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Shock Waves: Academic Witnessing as Resiliency Practice in Higher Education
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Laura Cruz; Roxanne Atterholt – Journal of Faculty Development, 2024
Recent research has emphasized the affective components of both learning and teaching. While the former has been extensively studied, the emotional challenges faced by instructors are comparatively less so. Micro-communities, such as the one assessed in the present study, have been identified as potentially effective resiliency strategies for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Resilience (Psychology), College Faculty, Teaching Methods
Community Representations in Learning Communities
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Dingyloudi, Filitsa; Strijbos, Jan-Willem – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This conceptual paper revisits a set of pivotal learning community notions filtered through sociological and community psychology perspectives to unravel representations of the community construct within learning contexts. A conceptual review of sociological and community psychology perspectives on the community construct is initially presented.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Community, Sociology, Psychology
The Utility of Naplan Data: Issues of Access, Use and Expertise for Teaching and Learning
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Christine J. Jackson – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2022
Internationally, assessment and the use of diagnostic data are recognized as critical capabilities for teachers. This is not a recent development, with assessment recognized for some decades as playing a significant role in informing learning and learners.This paper will examine whether teachers and members of the school leadership team utilize…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Literacy, Numeracy, Instructional Leadership
Interpersonal Issues in Knowledge Sharing: The Impact of Professional Discretion in Knowledge Sharing and Learning Communities
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van Houten, Maarten M. – Teacher Development, 2023
This study aims to provide insight into individual teachers' behaviour and decisions regarding the exchange of knowledge, focusing on status, interdependence and reciprocity, and psychological safety. It highlights the key role of the individual professional in knowledge-sharing and professional development contexts. A social-constructivist…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Sharing Behavior, Decision Making, Teacher Attitudes
The Social Structure of Networked Improvement Communities: Cultivating the Emergence of a Scientific-Professional Learning Community
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Russell, Jennifer Lin; Bryk, Anthony S.; Peurach, Donald J.; Sherer, David; LeMahieu, Paul G.; Khachatryan, Edit; Sherer, Jennifer Z.; Hannan, Maggie – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2021
A burgeoning set of education-related organizations join networks each year, reflecting a shared belief that problems in education are too complex for any one educator or organization to solve on their own and that collaboration can support educational improvement. The goal of this paper is to describe how networked improvement communities (NICs)…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Communities of Practice, Problem Solving, Guidelines
First and Second Modern Language Ideologies, Cosmopolitan Discourses of English and the Emergence of New Social Hierarchies in Transnational Contexts
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Schneider, Britta – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
This article scrutinises language discourse in transnational culture and considers theories on "reflexive modernity" (Beck et al. 2003) for analysis. I introduce symbolic meanings of language in transnational Communities of Practice constituted by salsa dance, where, depending on dance styles and on local, national and transnational…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Neoliberalism, Communities of Practice