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Rachamim, Mirit; Orland-Barak, Lily – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
We present findings from an in-depth study on a school-based multi-disciplinary learning community in the context of practice teaching in university pre-service education. We elaborate on one of the three predominant patterns of talk identified, the "star" pattern, and show how it created particular power relations in the discourse which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, College Faculty, Discourse Analysis
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Geller, Shulamit – Online Learning, 2023
Group supervision, a common method in graduate psychology training, shifted abruptly to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to increase understanding of psychology graduate students' perception of online group supervision during COVID-19 by focusing on the group process and the students' professional identity formation.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion Groups, Supervision, Graduate Students
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Bar-Tal, Smadar; Seifert, Tami – Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
"Shluvim" is a professional social network (hereinafter: PSN) in Israel. It serves as a space for educational professionals to collaborate and share knowledge, empower their professional development and receive emotional support. The authors aimed to characterize the groups operating in this network and the role played by the groups'…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, Communities of Practice, Teacher Education
Maskit, Ditza; Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – 1986
The study described in this report investigated the effects of two context variables on small-group learning--namely, group size and group gender composition--within an adult learning framework. In the study, the "revolving circle" method was innovated. In this design, one group member is the center of the cooperative circle and all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior
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Aviv, Reuven; Erlich, Zippy; Ravid, Gilad – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Theoretical foundation of Response mechanisms in networks of online learners are revealed by Statistical Analysis of p* Markov Models for the Networks. Our comparative analysis of two networks shows that the minimal-effort hunt-for-social-capital mechanism controls a major behavior of both networks: negative tendency to respond. Differences in…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis, Peer Influence
Peled, Tsiyona; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this parent education project was to strengthen the Israeli family as an educational unit, to increase its ability and knowledge in the field of education, and to broaden the range of responsibility and influence of the family over its young children. The first stage of this project was devoted to problems of early childhood. A…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Family Influence