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Veteran K-5 Teachers' Perceptions of Implementing Blended Learning as an Innovation for English Language Art Instruction
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Faith L. Roberts-Graham – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The phenomenon of interest in this study was veteran K-5 English language arts (ELA) teachers' perceptions of blended learning as an educational innovation setting and how they perceived the implementation of blended learning into their instructional routine. Blended learning is normally used in higher-level education but is now also used in the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation
High School ESL and ELA Co-Teachers as Participants in a Collaborative Reflective Learning Experience
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Francine M. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Grounded in sociocultural notions of teaching and learning, this qualitative case study examines the practices of 10th-grade English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Language Arts (ELA) co-teachers to promote the academic language and literacy development of their shared students, including English learners (ELs), never-ELs, and fluent…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Language Teachers, Language Arts, Teacher Collaboration
Critical Multimodal Literacy and the Common Core: Subversive Curriculum in the Age of Accountability
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Perttula, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this case study research was to understand the ways in which an innovative, urban secondary English teacher (Ms. B) approached English Language Arts, when a set, standardized curriculum and testing were in place. The Common Core standards were prescribed within a required module-based presentation format. New literacies pedagogy…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Common Core State Standards, Curriculum Development, Accountability
From Recall to Resolve: Supporting the Development of Culturally Responsive Preservice Teachers in a Language Arts Methods Course
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Glover, Crystal Polite – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The need for culturally responsive teachers in an increasingly diverse educational system is paramount. The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teachers' developing understandings of culturally responsive pedagogy in a language arts methods class over the course of one semester. The study also sought to explore the…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Language Arts
Improving Instructional Practices at the Secondary Level through Actions of a Learning Organization
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Loudermilk, Teresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Schools' functioning as learning organizations provide educators the opportunity to focus on working together in innovative ways. However, it is unknown to what extent learning organizations exist in small high schools or whether small high schools' functioning as learning organizations improve academic achievement. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Educational Practices, Organizational Culture
An Ethnographic Study of a Developing Virtual Organization in Education
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Couch, Stephanie R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This ethnographic study answers calls for research into the ways that virtual organizations (or innovation-driven collaborative teams) form and develop, what supports and constraints their development, and the leadership models that support the organizations' work. The study examines how a virtual organization emerged from an intersegmental…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Organizations (Groups), Cooperation, Teamwork