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Young, Jon – Education Canada, 2004
Schools are the place where the interests of the child and the family join those of the state, and where past, present and future converge. As such, public education is not only responsible for the advancement of socialization but also of transformation. In this article, the author discusses the dual role of public education. As an instrument of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Socialization, Educational Change
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Freeman, Eric; Lakes, Richard D. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2005
The latest model for educational reform emerging in the US vocational-technical delivery system is the employer linked charter school (ELCS). This emerging concept is viewed as a partnership between constituents in the regular school organization and employers who are directly involved in the school's design, governance, and delivery of learning…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Charter Schools, Political Attitudes, Transformative Learning
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Kitchen, Julian; Stevens, Dianne – Ontario Action Researcher, 2004
In this third of four articles discussing the introduction of action research to a class of pre-service teachers, Julian and Dianne draw upon reflections written by students in their teacher program to examine the degree to which engaging in action research heightens their self-awareness.
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Action Research, Reflection, Preservice Teachers
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Oesterreich, Heather – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
Civic education and its call for social studies to prepare students for citizenship in a participatory democracy have been limited to the political domain and touted as participation with the already existing political domain. This paper is a reflection of how engaging with and challenging heterosexism, homophobia, and heteronormativity in a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Studies, Citizenship, Political Socialization
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Brown, Randall; Murti, Gene – Journal of Education for Business, 2003
In this article, the authors describe a unique approach to gaining high student involvement in advanced and MBA level business courses. Most participation occurs at the discussion and activity levels, with the instructor as the "director" who plans, implements, monitors, and evaluates activities. In a student-partner approach, students are brought…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Business Administration Education, Active Learning, Instructional Development
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Senn, Corelyn F. – Religious Education, 2002
In this article the author looks at the image of journey and its archeform, quest, and finds two spiritual concepts: that of movement to the center followed by a return, and the concomitant understanding that all that has arisen and reached maturity must return to renew itself. Four journeys, the shamanic journey of soul, the hero's journey of…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Religion, Travel, Transformative Learning
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Davis, Sara McCormick – Teacher Development, 2005
Developing reflective practice in pre-service student teachers is a goal of many teacher education programs. This article describes three activities used in a graduate teacher education program that were designed to use an arts focus to provoke deeper reflection about teaching and learning. Clay tiles were used for illustrating personal metaphors…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Figurative Language, Reflective Teaching
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Motteram, Gary – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
This paper discusses the role of blended learning in teacher education on a Master's programme at Manchester University. Blended learning is the bringing together of traditional physical classes with elements of virtual education. The paper focuses on one particular module of the degree and attempts to capture students experiences of using a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Inservice Teacher Education, Masters Programs, Higher Education
Kreber, Carolin – Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2006
Following a cognitive-developmental perspective, the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is understood as a process of knowledge construction whereby knowledge claims are validated through reflection on teaching experience and educational theory. These reflective processes can be documented and peer reviewed. Teaching portfolios allow for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Instruction, College Faculty, Scholarship
Elizabeth Rios – ProQuest LLC, 2007
In the field of Christian higher education, some educators are more concerned with marketing their programs to nontraditional students, the fastest growing segment of new enrollments. Although many view that as a blessing, the issues of mission and specifically spirituality are of concern to educators and administrators who want to avoid the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Colleges, Religious Factors, Transformative Learning
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Dickson, Tracey; Gray, Tonia – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2006
A primary goal in experiential education is to facilitate the learning from the activities in a meaningful, empowering and compelling manner. The activities, which are used to guide a reflective session, debrief a particular incident or process a learning activity vary greatly across the profession. In a study of 76 experiential educators in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style
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McAliney, Peter – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
There is a number of proprietary and open source Learning Delivery Systems (LDSs) available for the use of Instructors today. Though each have their own protocols, they all still share an overlapping and common tool set. This article provides a case study describing how to apply some of the common tools found in LDSs in the delivery of course in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Database Management Systems, Courseware, Case Studies
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Brown, Kathleen M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: This study explores the effects of an alternative, transformative andragogy (i.e., the art and science of helping others to learn) designed to be responsive to the challenges of preparing educational leaders committed to social justice and equity. Design: Within the context of preparation programs, the three theoretical perspectives of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Andragogy, Transformative Learning, Social Theories
Nelson, Carolyn; Harper, Victoria – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2006
In this article, the authors explore the notion of difficulty and the vital role it can play in the learning journey of student teachers, both with respect to their own and their students' educational maturation. Confronting today's popular but flawed American reductionist learning models, the authors explicate the opportunity for deeper learning…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
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Goulah, Jason – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2006
This article introduces a cosmological perspective of teaching second/foreign languages for promoting ecological interconnectedness and spirituality to counter material and monetary interests that cause environmental destruction and militarism. The arguments are couched in cross- and deep cultural learning and are based on the concept of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Applied Linguistics, Second Languages, Transformative Learning
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