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Gale, Trevor; Cosgrove, Debbie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
The messages teachers convey to their students through their use of language can often go unconsidered, yet such practices can have a significant impact on students and their schooling, and in the creation of learning difficulties. In this paper we employ a discursive and ideological approach to analysing teachers' language practices and suggest…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Communication
Howes, Elaine V.; Jones, Kathleen M.; Rosenthal, Bill – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
The inspiration for this paper was a retreat in which education students and professors spent a weekend at a forest preserve, conducting biodiversity studies. Our writing describes the power of our retreat as a scientific, social and pedagogical learning experience. The three authors present our written reflections individually, prefaced by a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Biodiversity, Science Teachers, Learning Experience