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Matthias Steffel – Ethics and Education, 2024
The article discusses the figure of pedagogical tact in its cultural and social entanglements and transformations. Tact is reconstructed from a dialectical-relational perspective as a utopian figure which arises both within pedagogical relationships and from the relationships to the respective cultural and social conditions -- more precisely: from…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Multicultural Education, Educational Change, Teachers
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Tortorelli, Laura S.; Bruner, Lori – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Learning to spell in English requires the integration of general and specific word knowledge. This paper describes the 'Word Nerds' project, a research-practice partnership consisting of two researchers from a large public university and 17 elementary teachers in seven school districts in the United States. The collaboration was formed to study…
Descriptors: Spelling, Theory Practice Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Shih, Yi-Huang – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator, and was seen as a theorist of critical pedagogy. Freire's works have a particular significance for contemporary education in different countries. This paper aims to rethink Freire's dialogic pedagogy, and further illuminate its implications for teachers' teaching. In order to do so, firstly, we explain the…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Styles, Recognition (Achievement), Theory Practice Relationship
Karimi-Aghdam, Saeed – Online Submission, 2020
James P. Lantolf is George and Jane Greer Professor Emeritus of Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics and former director of the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics in the same academic unit at Xi'an Jiaotong…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wilson, P. Holt; Webb, Jared; Ashe, Lisa – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2018
In this paper, we present findings from an exploratory study of mathematics education stakeholders to understand their professional networks, and acquisition and use of research on mathematics teaching and learning. Evidence suggests that mathematics leaders are key to promoting organizational sensemaking and are more likely to acquire and use…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Mathematics Teachers
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Yang, Kai-Lin; Hsu, Hui-Yu; Lin, Fou-Lai; Chen, Jian-Cheng; Cheng, Ying-Hao – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
This paper aims to explore the educative power of an experienced mathematics teacher educator-researcher (MTE-R) who displayed his insights and strategies in teacher professional development (TPD) programs. To this end, we propose a framework by first conceptualizing educative power based on three constructs--communication, reasoning, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development, Interpersonal Communication
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Cunningham, Summer; Bartesaghi, Mariaelena; Bowman, Jim; Bender, Jennifer – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
How does one create a class where the theoretical concepts emerge through classroom practice and engagement? This is the question that Mariaelena posed to herself when taking over the position of Director of the Interpersonal Communication course at the University of South Florida. In this essay we describe how we worked through a new way of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Writing Processes, Theory Practice Relationship, Classroom Techniques
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González, María José; Gómez, Pedro – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
In this paper, we propose a model to explore how teachers learn pedagogical concepts in teacher education programs that expect them to become competent in lesson planning. In this context, we view pedagogical concepts as conceptual and methodological tools that help teachers to design a lesson plan on a topic, implement this lesson plan and assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
Mower, Deborah, Ed.; Robison, Wade L., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book examines the concept of civility and the conditions of civil disagreement in politics and education. Although many assume that civility is merely polite behavior, it functions to aid rational discourse. Building on this basic assumption, the book offers multiple accounts of civility and its contribution to citizenship, deliberative…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Democracy, Teaching Methods, Democratic Values
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Parker, Darlene Ciuffetelli – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This paper explores narrative inquiry practices in pre-service teacher education program. Written dialogue by teacher candidates provided deep and long term reflection during a 5-year initial teacher education program. This 4-year longitudinal study with 30 teacher candidate participants considers participants' knowledge formation in becoming…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Personal Narratives, Educational Experience
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Wegerif, Rupert – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
This article explores the relationship between ontological assumptions and studies of educational dialogue through a focus on Bakhtin's "dialogic". The term dialogic is frequently appropriated to a modernist framework of assumptions, in particular the neo-Vygotskian or sociocultural tradition. However, Vygotsky's theory of education is dialectic,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Teaching Methods
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Slevin, James – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
This article examines the way in which e-learning is transforming the nature of social interaction in higher education. In this new educational environment, radical societal transitions and the opportunities afforded by modern communication technologies together produce formidable challenges. Significant as these challenges may be, concentration…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Educational Environment
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Friend Wise, Alyssa; Padmanabhan, Poornima; Duffy, Thomas M. – Distance Education, 2009
This mixed-methods study probed the effectiveness of three kinds of objects (video, theory, metaphor) as common reference points for conversations between online learners (student teachers). Individuals' degree of detail-focus was examined as a potentially interacting covariate and the outcome measure was learners' level of tacit knowledge related…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Figurative Language
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Courtney, Richard – Youth Theatre Journal, 1987
Examines the many possible methods used by instructors who work with dramatic action: in educational drama, drama therapy, social drama, and theater. Discusses an emergent taxonomy whereby instructors choose either spontaneous/formal, overt/covert/, or intrinsic/extrinsic methods. (JC)
Descriptors: Audiences, Children, Classification, Criteria
Socha, Thomas Joseph – 1985
Focusing on the use of popular magazines in interpersonal communication instruction, this paper argues that such magazines can provide a rich source for application and criticism of interpersonal communication processes in everyday life. The first section of the paper reviews research and criticism dealing with the content of magazine articles…
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Interpersonal Communication
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