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Action Research and Teacher Voice: A Pathway for Transforming Our Schools into Learning Organizations
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Inman, Susan S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Our PreK-12 schools face increasing complexities such as accountability, diversity, closing the achievement gap, and working in an era of standards-based reform (Drago-Severson, 2009). The purpose of this inquiry was to understand teachers' experiences with one type of learning experience, "action research," and to investigate the impact…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Language Learning: The Merge of Teletandem and Web 2.0 Tools
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Abreu-Ellis, Carla; Ellis, Jason Brent; Carle, Abbie; Blevens, Jared; Decker, Aline; Carvalho, Leticia; Macedo, Patricia – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2013
The following action research provides an overview of student's perceptions of the incorporation of Web 2.0 technologies into in-tandem language learning activities. American and Brazilian college students were partnered in order to work in-tandem through pre-determined language activities using Web 2.0 technologies to learn a second language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Web 2.0 Technologies, Second Language Instruction
Even the Janitor Is White: Educating for Cultural Diversity in Small Colleges and Universities. Critical Education and Ethics. Volume 4
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Hickey, M. Gail, Ed.; Lanahan, Brian K., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"Even the Janitor Is White" addresses challenges faced by teacher educators who are committed to diversity education. The chapters in this volume invite readers to reflect on their own practice as teacher educators as well as consider ways in which that practice might be improved. More than forty percent of students in U.S. schools are…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Preservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Education Majors
Ohio State University Extension Competency Study: Developing a Competency Model for a 21st Century Extension Organization
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Cochran, Graham Ralph – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The literature on competency-based human resource (HR) management provides a strong case for moving from a jobs-based to a competency-based approach to human resources. There is agreement in the literature (Dubois, Rothwell, Stern, & Kemp, 2004; Lucia & Lepsinger, 1999) on the benefits of using competencies throughout HR systems and impact…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Extension Agents, Content Validity
Moving a Small, Rural High School toward Self-Renewal.
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Murray, Susan; Hillkirk, Keith – Journal of Staff Development, 1996
One small, rural high school used cooperative professional development (CPD) as a means of group investigation to promote school renewal. CPD involves teaching, identifying, studying, and reporting on an issue of importance to teachers and their school. This paper describes how the school implemented and used CPD, examining lessons learned.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Collegiality, Cooperative Planning
Charter High Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap. Innovations in Education
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US Department of Education, 2006
The eight schools profiled in this document are serving different populations, but all of them are closing the achievement gap between low-income, minority, and special needs students and their peers. By trying out innovative new strategies, these schools are blazing a trail for others to follow. They are dispelling the myth that some students can…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Secondary Schools, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices