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Troyan, Francis John; Harman, Ruth; Zhang, Xiaodong – Language and Education, 2021
To acknowledge the lasting and increasing influence of Halliday's theory of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) on teacher education, this article outlines Critical SFL Praxis (CSFLP) in teacher education as an activist effort in research and practice. Informed by systemic functional linguistics, the critical approach seeks to push back against…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Activism, Teacher Education Programs
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Huffman, Jane B.; Olivier, Dianne F.; Wang, Ting; Chen, Peiying; Hairon, Salleh; Pang, Nicholas – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2016
The authors seek to find common PLC structures and actions among global educational systems to enhance understanding and practice. Six international researchers formed the Global Professional Learning Community Network (GloPLCNet), conducted literature reviews of each country's involvement with PLC actions, and noted similarities and common…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Communities of Practice, Networks, Interviews
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Lytle, Susan L.; Portnoy, Dina; Waff, Diane; Buckley, Molly – Educational Action Research, 2009
This article takes the history of teacher research in one large urban school district over a period of 20 years as a telling case of the intensely local character of this work. Beginning with an overview of the variations and different conceptions of teacher research in the USA, we argue that teacher research is continually being invented and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Researchers, Educational History, School Districts
Flax-Archer, Allison C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover how adult learners from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) experienced online distance learning. As the amalgamation of online distance education has become integrated in all facets of education within the past decade, learners in BVI had the opportunity to experience this alternative mode…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Theories, Self Control, Distance Education
Hakuta, Kenji – 1989
A 1983 interview with Werner F. Leopold (1896-1984), a key figure in the study of bilingualism and child language, is presented. An introductory section gives some background to the interview. The discussion itself reviews Leopold's personal and professional background, work, and writing, and focuses largely on the linguistic development of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Educational History, Interviews
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Wainer, Howard; Robinson, Dan – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2006
This article presents an interview with R. Darrell Bock. He served as president of the Psychometric Society from 1972-1973. He has received the National Council on Measurement in Education award for "Contributions to the Design and Analysis of Educational Assessment" in 1990, the Educational Testing Service award for "Distinguished Contributions…
Descriptors: Interviews, Biographical Inventories, Personal Narratives, Awards