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"I Wonder if …": The Process of Inquiry in Support of Students' Co-Learning from Online Discussion
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Williams, Kyle M.; Park, Jeongbin Hannah; Gaines, Rachel E.; Choi, Eunjeong; Lee, Jeonghyun Jonna; Mattar, Lina I.; Schallert, Diane L. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
Current views of literacy have expanded to encompass how individuals in sociocultural systems make meaning as they "read" and "write" their world. From this view, the work of students involved in pursuing deeper understandings as they discuss course concepts is a literacy act. This study focused on the inquiry and questioning…
Descriptors: Literacy, Inquiry, Graduate Students, Online Courses
A Content Analysis of College Reading Association/Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Teacher Education Publications: Past, Present, and Future
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Schumm, Jeanne Shay; Lewis-Spector, Jill; Price, Debra; Doorn, Kristen – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2014
The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a content analysis of the publications of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), previously known as College Reading Association (CRA), in the area of preservice teacher education in literacy. As a service to the organization, 71 articles published in ALER's flagship…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Content Analysis, Journal Articles, Literacy
Building Community through Shared Spaces and Intention
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Hall, Maureen P.; Panarese, Christine M. – Metropolitan Universities, 2016
Present-day educational approaches in higher education and K-12 privilege only cognitive gains from students, who are sometimes only seen as test scores, while neglecting the development of the whole human being. This article documents three unique Building Community events at a public university in the northeast, which were designed to embrace…
Descriptors: Student Development, Holistic Approach, College Students, Educational Methods
Introducing the Social Presence Model to Explore Online and Blended Learning Experiences
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Whiteside, Aimee L. – Online Learning, 2015
This study explores the level of "social presence" or connectedness, in two iterations of a 13-month, graduate-level certificate program designed to help K-12 school leaders integrate technology in their districts. Vygotsky's Social Development Theory serves as the theoretical lens for this programmatic research. The methods include a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Graduate Study, Social Development
Concepts of Literacy of Thai Foundation English Teachers: A National Study
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Riamliw, Jakraphan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation investigated the concepts of literacy held by Thai teachers of university-level Foundation English courses, the connection between concepts of literacy and EFL literacy instruction, teachers' literacy-teaching practices, and the challenges these teachers faced in teaching EFL literacy. The relationship between the concepts of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Literacy, Second Language Instruction
Farmingdale State College Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations. Proceedings of the Annual Conference (27th, Tarrytown, New York, April 5-6, 2013)
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Gonder, Jennifer, Ed.; Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Anderson, Jessica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Included herein is the conference proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2013 was: The Science of Learning. The Conference featured a keynote address by Victor Benassi, Ph.D.…
Descriptors: Psychology, College Instruction, Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Students