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Teaching and Learning in Kenya: Examining the Shifts in Cultural Learning of Experienced Educators
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Hockett, Eloise – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2018
This qualitative case study examined the cultural learning insights of four educators during and after an immersion experience in Kenya. During this experience the participants delivered professional development sessions to teachers in two rural Kenyan schools, and stayed with Kenyan families. Mezirow's transformational learning theory,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Undergraduate Students
Reflection in a Workplace Qualification: Challenges and Benefits
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Hegarty, Pauline M.; Kelly, Henry A.; Walsh, Anita – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges and benefits that arose from the implementation of an innovative example of employer responsive provision, i.e. of a postgraduate programme that is work-based and designed specifically to meet the needs of the organisation. Design/methodology/approach: The approach is to outline the…
Descriptors: Reflection, Workplace Learning, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Education
Voyage on the SS "School Library Leadership": Collaboration in Teaching and Learning at the University of Vermont
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Kaplan, Judith L.; Ballard, Susan D. – Knowledge Quest, 2012
This article describes the SS "School Library Leadership" maiden voyage, which departed from the University of Vermont (UVM) during the 2010 fall semester. Twelve intrepid sailors followed their sense of adventure into uncharted waters with cocaptains Judy Kaplan and Susan Ballard in an online collaboration that provided a powerful…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Leadership
Facilitating Adult Learning and a Researcher Identity through a Higher Education Pedagogical Process
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Wright, Lisa L.; Lange, Elizabeth; Da Costa, Jose – Online Submission, 2009
This empirical study uses auto-ethnography to describe a higher education pedagogical process that facilitated largely doctoral students in preparing their candidacy proposals through the use of specific adult learning principles. Students' experiences and points of view of such a learning environment were explored, including: (1) how they…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adult Learning, Educational Environment, Researchers
From an e-Portfolio Model to e-Portfolio Practices: Some Guidelines
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Rossi, Pier Giuseppe; Magnoler, Patrizia; Giannandrea, Lorella – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: An e-portfolio is a useful tool to increase reflection and awareness in teachers and students. However, benefits of e-portfolio use are weakened by difficulties due to the lack of motivation, the heavy weight of creation and revision of the e-portfolios, the rigid tool structure. The paper aims to answer these emerging issues, showing how…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Motivation, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
Designing and Co-Facilitating Online Graduate Classes: Reflections and Recommendations
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Wiesenberg, Faye – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2004
This paper reflects on the experiences of two colleagues who co-taught a larger-than-traditional online graduate class in a Master of Continuing Education program in the fall of 2002. Their goal was to test a number of design and facilitation assumptions that had been successful in smaller online graduate-level classes. They began with a set of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Graduate Study, Online Courses, Continuing Education