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Peer reviewedLyra, Isolina; Fish, Solange; Braga, Walewska Gomes – Language Teaching Research, 2003
Focuses on the key mechanism of "puzzling" in Exploratory Practice (EP), a form of practitioner research, and the critical issue of sustainability in the context of volunteer teacher development work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Investigated puzzles (concerns) of language teachers and grouped them into six categories; motivation, anxiety,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Reflective Teaching
Peer reviewedKuschnir, Adrianna Nobrega; Machado, Beatriz dos Santos – Language Teaching Research, 2003
Illustrates Exploratory practice (EP), a form of practitioner research, in action in two classrooms in Brazil. Examines a key mechanism of EP--puzzlement--and presents two different puzzling processes. (VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, English (Second Language), Graduate Students, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedJofili, Zelia; Geraldo, Ana; Watts, Mike – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1999
Describes the implementation and evaluation of a constructivist course for science teachers in which teachers are inducted into "critical constructivism" through their own action-research projects. Illustrates the induction process and professional development of one biology teacher of 13- to 15-year olds in Brazil. Contains 23…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anatomy, Biology, Constructivism (Learning)
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Direct linkRobottom, Ian; Sauvee, Lucie – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Participatory Research, Informal Education, Environmental Education
