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Petersen, Eva Bendix – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2008
Drawing on material collected amongst Danish and Australian humanities and social science academics, the article illustrates and problematises a particular and recurring discursive practice amongst academics: "the conduct of concern". Conceptualising the conduct of concern as an exclusionary and de-legitimising discursive practice, the…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Discourse Analysis, Humanities, Academic Discourse
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Armstead, Cathleen L.; Bessell, Ann G.; Sembiante, Sabrina; Plaza, Miriam Pacheco – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
Despite the wealth of studies on smaller learning communities (SLCs), student voices are missing from the debate on high school reform. This article examines how students experience SLCs. A participatory research method, data-in-a-day was used to provide a systematic and inclusive method for gathering data on student perceptions. Data-in-a-day is…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
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Baker, Dale R.; Lewis, Elizabeth B.; Purzer, Senay; Watts, Nievita Bueno; Perkins, Gita; Uysal, Sibel; Wong, Sissy; Beard, Rachelle; Lang, Michael – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2009
This study reports on the context and impact of the Communication in Science Inquiry Project (CISIP) professional development to promote teachers' and students' scientific literacy through the creation of science classroom discourse communities. The theoretical underpinnings of the professional development model are presented and key professional…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Discourse Communities, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles
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Ivancevich, John M.; Gilbert, Jacqueline A.; Konopaske, Robert – Journal of Management Education, 2009
Dialogue is arguably one of the most significant elements of learning in higher education. The premise of this article is that online instructors can creatively facilitate dialogue for effectively teaching online management courses. This article presents a dialogue-focused framework for addressing significant behavioral, structural, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Henig, Jeffrey R.; Stone, Clarence N. – American Journal of Education, 2008
At the national level, debate about school reform typically has been characterized by clashing paradigms offering unicausal explanations and universal prescriptions. At the street level, where parents and practitioners wrestle on a day-to-day basis with questions of what to do, the terms of discussion more typically are concrete, rooted in local…
Descriptors: National Programs, Local History, School Restructuring, Educational Change
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Artzt, Alice F.; Curcio, Frances R. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2008
In response to the critical shortage of qualified mathematics teachers in the U.S., the TIME 2000 Program was created with funds from the National Science Foundation, at Queens College of the City University of New York. Now institutionalized, the program is designed to support the recruitment, preparation, and retention of prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Mathematics Teachers, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
Homana, Gary A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The relationships between a multidimensional model of school community and civic engagement were examined using survey data collected for the 1999 IEA Civic Education Study from large, nationally representative samples of adolescents in Australia and the United States. This study extends previous research by considering the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Communities, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Kilbane, James F., Jr. – NASSP Bulletin, 2009
School change efforts to develop schools as learning communities result in schools that are constantly learning and thus changing. This collective case study of four schools involved in a 4-year reform effort begins to examine the ongoing sustainability of a learning community. The study draws insights about the sustainability of learning…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Development, Learning Activities, Discourse Communities
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Tin, Tan Bee – Language and Education, 2009
The paper discusses the various situational features and linguistic devices reflected in the three most interesting and the three least interesting postgraduate second language acquisition lectures taught by three lecturers. Students attending the classes were invited to record their interest level at regular intervals throughout the session. For…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis, Lecture Method
Chindgren, Tina M. – Online Submission, 2008
Social constructivism provides the framework for exploring communities of practice and storytelling at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in this applied theory paper. A brief overview of traditional learning and development efforts as well as the current knowledge sharing initiative is offered. In addition, a conceptual plan…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Space Exploration, Aviation Technology, Information Technology
Maurer, Martin – Online Submission, 2008
This paper synthesizes conceptual and empirical literature on organizational learning interventions based on dialogue. First, I attempt to delineate the concept of dialogue and to explain its relevance to organizational learning. Examples and arguments in support of dialogic learning initiatives are presented. Organizational realities and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Knowledge Management, Organizational Communication, Organizational Culture
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Saito, Eisuke; Tsukui, Atsushi – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
This paper aims to discuss the challenges in the process of building a learning community in Vietnamese primary schools. Five lessons emerge from the cases. First, changing teachers' beliefs is time-consuming. Second, because of the reluctance of teachers to change, large-scale delivery of the educational project should be critically revisited…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Trust (Psychology), International Cooperation, Educational Change
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Ding, Huiling – Written Communication, 2008
This study reports about a yearlong study of the initiation of novice grant writers to the activity system of National Institutes of Health grant applications. It investigates the use of cognitive apprenticeship within writing classrooms and that of social apprenticeship in laboratories, programs, departments, and universities, which introduced…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Graduate Students, Writing (Composition), Apprenticeships
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Margolin, Ilana – Studying Teacher Education, 2008
This article reports a self-study conducted during my four-year tenure as head of the elementary school department within a college of education. During that period, I explored my developing understanding of the role of relationships in the processes of my professional and personal growth. I describe the three cycles of action that comprise the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Learning Activities, Cooperation
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Smith, Barbara Leigh; MacGregor, Jean – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: In the USA, as elsewhere, there is an ongoing need to improve quality in higher education. Quality improvement models from business have not been widely embraced, and many other approaches to accountability seem to induce minimal compliance. This paper aims to contend that learning communities represent a viable alternative in the quest…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement
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