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The "Ateneo" as an Effective Model of Continuing Professional Development: Findings from Southern Argentina
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Banegas, Darío Luis; Glatigny, Rosana – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2021
Despite a sustainable research interest in different forms of teachers' professional development, scant international attention has been paid to forms of professional development which are implemented in South America. Based on a qualitative research design, this study explores the impact of the "ateneo" as an innovative model of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Lesson Plans, Professional Continuing Education, Foreign Countries
Initial English Language Teacher Education: The Effects of a Module on Teacher Research
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Banegas, Darío Luis; Consoli, Sal – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
Framed in action research, the authors investigated the perceptions and experiences of a cohort of student-teachers as they learned about and explored for the first time teacher research in a self-contained module as part of a four-year pre-service or initial English language teacher education (IELTE) programme in southern Argentina. The module,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
Language Curriculum Transformation and Motivation through Action Research
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Banegas, Darío Luis – Curriculum Journal, 2019
This article describes part of a larger action research study carried out in 2018 with secondary school learners and teachers of English in southern Argentina. The study was guided by two aims: (1) improving English language learner motivation, and (2) transforming the English as a foreign language (EFL) curriculum through teacher and learner…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Interactive Visualization Tools to Improve Learning and Teaching in Online Learning Environments
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Kuosa, Kirsi; Distante, Damiano; Tervakari, Anne; Cerulo, Luigi; Fernández, Alejandro; Koro, Juho; Kailanto, Meri – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
This paper presents two interactive visualization tools for learning management systems (LMS) in order to improve learning and teaching in online courses. The first tool was developed at the Intelligent Information Systems Laboratory (IISLab) at the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). The tool is used to analyse students' activity from…
Descriptors: Interaction, Visualization, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Teacher Guidance of Algebraic Formula Building: Functional Grammatical Analysis of a Whole-Class Conversation
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Zolkower, Betina; Shreyar, Sam; Pérez, Silvia – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
How does teacher-guided whole-class interaction contribute to expanding students' potential for making and exchanging mathematical meanings? We address this question through an interpretative analysis of a whole-group conversation in a sixth grade class taught by an experienced teacher in a school in Southern Argentina. The extended interaction…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Formulas, Grammar, Classroom Communication
Problems with and Needs for Interdisciplinary Interactions in Vocational Guidance
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Schultheiss, Donna E. Palladino; Pennington, Deneen – Career Development Quarterly, 2009
This article summarizes 10 presentations in a discussion group of the 2007 joint international symposium of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, Society for Vocational Psychology, and National Career Development Association held in Padua, Italy. This discussion group focused on interdisciplinary interactions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Discussion Groups, Global Approach