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Murphy, Joseph; Elliott, Stephen N.; Goldring, Ellen; Porter, Andrew C. – Learning Sciences Institute, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2006
The purpose of this analysis is to describe the research base that undergirds the emerging concept of learning-centered leadership. We begin with our definition of leadership. Leadership is "the process of influencing others to achieve mutually agreed upon purposes for the organization" (Patterson, 1993, p. 3). Next, we make a number of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Models, Leadership Qualities
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Westerlund, Heidi – International Journal of Music Education, 2006
A commonly accepted assumption in music education based on the apprenticeship tradition is that teachers deliver their musical expertise using pedagogically relevant methods that will help them to have effective mastery and control over the process of learning. This article decentres the traditional notion of mastery and pedagogy. Rather, it is…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Music Education, Music, Musicians
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Wood, Diane – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: In an era of high stakes accountability, public school districts struggle to improve teaching and learning for all students. As a result, effective professional development approaches for teachers are a high priority. Recently, teachers' learning communities (LCs) have been recommended because successful LCs foster teacher…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Program Effectiveness, Focus Groups, Teacher Role
Banilower, Eric R.; Smith, P. Sean; Weiss, Iris R.; Malzahn, Kristen A.; Campbell, Kiira M.; Weis, Aaron M. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. A total of 7,752 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Teacher Background
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Hershberger, Andrew; Spence, Maria; Cesarini, Paul; Mara, Andrew; Jorissen, Kathleen Topolka; Albrecht, David; Gordon, Jeffrey J.; Lin, Canchu – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2009
Building upon a related 2005 panel presentation at the 25th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, the authors, several tenure-track assistant professors and tenured associate professors who have participated in a Research and Teaching Faculty Learning Community at Bowling Green State University, share their…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Teacher Effectiveness
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Childers, Jeri; Archer, Thomas – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2003
Three universities are fostering leaders committed to (1) defining models of scholarship, (2) building a network of leaders that can learn from each other, and (3) creating an outreach culture. This three-way university partnership has established an annual conference and an online learning community to support a network of leaders. How have the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Outreach Programs, Models, Partnerships in Education
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Luppicini, Rocci – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
This theoretical paper utilizes cybernetic-­based approaches (Bopry, 1999; Wiener, 1954) and communications theory (Habermas, 1984, 1990; Krippendorff, 1994) to advance knowledge of constructivist learning. I argue that past educational research literature on constructivist learning is partly responsible for limiting how educational designers…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research, Communities of Practice
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Letman, Simon – Teaching History, 2005
What kinds of interaction take place in a history department? What might be their value? Between 1999 and 2003, Simon Letman, then history teacher and Director of Studies at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich, set out to discover how the rich variety of between-teacher- interactions, so much a feature of the department he had worked in for…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Interaction, Professional Identity
Burch, Patricia; Spillane, James – Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, 2004
No silver bullets for improving achievement for all students exist. However, anyone whose paycheck comes from a school district is ultimately responsible for these students. "Leading From the Middle: Mid-Level District Staff and Instructional Improvement," the first in a series of reports drawn from a larger, qualitative study of district/school…
Descriptors: Central Office Administrators, Middle Management, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
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Ben-Ari, Mordechai – Science & Education, 2005
Lave and Wenger have proposed that learning is situated and occurs by means of legitimate peripheral participation within a community of practice, in contrast with conventional schools which are based upon the assumption that knowledge can be decontextualized. I argue that their perspective is inappropriate for science teaching, because a newcomer…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Traditional Schools, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Dewhurst, Frank W.; Navarro, Juan G. Cegarra – Learning Organization, 2004
External communities of practice are groups formed by company clients and employees based on common interests, commitment, mutual trust and collaboration whose members regularly share knowledge and learning. This paper examines how external communities of practice contribute to the creation of relational capital through an empirical investigation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning, Shared Resources and Services, Small Businesses
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Thies, Cameron G. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
The evidence on learning communities suggests that student intellectual and psychosocial development is improved by participation. Faculty members become rejuvenated as learners once again through rediscovering the boundaries and intersection of their discipline with others. Active learning, collaborative learning, strategies to improve critical…
Descriptors: Political Science, Communities of Practice, Concept Formation, Active Learning
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Creanor, Linda; Walker, Steve – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
As networked learning becomes familiar at all levels and in all sectors of education, cross-fertilisation of innovative methods can usefully inform the lifelong learning agenda. Development of the pedagogical architectures and social processes, which afford learning, is a major challenge for educators as they strive to address the varied needs of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Lifelong Learning, Unions, Foreign Countries
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Goodfellow, Joy – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2004
Many early childhood practitioners use pedagogical documentation as an important process that enables children's thinking to be represented in a form that can be readily shared with others (Dahlberg et al., 1999). Documentation in the form of a professional portfolio provides a vehicle for reflection and an appreciation of the complexities and…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Documentation, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development
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Herndon, Craig – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2006
Virginia's assessment of student learning outcomes has been lauded by national organizations for its respect of institutional autonomy while providing meaningful information on student learning outcomes. Virginia recently implemented a process by which each institution's plan to assess student learning outcomes are evaluated by peer institutions.…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Assessment, Institutional Autonomy, Peer Evaluation
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