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English Teacher Training Courses in Iranian Private Language Institutes: Issues and Options
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Ganji, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
This study aims to paint a vivid picture of the English teacher training courses held in Iranian private language institutes, both to critically analyse their aims and content, and to find their strengths and weaknesses. In line with this, qualitative data were gathered through information available on 34 institutes' websites, narrative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Teacher Education Programs, College Second Language Programs
Collaborative Epistemic Discourse in Classroom Information-Seeking Tasks
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Knight, Simon; Mercer, Neil – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
The authors discuss the relationship between information seeking and epistemic beliefs--beliefs about the source, structure, complexity and stability of knowledge--in the context of collaborative information-seeking discourses. They further suggest that both information seeking, and epistemic cognition research agendas, have suffered from a lack…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Epistemology, Beliefs, Cooperative Learning
Cascading the Use of Web 2.0 Technology in Secondary Schools in the United Kingdom: Identifying the Barriers beyond Pre-Service Training
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Boulton, Helen; Hramiak, Alison – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2014
This paper reports on research that took place at two universities in the United Kingdom, over two years. The research focuses on the use of Web 2.0 technology, specifically blogs, with pre-service teachers, both during their university programme and the first year of teaching as full-time newly qualified teachers (NQTs). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Barriers, Web 2.0 Technologies
Finding Their Voices: A Narrative Inquiry of Sixth-Grade Lumbee Males Who Struggle with Reading
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Fletcher, Michael Shane – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This narrative inquiry collective case study investigated the experiences of six sixth grade American Indian males of the Lumbee tribe who struggle with reading. Bounded within an asynchronous closed wiki site, students from three sixth grade classes participated in online threaded discussions and created, posted, and viewed multimedia projects…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, American Indian Students, Males
An Evaluative Case Study: The Influence of Institutional Policies, Procedures, and Practices on Completion of Nontraditional Transfer Students at a Private, Religious-Based, Doctoral Degree-Granting, Moderate Research University
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Pack, Elizabeth Myra – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this single, intrinsic, evaluative case study was to examine the problem of nontraditional transfer student completion at a private, religious-based, doctoral degree-granting, moderate research university in North Carolina. The following research questions guided the study: (a) How do institutional policies, procedures, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Research Universities, Nontraditional Students
A Grounded Theory Study of the Process of Accessing Information on the World Wide Web by People with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Blodgett, Cynthia S. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to examine the process by which people with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) access information on the web. Recent estimates include amateur sports and recreation injuries, non-hospital clinics and treatment facilities, private and public emergency department visits and admissions, providing…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities