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Institute for Citizens & Scholars, 2024
At the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, 15 college presidents from a diverse array of institutions came together to launch College Presidents for Civic Preparedness. They committed to advancing critical inquiry, free expression, and civil discourse on campuses across the country. By the end of the spring semester, their numbers had grown to…
Descriptors: College Presidents, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Citizen Participation
Batista, Lisa Nguyen; Chapin, Suzanne H. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Classroom discourse is critical to helping students learn mathematics. Interacting with peers and the teacher within a classroom community assists students in building their understanding of mathematical concepts. A discourse community, sometimes referred to as a math-talk learning community, is "a classroom community in which the teacher and…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Teachers
Storme, Thomas; Vlieghe, Joris – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2011
Both "philosophy" and "the child" are notions that seem to have an everlasting presence in our daily vocabulary. What is less common and perhaps lacking is any reflection on the relation between them, which is rarely a focus of the researcher's attention. We believe that it is precisely this relation that is at stake in increasingly popular…
Descriptors: Children, Philosophy, Relationship, Reflection
Mullen, Carol A.; Schunk, Dale H. – McGill Journal of Education, 2010
In this discussion of professional learning communities (PLCs) in North American public schools, we examine three theoretical frames--leadership, organization, and culture. Issues related to learning are infused throughout our presentation of the frames. Based on our analysis of the current literature on this topic, PLCs offer a promising tool for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Leadership, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
Rhode Island Department of Education, 2013
In a school with a transparent data culture, frequent, low-stakes Data Conversations happen all the time. Although most schools engage in Data Conversations at times, there are some specific strategies and "listen-fors" that can assist educators in making these conversations more productive, such as developing a low-stakes set of…
Descriptors: Data, Professional Development, State Departments of Education, Questioning Techniques
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2011
A household name synonymous with modern telecommunications, Verizon's performance management innovations in 2010 kept pace with the growth of its brand. Many people probably are customers of the company's services. What's less known to the public is the consistent quality of Verizon's learning and development programs. A regular on the "Training"…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Business, On the Job Training, Educational Quality
Stoll, Louise – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
Just as in the United States, political changes in the United Kingdom and other nations affect education policy. Louise Stoll, professor at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London, offers a different view on policy in these excerpts from a conversation with Tracy Crow, Learning Forward's associate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Professional Development
Miller, Queinnise; Kritsonis, William A. – Online Submission, 2009
To move toward educational excellence leaders, teachers, and district administrators must be strategic in planning for instructional success. As this planning takes place, I believe that the concept of "Professional Learning Communities" (PLC) should occupy a large space in a school strategic plan for success. Strategic planning should be viewed…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities, Instructional Effectiveness
Bailey, Thomas; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
In this Brief the authors first report on evidence about the effectiveness (or, unfortunately, in too many cases, the ineffectiveness) of remediation and then provide information about the progression of students through the developmental sequence. They discuss problems associated with the crucial assessments and make a brief statement about…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Raising Participation--Or Furthering Exclusion? Regional Lifelong Learning Strategies under Scrutiny
Schreiber-Barsch, Silke – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
The article brings into question the issue of regional network strategies aiming at implementing structures of lifelong learning in the local context, the so-called learning communities. Facing a broad diversity in their implementation all over Europe, one can observe on the other hand much less effort to discuss conceptual frameworks that deal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Structures, Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning
Doerr, Hanna – Principal, 2009
"What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future" by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future tells that teacher quality is the single most important factor in determining student achievement, so principals are wise to put their efforts into improving teaching in their schools. However, principals do not need to take on…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Veterans
Pace, Diana; Witucki, Laurie; Blumreich, Kathleen – NASPA Journal, 2008
This paper describes the rationale and the step by step process for setting up a WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) learning community at one institution. Background information on challenges for women in science and engineering and the benefits of a learning community for female students in these major areas are described. Authors discuss…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Discourse Communities, Sciences, Engineering
Maher, Jeff; Burroughs, Christina; Dietz, Laurel; Karnbach, AnneMarie – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
This article describes how teachers who were once isolated by distance and the nature of their jobs are connecting across schools in online professional learning communities. While riding the wave of technology, St. Mary's County Public Schools in Leonardtown, Maryland, is providing a connection for teachers that extends beyond school walls.…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Teaching (Occupation), Professional Development, Geographic Isolation
Hall, Pete – Principal, 2009
During the author's first decade in school administration, coupled with his work with the National Association of Elementary School Principals' National Principal Mentoring Certification Program, he has collected a few nuggets worth sharing to rookie principals. In this article, he discusses what he calls his 7UP (Seven Unyielding Principles): (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Career Guidance, Mentors, Personnel Selection
Rennie, Hamish G. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2010
The experience in developing a student-led academic journal, the Lincoln Planning Review, to provide experiential learning that links undergraduates in a small professional planning programme directly to research publication is described. A combination of circumstances, including an impending review of the programme by the external professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Experiential Learning, Academic Discourse