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Hildenbrand, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The passage of current educational legislation such as the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA) and the more recent "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act has increased the desire for greater inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms. Serving the need of all students in inclusive classrooms…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Action Research
Quezada, Reyes L.; Alfaro, Cristina – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
In an article published in the "International Education Journal" entitled "Beyond Educational Tourism: Lessons Learned While Student Teaching Abroad," Quezada (2005) provides an overview of the literature regarding student teaching abroad experiences. This article summarizes his literature review and applies the findings to a…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Foreign Students, International Education, Global Approach
Rossiter, Marsha – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
The possible selves construct is presented as a useful and largely untapped perspective on adult learning. Special attention is given to the role of educational helping relationships in fostering positive possible selves among adult learners.
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Self Efficacy, Self Concept
Haller, Coralie; Fisher, Ron; Gapp, Rod – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2007
Purpose: To provide an understanding of the ways in which Confucian Heritage students use reflection as a means of learning at university. Design/methodology/approach: The approach is an exploratory qualitative study into the ways in which Confucian Heritage students learn while studying at university. Data are collected by means of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning, Cognitive Processes
Burnett, Greg; Lingam, Govinda Ishwar – International Review of Education, 2007
This article reports on a study of Pacific primary school teachers' and university lecturers' reflections on their involvement in the in-service Bachelor of Education degree programme offered at the regional University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji. Two rich sets of data have emerged from this study. Firstly, there are a number of critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators
Robertson, Joanne Marie – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2008
This descriptive narrative presents a university/school partnership that led to an inquiry-based approach to language arts instruction, resulting in increased opportunities for reflective teaching and learning, students' environmental awareness projects, the integration of science, and the individualization of instruction at the middle school…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Inquiry, Program Descriptions, College School Cooperation
Reed, Judith; Black, Deborah J. – Multicultural Education, 2006
By describing an innovative model for teacher education, these authors hope to contribute to an interrogation of teacher education, class, and culture within the current political and economic system. Inaugurated at Keene State College in New Hampshire in May 2002, World Educational Links (WEL) prepares future educators for anti-oppressive…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teacher Education Curriculum, Transformative Learning, Teacher Education
Gray-Rosendale, Laura – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2006
Gray-Rosendale continues a project begun with "Investigating Our Discursive History: "JBW" and the Construction of the "Basic Writer's" Identity" ("JBW" 1999) in which she employed a Foucauldian archaeological perspective to trace the dominance of as well as the disruptions within the three major metaphoric allegiances of basic writing studies:…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Context Effect
Rowan, Leonie – 2001
As much as any society of people, Australians represent themselves as equals. Yet few Australians are able to fit the widely circulated myths about what is normal, valuable, and desirable in their society. This book enables teachers and their students to challenge the multiplicity of texts that combine to tell Australians who they are and who they…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Diversity (Student), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Fisher-Yoshida, Beth; Geller, Kathy D.; Wasserman, Ilene C. – Online Submission, 2005
Today's complex global environment calls for leaders to be agile decision makers, engage in critical self-reflection, integrate reflection with action, and partner with those who are different in significant ways. These capabilities and skills are the core qualities of transformative learning. This paper weaves research findings that explore…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Conflict Resolution, Human Resources, Conflict
McGough, David J. – 2002
This research project explored the manner in which veteran school principals learn of, and become committed to, new perspectives and practices. Personal stories of formative and transformative change from the careers of 23 school principals were collected and analyzed comparatively. Four analytic frameworks emerged from the project and provide a…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Adult Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Experience

Dochy, F. J. R. C.; And Others – European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1996
Research shows that learning efficiency increases by building on prior knowledge and using multiple assessment tools. Powerful learning environments start with authentic problems and build knowledge through cooperative learning. Informal assessments integrated with assessments of prior knowledge identify further educational approaches. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Efficiency, Learning Processes

Grudens-Schuck, Nancy; Cramer, Julianne; Exner, Derrick; Shour, Mark – Journal of Extension, 2003
To improve the teaching skills of peer educators in Iowa Extension, workshops exposed them to constructivist and transformative approaches to adult education. Attendees identified two challenges as impediments to adopting or adapting the contemporary model for adult education: low confidence in facilitating discussions and concerns about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Principles, Extension Education

Laiken, Marilyn – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1997
Describes an organizational learning course based on transformative learning theory that illustrates approaches to developing constructive learning environments, enhancing team learning, examining mental models, supporting systems thinking, and achieving personal mastery. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, Graduate Study

Pratt, Dave; Noss, Richard – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2002
Explores the growth of mathematical knowledge and the relationship between abstraction and context. Builds on work to construct a viable model of the micro-evolution of mathematical knowledge in context whose central feature is the visibility of its mechanisms. Illustrates a case study of 10-11-year-old children's construction of meanings for…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Knowledge Level