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Miller, Matthew James – Teacher Educator, 2009
This study investigates the preservice teacher learning in the context of conversations about their field-based challenges. First, a review of the literature explores studies that highlight the role of evidence-based conversation as a mechanism to approach the inevitable problems faced by teachers in the classroom. The subsequent case study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Speech Communication, Professional Development
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Price, Christine G.; McGee, Christy D. – Teacher Educator, 2009
This article summarizes the literature concerning the use of visual and textual metaphors and describes outcomes of a project designed to help teacher education candidates begin integrating their personal beliefs about teaching with their growing professional knowledge and emergent practice. By using metaphors, teacher educators have the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Figurative Language, Teacher Educators, Literature Reviews
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Dixon, Carol N.; Green, Judith – Language Arts, 2009
In this article, the authors present a "telling case" of the history of the Santa Barbara Classroom Discourse Group (SBCDG) and describe how policies supported and constrained the work of this sustaining community. As a telling case, this discussion of policy issues that were constructed and faced by members of the SBCDG does not claim…
Descriptors: Group Experience, Policy Analysis, Case Studies, Inquiry
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Day, Deanna; Kroon, Sally – Middle School Journal (J3), 2010
Fifty-one sixth graders participated in three rounds of online literature circles and three face-to-face literature circles. The authors describe how the online literature circles were introduced and organized in the classroom and discuss the tensions, struggles, and successes from their implementation. An analysis of qualitative data yielded…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle Schools, Reflective Teaching, Literature
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Keim, Jeanmarie; McDermott, J. Cynthia; Gerard, Maureen R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
The article examines a group format for promoting Hispanic students' transition from community colleges to university colleges of education. Students were exposed to Hispanic role models, did extensive writing, and participated in reflective discourse within large and small groups during the six-week summer program. All students successfully…
Descriptors: Role Models, Summer Programs, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students
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Chesbro, Patricia; Boxler, Nancy – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
Network learning supported by 21-century technology is reweaving the fabric of how educators acquire and create new knowledge. At the Alaska Educational Innovations Network (AEIN), educators believe this has the potential to change how a profession looks at professional development. They have learned that using technology to support networks…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Social Support Groups, Networks, Educational Change
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O'Neal, Debra; Ringler, Marjorie C.; Lys, Diana B. – Journal of Staff Development, 2009
This article describes how an effort to help two schools achieve high levels of teacher implementation of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) resulted in a deeper understanding of the true learning value of a sustained and committed partnership among university faculty, district personnel, and school-based educators. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Central Office Administrators, Elementary School Teachers, Partnerships in Education
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Alfassi, Miriam – Reading Psychology, 2009
This comparative study examines the role of contextual features embedded in a dialogic environment in fostering literacy. The study, implemented by language arts teachers in a middle school setting, investigates the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to create a collaborative dialogic learning environment that imparts literacy. The…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Discourse Communities, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy
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Dong, Ting; Anderson, Richard C.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Wu, Xiaoying – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Is it feasible to hold concurrent, small-group, peer-managed discussions in large elementary school classes? We sought an initial answer to this question in a fifth-grade class in Hefei, China. The 52 students in the class were divided into seven small groups. The seven groups held four simultaneous discussions without immediate supervision or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Discussion Groups
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Martinez, Aja Y. – College English, 2009
Students of color (in particular, those who are first-generation Chicano/a as well as first-generation college students), form a discourse community with a tendency to rely on dominant color-blind ideology concerning freedom of choice and equal opportunity to explain their positions within the academy. In this article, the author analyzes the…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, First Generation College Students, Rhetoric, Academic Achievement
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Parker, Bruce; Bach, Jacqueline – English Journal, 2009
The idea for a professional development book group emerged from the authors ongoing conversations with colleagues about how teachers can gain the understanding necessary not only to foster and support gender variant and transgender students, but also incorporate these experiences into their curriculum in a meaningful way. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Professional Development, English Instruction, Book Reviews
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Visher, Mary G.; Schneider, Emily; Wathington, Heather; Collado, Herbert – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
The Learning Communities Demonstration is a large-scale, random assignment evaluation of learning community programs at six community colleges. During the first year of the demonstration, all six colleges expanded their learning community programs and, in the process, faced similar challenges in selecting courses to link, recruiting and supporting…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Social Support Groups, Community Colleges, Eligibility
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Junco, Reynol; Chickering, Arthur W. – About Campus, 2010
For centuries, issues of civil discourse only arose concerning written and oral communication. But now, new technologies for communication and social interaction, particularly social media, have dramatically expanded the potential for human interaction. They generate significant challenges for institutional policies and practices to encourage and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Opportunities, Interaction, Technological Advancement
von Frank, Valerie, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
"The Learning System" is a newsletter designed for superintendents and central office staff with professional learning responsibilities. This issue includes: (1) District Pulls Together in Pursuit of Excellence: Creating Collaboration Systemwide Requires Commitment (Valerie von Frank); (2) Scheduling Time for Teacher Learning Is Key for…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Central Office Administrators, School Districts, Faculty Development
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Jenks, Christopher Joseph – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
There has been extensive reporting on the interactional characteristics of multi-participant text-based chat rooms. In these chat rooms there are several students typing at the same time, often on more than one topic. As a result, it is not uncommon to see multiple overlapping utterances. Despite these communicative challenges, research suggests…
Descriptors: Cues, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Teleconferencing
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