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Materia, Valentina Cristiana; Giarè, Francesca; Klerkx, Laurens – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to analyse the use of Communities of Practice and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance knowledge sharing between researchers and advisors. The associated research question is to what extent ICT supported a virtual Community of Practice and has been effective in counteracting fragmentation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Communities of Practice, Agricultural Education
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Mameli, Consuelo; Molinari, Luisa – Research Papers in Education, 2013
Based on a qualitative analysis of classroom discourse in Italian primary schools, this paper analyses the micro-processes that are emergent moment-by-moment in the unfolding interactions between teacher and pupils. More in particular, our purpose is to identify the conditions under which the interactive orientation of a sequence changes. We argue…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Qualitative Research, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Molinari, Luisa; Mameli, Consuelo; Gnisci, Augusto – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: A sequential analysis of classroom discourse is needed to investigate the conditions under which the triadic initiation-response-feedback (IRF) pattern may host different teaching orientations. Aim: The purpose of the study is twofold: first, to describe the characteristics of classroom discourse and, second, to identify and explore…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries
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Delfino, Manuela; Dettori, Giuliana; Persico, Donatella – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2008
This paper investigates self-regulated learning (SRL) in a virtual learning community of adults interacting through asynchronous textual communication. The investigation method chosen is interaction analysis, a qualitative/quantitative approach allowing a systematic study of the contents of the messages exchanged within online communities. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Units of Study, Preservice Teacher Education
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Graham, Jean Ann; And Others – Journal of Human Movement Studies, 1975
Discusses a study dealing with English, Northern Italian and Southern Italian encoders role-playing specific emotions and degrees of two dimensions of emotion, and presents evidence suggesting that for neither the English nor the Italians, do hand gestures and other bodily cues function as a major communication channel for emotion. Available from:…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Body Language, Cross Cultural Studies, Interaction Process Analysis
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Thiagarajan, K. M.; Deep, Samuel D. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1970
Interactions between three styles of supervisory and three styles of subordinate behavior were studied. Cross cultural similarities in the relationships due to supervisory-subordinate interactions were found, but there were differences when each style was considered separately. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Cross Cultural Studies, Interaction Process Analysis, Leadership Styles
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Kutnick, Peter; Brighi, Antonella; Avgitidou, Sofia; Genta, Maria Luisa; Hannikainen, Maritta; Karlsson-Lohmander, Maelis; Ruiz, Rosario Ortega; Rautamies, Erja; Colwell, Jennifer; Tsalagiorgou, Eleni; Mazzanti, Chiara; Nicoletti, Sandra; Sansavini, Alessandra; Guarini, Annalisa; Romera, Eva; Monks, Claire; Lofqvist, Monica – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This study sought to identify and compare the characteristics of the social pedagogic context of cognitive activities in a sample of early education settings in six European countries (England, Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden). Previous research concerning the social context within which cognitive/learning activities take place has…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Greenglass, Esther Ruth – 1968
The primary purpose of the present investigation is to study the relation between maternal communication and the child's resistance to temptation during an experimental task, among Italian and Canadian families. The nature of maternal communication was assessed by analyzing the verbal behavior of the mother while in discussion with her child. A…
Descriptors: Catholics, Conflict, Conformity, Content Analysis