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Foreword, Tweed W. Ross
Foreword, Tweed W. Ross
Educational Considerations
Information technology has presented the educational establishment with a number of perplexing problems. To date most problems have been related to ways of effectively using these new tools to improve instructional delivery.
Some Questions About Distance Learning And The Role Of The University, W. Franklin Spikes
Some Questions About Distance Learning And The Role Of The University, W. Franklin Spikes
Educational Considerations
One can easily argue that the world of higher education is a microcosm of today’s larger society. While colleges and universities have traditionally been organized around what some suggest are the rather ethereal pursuits of learning, teaching, and research, today’s campuses are increasing being challenged by the same intense, substantial and practical social issues that are present in the more broadly defined world that exists outside of their boundaries.
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 1999, Tweed W. Ross
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 1999, Tweed W. Ross
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for the special theme issue on Technology - Vol. 27, no. 1, Fall 1999
Online Instruction As A Pedagogy: Implications For Higher Education Faculty, Edward L. Meyen
Online Instruction As A Pedagogy: Implications For Higher Education Faculty, Edward L. Meyen
Educational Considerations
Because online instruction incorporates instructional design and management, asynchronous learning, the process of communication, technology, and the opportunity for accountability in the teaching/learning process, it can be considered a form of pedagogy.
Collaboration And Conflict: Multi-Disciplinary Teams Developing Multimedia For Preservice And Inservice Education, Linda P. Thurston
Collaboration And Conflict: Multi-Disciplinary Teams Developing Multimedia For Preservice And Inservice Education, Linda P. Thurston
Educational Considerations
Interactive multimedia is becoming a fixed feature in the delivery of instruction at all educational levels. The process of multimedia places the learning potential of technology in the hands of the learner and such features as screen design, interactivity, audio and video elements, and learner control and navigation are educationally effective.
Linking Collaborating Special Education Teachers, Ann Knackendoffel
Linking Collaborating Special Education Teachers, Ann Knackendoffel
Educational Considerations
Few would disagree with the following statement: When students participate, they learn more. Yet, novice and experienced teachers alike can attest to many students being passive participants in their coursework.
The Great Stereopticon Revisited, G. Daniel Harden
The Great Stereopticon Revisited, G. Daniel Harden
Educational Considerations
In 1948 Richard Weaver, a somewhat reclusive professor of literature at the University of Chicago, produced what came to be the widely acclaimed and quoted book, Ideas Have Consequences. The work received critical commentary at the time from both enthusiasts and detractors.
Privacy, Information Technology, And The Educational Process, Tweed W. Ross
Privacy, Information Technology, And The Educational Process, Tweed W. Ross
Educational Considerations
In the middle of the Information Age (Toffler) educational institutions have focused on a wide range of issues relative to the application of new information technologies. Child safety on the worldwide has been a great concern for schools.
Information Literacy And The Internet: Transforming The Practice Of Teaching And Corresponding Ethical Consequences, Gerald D. Bailey, David Pownell
Information Literacy And The Internet: Transforming The Practice Of Teaching And Corresponding Ethical Consequences, Gerald D. Bailey, David Pownell
Educational Considerations
Technology pioneers have witnessed an interesting evolution of the computer over the last thirty years. In the 1970s, educators saw computers as a way of “crunching numbers.”
Promise Or Peril? Electronic Technologies, Equity, And Marginalized Students, Denise M. Dalamio
Promise Or Peril? Electronic Technologies, Equity, And Marginalized Students, Denise M. Dalamio
Educational Considerations
The ability to access electronic mail (e-mail), the Internet (Net), and the World Wide Web (Web) have become life skills for the 21st century. Internet users have almost instant access to facts, figures, databases, public archives, libraries, and information from around the world.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 27 (1) Full Issue, Tweed W. Ross
Educational Considerations, Vol. 27 (1) Full Issue, Tweed W. Ross
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 27 (1) Fall 1999 - Full issue
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The Houston Chronicle recently quoted a school counselor who blamed low student achievement on parents, whom he called "a bunch of seventh-grade dropouts who can't add 2 plus 2" (Houston Chronicle, 1998, p. 21A). As educators, we see too many of our colleagues play that blame game as we try to respond to increasing public pressure to make schools "work." The logic goes something like this: "We are doing everything we know how, and these children still are not succeeding. If only their parents would (fill in the blank), everything would be just fine."
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
What is happening at your school to foster parent involvement? Where I teach, parent involvement is a constant struggle. Programs that promise to bring parents into the school come and go quickly; they are never well-attended and the parents who do attend the first session often do not return for the second. Teachers, observing this lack of involvement, complain that parents don't care and do not support the school. The rhetoric around our school blames parents when things go wrong for children at school.
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Garth Boomer once wrote, "To deliberately learn is to research." To Boomer, teachers and students are researchers when they purposely seek to understand aspects of their world. As a first grade teacher, it would be difficult for me to find a day of teaching that did not involve deliberate learning. Each day brings novel inquiries, new questions, and constant reflection on the events that transpire. Hopefully my students share this sense of wonder and interest as they learn to read, write, and research.
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
How do I begin to work with teachers on integrating technology into their diverse disciplines? How do I begin to form a relationship that allows them to express their fears about technology and trust in me to overcome those fears? How do I assess their technology strengths and weaknesses so I can help them to begin at a point where they are comfortable with the technology? These were the initial questions I asked myself as a high school educational technologist, who was beginning to embark with a group of four other teachers on an action research project.
