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Ho, Lauren Lum – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The community of inquiry (COI) framework is a theoretical and practical model for creating deep, meaningful online learning experiences through three essential and interconnected elements: teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence. Asynchronous online discussions (AODs) are the typical communication medium in a COI; therein, a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion
Kidwell, Tabitha – ProQuest LLC, 2019
English teachers must be prepared to attend to the intercultural aspects of language learning. In Indonesia, this challenge is compounded by education policies that also require teachers to sustain Indonesian cultural values. Without explicit preparation or guidance, these two expectations could be quite challenging to novice teachers. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Lopez, Leslie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Video has been shown to be an effective tool for synthesizing theory and connecting theory to practice in meaningful ways. This design-based research study examined how localized video of a practicing teacher impacted pre-service teachers' ability to learn culturally responsive teaching (CRT) methods and targeted strategies in an online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Education, Video Technology, Classroom Techniques
Gray, Larry D., II – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined differences in perception of teachers in high schools that had implemented PLCs and high schools that had not implemented PLCs. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were statistically significant differences in the perception of teachers in the two separate groups in terms of how they incorporated…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Communities of Practice
Marsh, Rose M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Schools have gone through educational reforms having various focuses on curriculum changes, consolidation, open classrooms, mastery learning, decentralization, shared decisionmaking, legislative mandates and controls, high expectations, integrated thematic instruction, professional development, technology integration, and standards with…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Virtual Classrooms
Steele, Bronwen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Health science students like students in many disciplines exhibit difficulty with transferring content from one course to another. For example, the problem explored in this study occurred when overlapping concepts were presented in introductory biology and chemistry courses, but students could not transfer the concepts to the other disciplinary…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Action Research, Cooperation, Chemistry