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Greer, Tim, Ed.; Ishida, Midori, Ed.; Tateyama, Yumiko, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2017
In the research literature on interactional competence in talk among second language speakers and their coparticipants, this volume of "Pragmatics & Interaction" is the first to focus on interaction in Japanese. The chapters examine the use and development of interactional practices in a wide range of social settings, from everyday…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Bank Street College of Education, 2010
In the second decade of the 21st century, some schools are in trouble and some schools are not. The subject of this Occasional Paper is the preparation of teachers for schools that--lacking sufficient resources, effective leadership, or vocal advocates--are failing to educate their students by any reasonable measures. The teachers and teacher…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change, Early Childhood Education
Schmerler, Gil, Ed.; Mhatre, Nayantara; Stacy, Jill; Patrizio, Kami; Winkler, Jessica Endlich; Groves, Jennifer; Rockwood, Kathleen Dickinson; Lin, Clara E.; Hernandez, Lillian; Solorza, Cristian; Hummel, Robin E. – Bank Street College of Education, 2009
Teacher leadership is "hard." Many of the reasons are obvious: Teaching is a highly labor-intensive profession to begin with, leaving little downtime for work with other adults. School schedules are notoriously stingy with space for adult collaboration. Teachers are rarely paid to exercise leadership; when they are, they are never paid…
Descriptors: School Schedules, School Culture, Teacher Leadership, Mentors