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Working within the System: The Effects of Standardized Testing on Education Outreach and Community Writing
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Parfitt, Elizabeth; Shane, Stephen – Community Literacy Journal, 2016
This snapshot describes and reflects upon two case studies of community writing projects between Emerson College and Boston Public Schools. Emerson College students were asked to tutor 10th grade BPS students for the English Language Arts portion of the state standardized assessment. Through both quantitative results and qualitative reflection,…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Writing Instruction, Community Programs, College School Cooperation
History as a Foreign Language: Can We Teach Year 11 Pupils to Write with Flair?
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Simmonds, Claire – Teaching History, 2016
Disappointed that the use of the "PEEL" writing scaffold had led her Year 11 students to write some rather dreary essays, Claire Simmonds reflected that a lack of specific training on historical writing might be to blame. Drawing on genre theory and the work of the history teaching community, Simmonds attempted to theorise the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
The Role of Context in Developing Informal Statistical Inferential Reasoning: A Classroom Study
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Pfannkuch, Maxine – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2011
Context is identified as an important factor when considering the learning of informal statistical inferential reasoning, but research in this area is very limited. This small exploratory study in one grade 10 (14 year olds) classroom seeks to learn more about the role context plays in learners' inferential reasoning, where both teacher and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics, Instruction, Role
The Deep Roots of the Fairness Committee in Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory
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Olson, Christine – Schools: Studies in Education, 2011
Earlier essays in this symposium describe Restorative Justice processes in schools, referred to in our school as a Fairness Committee. Implementing these collaborative, restorative processes does not come without challenges. This essay will explore some of the historical and theoretical roots of the Fairness Committee in Lawrence Kohlberg's work…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Social Theories, Justice, Conflict Resolution
The Future of the Physical Learning Environment: School Facilities that Support the User
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Kuuskorpi, Marko; Gonzalez, Nuria Cabellos – CELE Exchange, 2011
This paper presents the conclusions of a study, carried out in collaboration with schools in six European countries, which focused on tomorrow's physical learning environments. The study, which stemmed from a project entitled Forum for the Future and which was funded by the Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE), was designed to contribute to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Futures (of Society), Physical Environment
"Where's the Line?"--Negotiating Simulated Experiences to Define Teacher Identity
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Dotger, Benjamin H.; Smith, Melissa J. – New Educator, 2009
Teacher professional identity is a concept defined and researched in a multitude of ways (Beijaard, Meijer, & Verloop, 2004). This manuscript approaches teacher identity formation from the foundations of situated cognition, social learning, and identity in community practice. Focusing on a unique teacher development intervention designed to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Professional Personnel, Identification, Beginning Teachers