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Using Insights from Teachers to Inform Online Professional Development in Early Literacy Instruction
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DeIaco, Robyn; Samuelson, Courtney; Grifenhagen, Jill; Davis, Dennis S.; Kosanovich, Marcia – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
This thematic analysis utilizes teacher insights from their experiences in an online professional development (PD) course on early reading instruction to determine course design features educators perceive as being beneficial and questions and concerns educators raised during the course. We analyzed discussion forum contributions and course…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Literacy Education, Teacher Attitudes, Invented Spelling
Dining with Democracy: Discussion as Informed Action
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McAvoy, Paula; Lowery, Arine; Wafa, Nada; Byrd, Christy – Social Education, 2020
Jeremy Thomas and Russell McBride are social studies teachers in North Carolina and, until recently, were colleagues at a charter school outside of Raleigh, serving students in grades 6-12. After learning about the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), both teachers implemented it into their classrooms and immediately saw how the blueprint helped deepen…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods
Addressing Current Events in Age-Appropriate Ways: Learning about the Confederate Flag Controversy
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Alarcón, Jeannette D.; Marhatt, Pratigya; Price, Emily – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
The purpose of this lesson is to engage young students in thinking about the complexity of socio-historical symbols in the present day. After careful preparation, the authors decided to teach about the decision by the state legislature in July 2015 to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. Presenting the…
Descriptors: Current Events, Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Decision Making
Teaching Transformative Leadership for Social Justice: Using Literature Circles to Enhance Learning and Create Deeper Meaning
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Collins, Daniel P.; Bruce, Jacklyn; McKee, Katherine – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Using literature as the catalyst for change is grounded in Freirean pedagogy. In the case of the Oaks Leadership Scholars, leadership educators are crafting an environment for building transformative leadership skills using texts calling for the enactment of justice and equity as a starting point for capacity building and self-reflection. Students…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Social Justice, Leadership Training, Agricultural Education
Reception of the Interpersonal Relations Series of the Continuing Education Project for Public Health Workers in North Carolina.
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Dutton, Donnie – 1968
Research was conducted on reactions of North Carolina public health workers to the telecasts, study manuals, and group discussion sessions used for seven programs (Introduction, Group Discussion, Communication, Cooperation, Culture and Public Health, Our Public Image, and Questions and Answers, respectively) in the interpersonal relations series…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Educational Television, Geographic Regions
Studies in Teaching.
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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1997
The 30 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1997 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "To Sprint or Crawl: The Effect of Classroom Activities on Student Behavior: (R. Allen); "Generating Good Grammar: Traditional and Whole Language Approaches" (D. Alexander); "Effective Teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Biology, Citizenship Responsibility