community of Practice Model for Professional Development to Address Challenges to Classroom Practices in Early Childhood
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Christ, Tanya; Wang, X. Christine – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
This study explored whether or not, and how, an on-site and research-teacher community of practice model for professional development addressed the challenges to classroom practices in a Head Start program. Data sources included interviews with teachers, videos of planning and teaching sessions, and the researchers' fieldwork log and reflective…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice, Models, Faculty Development
A Case Study of Using Online Communities and Virtual Environment in Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) as a Learning and Teaching Tool for Second Language Learners
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Kongmee, Isara; Strachan, Rebecca; Pickard, Alison; Montgomery, Catherine – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2012
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) create large virtual communities. Online gaming shows potential not just for entertaining, but also in education. This research investigates the use of commercial MMORPGs to support second language teaching. MMORPGs offer virtual safe spaces in which students can communicate by using their…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Role Playing, Second Language Learning, Computer Simulation
Ecological View of the Learner-Context Interface for Online Language Learning: A Phenomenological Case Study of Informal Learners of Macedonian
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Belamaric Wilsey, Biljana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Studies of informal language learning and self-instruction with online materials have recently come into prominence. However, those studies are predominantly focused on more commonly taught languages and there is a gap in the literature on less commonly taught languages (LCTL), precisely the languages that are often studied outside of formal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Independent Study, Slavic Languages