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What Matters in Learning Communities for Inclusive Education: A Cross-Case Analysis
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Walton, Elizabeth; Carrington, Suzanne; Saggers, Beth; Edwards, Chris; Kimani, Wacango – Professional Development in Education, 2022
Implementing inclusive education requires on-going commitment to teachers' professional learning. One way of implementing professional learning is to develop learning communities based on Lave and Wenger's ideas of situated learning and learning as social practice. Learning communities, drawing on models of Professional Learning Communities and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Models
Success Factors and Challenges of an Information Communication Technology Network in Rural Schools
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Mihai, Maryke A. – Africa Education Review, 2017
In April 2008, an interactive information communication technology (ICT) network was established in Mpumalanga, South Africa. the network involved the implementation of SMART board interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and collaboration between a leading school and several disadvantaged schools. the main purpose of the Mpumalanga IWB project was to reach…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Computer Networks, Information Technology, Interviews
Management Challenges in an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Network in Rural Schools
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Mihai, Maryke; Nieuwenhuis, Jan – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study concerns the management of an interactive whiteboard (IWB) network started in April 2008 in Mpumalanga, with a leading school partnered with several disadvantaged schools, transmitting lessons in Mathematics and Science. Many educational institutions try to provide learners with better learning opportunities by equipping schools with…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Rural Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Computer Literacy Learning Emotions of ODL Teacher-Students
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Esterhuizen, Hendrik D.; Blignaut, A. Seugnet; Els, Christo J.; Ellis, Suria M. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2012
This paper addresses the affective human experiences in terms of the emotions of South African teacher-students while attaining computer competencies for teaching and learning, and for ODL. The full mixed method study investigated how computers contribute towards affective experiences of disadvantaged teacher-students. The purposive sample related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Attitudes
Decolonisation, Globalisation: Language-in-Education Policy and Practice. New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Lin, Angel M. Y., Ed.; Martin, Peter W., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2005
This volume brings together scholars from around the world to juxtapose the voices of classroom participants alongside the voices of ruling elites with the aim of critically linking language policy issues with classroom practice in a range of contexts. The volume is suitable for postgraduate students, researchers and educators in a range of areas.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Rural Schools, Language Planning