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Fouse, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Learning communities have provided adults with effective environments for professional growth and allow learners to meaningfully interact about a topic. Online course management systems (CMS) are often used to support a community of learners but do not necessarily facilitate learning communities, and specific constructivist learning activities on…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Adult Learning
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Seraphin, Kanesa Duncan; Philippoff, Joanna; Parisky, Alex; Degnan, Katherine; Warren, Diana Papini – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
A hybrid (face-to-face and online) professional development (PD) course focused on energy science for middle and high school teachers (N = 47) was conducted using the teaching science as inquiry (TSI) framework. Data from the PD indicates that online opportunities enhanced participation and that the TSI structure improved teachers' inquiry…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction, Teacher Attitudes