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Land, Susan M.; Draper, Darryl C.; Ma, Ziyan; Hsieh, Hsiu-Wei; Smith, Brian K.; Jordan, Robert – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
Current approaches to workplace learning emphasize designing communities of practice that are intended to support both formal and informal knowledge acquisition. This article presents the design and research of a knowledge-based community of practice for Subaru, based on principles outlined by Scardamalia (2002) and Zhang, Scardamalia, Lamon,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Integrated Learning Systems
Cercone, James – English Education, 2009
The history between Cheektowaga Central and the University at Buffalo illustrates the benefits of forming long-term collaborative relationships between teacher education programs and local schools. In 1998, the author was approached by Suzanne Miller regarding the possibility of Meg Callahan, then a doctoral student at the University at Buffalo,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Suburban Schools
Saltiel, Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A quasi-experiment using quantitative methods was conducted to examine the effects on academic student outcomes when a cohort of employed low-SES community college commuter students (the treatment group, N=198) participated in a comprehensive support and access intervention program, compared with similar students (the matched comparison group,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
Marzano Research Laboratory, 2011
This document contains the Phase III report from the "What Works in Oklahoma Schools" study. As opposed to describing the findings from the study that was conducted, it provides a tool-kit that can be used by Oklahoma principals and teachers to determine the best courses of action for their schools and classrooms. The tools provided in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Administrators, Needs Assessment, Reflective Teaching
Thornton, Kate; Yoong, Pak – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
The purpose of this research was to explore the use of ICT to support leadership learning within an education context. Leadership development opportunities that encourage reflection, the development of self-awareness, the sharing of practice, and that support the transfer of learning back to the workplace are challenging to fit into the life of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Transfer of Training, Leadership Training
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2008
This report details five principles for creating powerful classrooms and offers a new vision for professional development: (1) High Structure; (2) High Challenge; (3) Intensity; (4) Intentionality and Learning How to Learn; and (5) Inquiry and Making Learning Visible. Included are recommendations drawn from the work of the 11 community college…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Learning Strategies, Professional Development
Caroll, Kevin S. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2008
This paper uses mixed methods to document how a new charter school's curriculum facilitates in the development of a learning community. The study highlights diverse curricular practices that often do not take place in traditional public schools. The school's philosophy and curriculum, which is based in social justice, provides a unique environment…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Charter Schools, Critical Theory, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
Cashman, Holly R. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2008
This paper examines the use of impoliteness by Spanish-English bilingual pre-adolescents as a resource for accomplishing identities in spontaneous conversational interactions in an elementary school setting. The theoretical approach employed integrates the concept of relational work (Locher 2004; Locher and Watts 2005), which is based on Goffman's…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Interpersonal Communication, Social Environment, Bilingualism
Cullen, Roxanne; Harris, Michael – Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2008
A new generation of faculty is entering the academic workforce and they are increasingly dissatisfied with current working environments. Institutions must begin to address the changing nature of this new generation. This article reports on a New Faculty Orientation program based on elements of the learner-centered pedagogy. The goal was to achieve…
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Beginning Teacher Induction, College Faculty, Work Environment
Mueller, Julia; Renzl, Birgit; Kaar, Alexandra – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2008
The availability of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has led organisations to implement different kinds of electronic knowledge networks and communities. While the technological infrastructure connects employees in different locations and allows for learning and the flow of knowledge across traditional organisational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Mediated Communication
Watland, Kathleen Hanold; Hallenbeck, Stephen M.; Kresse, William J. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Organizations are increasingly interested in creating learning opportunities for their employees. This article explores and describes how a university planned to increase employee interactions and organizational learning opportunities by fostering emergence of communities of practice. In this case study, Saint Xavier University offered an academic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Communities of Practice, Social Cognition, Case Studies
De Wever, Bram; Van Winckel, Myriam; Valcke, Martin – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
The objectives of this study are to explore the use of asynchronous discussion groups during medical students' clinical rotation in paediatrics. In particular, the impact of role assignment on the level of knowledge construction through social negotiation is studied. Case-based asynchronous discussion groups were introduced to enhance reflection…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Program Effectiveness, Content Analysis
Wylie, E. Caroline; Lyon, Christine J.; Goe, Laura – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This paper outlines an approach to improving learning and teaching that combines two strong research bases: The research on formative assessment or assessment for learning provides information about what to change; research on teacher learning communities guides decisions about how to change. In this paper we describe the content and process for…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Educational Change, Professional Development, Communities of Practice
Carroll, David, Ed.; Featherstone, Helen, Ed.; Featherstone, Joseph, Ed.; Feiman-Nemser, Sharon, Ed.; Roosevelt, Dirck, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
At a time when traditional teacher education is coming under fire, "Transforming Teacher Education" presents a powerful vision of what teacher education could and should be. "Transforming Teacher Education" offers an intimate, reflective account of the development of the renowned Team One teacher education program at Michigan…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Communities of Practice