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Kobayashi, Masaki – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
The present study provides an in-depth, longitudinal account of an undergraduate student's L2 discourse socialization in an academic exchange program in Canada. By invoking Rogoff's (1995) notion of participatory appropriation, this qualitative case study examined an L2 student's task-related strategies and performance as they evolved over time in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Socialization, Undergraduate Students, Study Abroad
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Kindle, Karen J. – Reading Improvement, 2013
Shared reading is a common practice in preschool classrooms and is purported to develop oral language, print concepts, and listening comprehension. The actual practice of reading aloud differed greatly among observed classrooms resulting in variations in potential positive effects. This study examines the potential effects of professional…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Faculty Development, Interaction
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Bayraktar, Aysegül – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: Within Language Arts instruction the use of teacher-student writing conferences is accepted as an effective strategy for teaching writing. The writing conference allows for an individual one-on-one teacher-student conversation about the students' writing or writing process and provides the student an audience in terms of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Language Arts
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Martin, Anita M.; Hand, Brian – Research in Science Education, 2009
This longitudinal case study describes the factors that affect an experienced teacher's attempt to shift her pedagogical practices in order to implement embedded elements of argument into her science classroom. Research data was accumulated over 2 years through video recordings of science classes. The Reformed Teacher Observation Protocol (RTOP)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Teaching Styles, Observation, Instructional Innovation
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Hennessy, Sara; Mercer, Neil; Warwick, Paul – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: This article describes how we refined an innovative methodology for equitable collaboration between university researchers and classroom practitioners building and refining theory together. The work builds on other coinquiry models in which complementary professional expertise is respected and deliberately exploited in order to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Observation, Questionnaires
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Gebhard, Jerry G. – TESL-EJ, 2005
To truly develop as teachers, we need to be free to explore teaching, and exploration can be based on a set of principles and ways to explore. Principles can include: (1) transcending the goal of improving our teaching by aiming at seeing teaching differently, (2) taking responsibility for our own teaching while recognizing the need for others,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Principles, Educational Objectives, Transformative Learning