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This written dialogue between two university researchers explores how different forms of preservice teacher inquiry work as active components of language arts coursework in elementary education. We will discuss issues of design and implementation: 1. Theoretical contexts for including research in teacher education 2. Selecting settings for preservice teacher research 3. Defining research tasks 4. Examining professional research relationships 5. Forms for reflection 6. Analyzing research outcomes Our positions will be illustrated using the results of two distinct examples of literacy research: a study exploring the experiences of two preservice teachers conducting individual case studies of literacy development and a …
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This article has two purposes. First, we want to make visible the experiences of undergraduate preservice teacher researchers who collaborated with university faculty to conduct three research studies of an America Reads Literacy Tutoring Program. Our second purpose is to offer evidence from the preservice teachers' research logs, comments and reflections that supports or challenges current discussions about the effects of preservice teacher research. The article begins with a brief discussion of the America Reads investigations in which the preservice teachers participated. Next, we discuss the preservice teachers' thoughts about their research experiences. Finally, we explore implications raised by this …
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This issue sees a continuation of a strand, begun in the first issue, of articles written by collaborative groups of educators who span the school-university divide. As the authors of all these articles note, when school-based practitioners or preservice teachers in their practicums work together with colleagues in universities they create a synergy that makes ripples - or even waves - beyond their individual classrooms. As they present their work at local or national conferences and publish in venues such as Networks, the value of their work is recognized by others, who are inspired to adopt and adapt their ideas …
An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Action research is typically performed by people who want to do something to improve their own situation (Sagor, 1992). Often, it is also collaborative, involving participants with different roles in the situation; together they plan, analyze data and discuss the results, and then share the findings with others in a similar field or situation who may be able to benefit from them. While action research can be used in a variety of settings, the project I present here is specific to education and teaching. I carried out an action research project that investigated aspects of a graduate qualitative education research …
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
issues of design and implementation:
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
"How can I get my students to pay attention to me?" "What will motivate my reluctant readers to read more?" "How can I get my students to work together in cooperative groups?" "Would teaching social skills improve discipline in my classroom?" "How can I get my students to stay on-task and become more productive?" "What can I do to get my at-risk students to produce quality work?" These questions, and others like them, are asked by classroom teachers every year, especially beginning teachers who are encountering the challenges of the classroom for the first time. In recent years many teachers …
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 1999, Kevin Murry, Socorro Herrera
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 1999, Kevin Murry, Socorro Herrera
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 26, no. 2, Spring 1999, a theme issue on ESL (English as a Second Language)
Supporting Dual Calp Development Among Second Language Learners: The Two-Way Model Revisited, Richard Gomez Jr., Leo Gomez
Supporting Dual Calp Development Among Second Language Learners: The Two-Way Model Revisited, Richard Gomez Jr., Leo Gomez
Educational Considerations
The most common bilingual education programs, early and late exit transitional bilingual models, are consistently undermined by external factors.
Meeting The Challenge Of Linguistic Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach To School Restructuring, Nancy L. Commins, Ofelia B. Miramontes, Adel Nadeau
Meeting The Challenge Of Linguistic Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach To School Restructuring, Nancy L. Commins, Ofelia B. Miramontes, Adel Nadeau
Educational Considerations
The theme of this special issue attests to the growing awareness that to be truly prepared for the 21st century, educators must be ready and able to address the needs of the increasing numbers of linguistically diverse students. In doing so, they will discover that while the challenges are many, these students bring a new richness to the communities in which they live and have had a positive impact on the schools they attend.
The False Dichotomy Between Esl And Transitional Bilingual Education Programs: Issues That Challenge All Of Us, Kathy Escamilla
The False Dichotomy Between Esl And Transitional Bilingual Education Programs: Issues That Challenge All Of Us, Kathy Escamilla
Educational Considerations
Over the past three decades, the number of culturally and linguistically diverse students in U.S. schools has grown at a rapid rate.
Family Storytelling: Involving Caregivers In Promoting Successful Early Language And Literacy Development, Catherine Gutierrez-Gomez
Family Storytelling: Involving Caregivers In Promoting Successful Early Language And Literacy Development, Catherine Gutierrez-Gomez
Educational Considerations
There is increasing evidence that reinforces the belief that having strong oral experiences prior to entering school is one of the predictors for later success in literacy learning.
Preparing Today’S Teachers For Tomorrow’S Children, Socorro Herrera, Robert Fanning
Preparing Today’S Teachers For Tomorrow’S Children, Socorro Herrera, Robert Fanning
Educational Considerations
Today’s social reality requires that educators throughout the United States face the challenges of teaching and preparing culturally and linguistically diverse students in the classroom.
Maximizing Technology In The Appropriate Instruction Of Second Language Learners: A Web Review, Della Ruth Perez
Maximizing Technology In The Appropriate Instruction Of Second Language Learners: A Web Review, Della Ruth Perez
Educational Considerations
In today’s global society, educators can use technology to equalize the distance that exists across cultures within and outside schools.
Plática As Critical Instruction: Talking With Bilingual Students About Their Reading, Leila Flores-Dueñas
Plática As Critical Instruction: Talking With Bilingual Students About Their Reading, Leila Flores-Dueñas
Educational Considerations
Throughout the time that I taught in elementary schools, I observed how countless bilingual learners were exited from language programs into all-English speaking classrooms as early as the 2nd grade.
Editor’S Foreword, Kevin Murry, Socorro Herrera
Editor’S Foreword, Kevin Murry, Socorro Herrera
Educational Considerations
This special issue of Educational Considerations focuses on emergent challenges and promising practices in the education of culturally and linguistically diverse [CLD] students in public schools, especially those in ESL classrooms.