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Justice, Nicola – ProQuest LLC, 2007
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are responsible for instructing approximately 25% of introductory statistics courses in the United States (Blair, Kirkman, & Maxwell, 2013). Most research on GTA professional development focuses on structured activities (e.g., courses, workshops) that have been developed to improve GTAs' pedagogy and content…
Descriptors: Statistics, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Communities of Practice
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Robinson, Viviane M. J.; Timperley, Helen S. – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine how leaders foster school renewal by facilitating and participating in the types of teacher professional learning and development that improve student academic and non-academic outcomes. The methodology involved a backward mapping strategy that takes as its starting point, not theories of leadership, but…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods, Leadership, Faculty Development
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Kayler, Mary; Weller, Karen – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
One Master's Program, Initiatives in Educational Transformation, has integrated a computer management system (WebCT) into a learner-centered (Weimer, 2002) community of K-12 practicing teachers. Online discussions were an extension of instructional practices that supported dialogue, reflection, and self-assessment for the purpose of continuous…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Independent Study, Discussion Groups, Masters Programs
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Shaffer, David Williamson – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
In an article in this issue of "Innovate", Jim Gee asks the question "What would a state of the art instructional video game look like?" Based on the game "Full Spectrum Warrior", he concludes that one model is "to pick [a] domain of authentic professionalism well, intelligently select the skills and knowledge to…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Learning Theories, Epistemology
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Marti, Eduardo J.; Kutnowski, Martin; Gray, Peter – Community College Journal, 2004
For over 100 years, community colleges have been rightly seen as institutions designed to have an intimate relation to the community they serve. In order to know about the educational needs of the local communities, they were mandated to conduct frequent surveys and subsequently adapt the programs of study. Since its founding in 1959,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, College Faculty
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Abrams, Eleanor; Townson, Lisa; Williams, Julie E.; Sandmann, Lorilee R. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
Faculty development has been identified as a means of enhancing the ability of faculty members at higher education institutions to conduct scholarly engagement with community partners. The University of New Hampshire developed a semester-long Outreach Scholars Academy to help faculty partner with key external stakeholders in conducting research…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Outreach Programs, Scholarship
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Pang, Ming Fai – Teaching Education, 2006
The study that we report in this paper, named as learning study, is a hybrid between a design experiment as characterized by Brown and Collins, and a Japanese lesson study as characterized by Yoshida, and Stigler and Hiebert. This paper aims at tracing the development of the learning study and examining its impact on teacher professional learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Instructional Design
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Lee, N. J. – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
The overall aim of this paper is to give an account of action learning in practice. It demonstrates the potential strengths and weaknesses of action learning. The information given is derived from five years in an action learning set. Significant events from within and without the action learning set will be explored using the themes clarifying;…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Experience, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2012
For the thirty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning
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Hodkinson, Heather; Hodkinson, Phil – International Journal of Training and Development, 2004
This paper explores two different ways of understanding communities of practice in relation to workplace learning. This is based upon a case study of secondary school teachers working and learning in four subject departments in two English schools. In spite of institutional similarities, the cultures and working practices of the departments were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, On the Job Training, Work Experience Programs
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Altrichter, Herbert – Educational Action Research, 2005
The article argues that collective learning plays an important role in the practice of teacher research, which has not yet been adequately dealt with in its theory. Lave & Wenger's (1991) theory of "Situated Learning" is examined as an example for a conceptualisation of collective learning. In the concluding section, some provisions for "learning…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Action Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Ellaway, Rachel; Dewhurst, David; McLeod, Hamish – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2004
The evaluation of virtual learning environments (VLEs) and similar applications has, to date, largely consisted of checklists of system features, phenomenological studies or measures of specific forms of educational efficacy. Although these approaches offer some value, they are unable to capture the complex and holistic nature of a group of…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Communities of Practice, Medical Education, Undergraduate Study
Garland, Marshall W.; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes AISD's 2007-2008 evaluation of year one implementation of the First Things First initiative at 3 high schools.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High School Students, High Schools, Program Evaluation
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Jetton, Tamara L.; Cancienne, Mary Beth; Greever, Brenda – Theory Into Practice, 2008
This article is a descriptive account of a professional learning community established among university professors, university teacher candidates, a school district instructional supervisor, the high school principal, a high school literacy coordinator, and teachers of a Mid-Atlantic high school in the United States. This learning community…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, High Schools, Principals, Literacy
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Groth, Randall E. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2007
Two teachers participating in an online study group provided the foci for in-depth case studies. Transcripts of conversations they had with colleagues about issues related to reform-oriented pedagogy were analyzed from both acquisition and participation perspectives on learning. Both teachers exhibited mainly marginal changes to their pedagogical…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Mathematics Teachers, Case Studies
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