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Professional Development of Teacher-Educators towards Transformative Learning
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Meijer, Marie-Jeanne; Kuijpers, Marinka; Boei, Fer; Vrieling, Emmy; Geijsel, Femke – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This study explores the specific characteristics of teacher-educator professional development interventions that enhance their transformative learning towards stimulating the inquiry-based attitude of students. An educational design research method was followed. Firstly, in partnership with five experienced educators, a professional development…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Transformative Learning, Qualitative Research
Multilevel Boundary Crossing in a Professional Development School Partnership
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Akkerman, Sanne; Bruining, Ton – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
This study aims to understand the recurrent challenges of professional development school (PDS) partnerships experienced by many countries. It does so by conceptualizing PDS partnerships as endeavors to cross institutionally and epistemologically developed boundaries between teacher education, schooling, and academic research. After introducing…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Empowerment for Sustainability in Higher Education through the EYE Learning Tool
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Tassone, Valentina C.; Dik, Giel; van Lingen, Thekla Anna – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: While empowerment for sustainability is considered a major objective within sustainability-oriented educational programs and policies, little is known about the actual process of empowering students for sustainability through higher education. This study aims to explore this field, by introducing the EYE (Educating Yourself in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Empowerment, Sustainability
Fostering Organizational Sustainability through Dialogical Interaction
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Wals, Arjen E. J.; Schwarzin, Lisa – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to introduce and investigate dialogic interaction as a key element of achieving a transition towards sustainability in people, organizations and society as a whole. Furthermore "sustainability competence" as a potential outcome of such interaction is to be introduced, referring to the capacities and qualities…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Interaction, Case Studies, Models
Revisiting the "Trans-Human" Gestalt: Discussing "Nature" and "Development" with Students of Sustainable Business
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Kopnina, Helen – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2014
This article explores the perceptions of development through metaphor use by students of International Business Management Studies at The Hague University. Students' reflections upon the concepts of nature and development before and after educational intervention are examined through discourse analysis and narrative analysis. Results show that…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, International Trade, Discourse Analysis, Figurative Language
Individual Differences in Learning.
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on individual differences in learning. "Novice and Expert Learning: Impact on Training" (Barbara J. Daley) reports on a study in which 20 novice and expert nurses were interviewed to identify their different learning processes and the factors that facilitated or hindered their learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Educational Environment