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Dusi, Paola; Steinbach, Marilyn – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
This study involves 35 research participants: 20 immigrant parents (primarily mothers from South America, North Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East) and 15 primary school children, aged 10-11. These children were born outside Italy and primary school was their first encounter with the Italian educational system. We observed their processes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parents, Elementary School Students
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Malcolm, Irene – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
The problem addressed in this paper is the need for analytical resources to theorise the nature of knowledge work and, in the light of a practice turn in social sciences, to consider how knowledge is generated and circulated. The aim of the paper is to contribute to a practice-based rethinking of how to investigate professional knowledge, relating…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Workplace Learning, Professional Personnel, Information Technology
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Morgan, Tannis – Journal of Distance Education, 2011
The Community of Inquiry Framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000) has been an important contribution to the online distance education field and has been useful in providing researchers with the construct of "teaching presence". Teaching presence as described by the framework provides insight into the types of interactions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns, Distance Education, Educational Theories