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Focus On Writing: Collaborative Action Research In The Classroom, Carol Marchel, Dianne Whitaker
Focus On Writing: Collaborative Action Research In The Classroom, Carol Marchel, Dianne Whitaker
Perspectives In Learning
In higher education, professors are expected to provide quality instruction, although rewards are often based on research activities. For those who value teaching for its own sake, it is difficult to balance the competing demands of life within academe with the demands of teaching. As teachers, we seek to understand student needs to improve our classroom practice. More importantly, we want to show students how to improve their own skills. This article describes how we combined both research and instruction to improve the quality of instruction while providing students with a way to improve their skills. We utilized this approach …
Self-Selected Vs. Assigned Writing Topics: The Effects Topics Have On First Graders' Writing Performance, Kelia P. Buchanan
Self-Selected Vs. Assigned Writing Topics: The Effects Topics Have On First Graders' Writing Performance, Kelia P. Buchanan
Perspectives In Learning
When asked about early writing experiences in school, many adults have memories of writing papers on topics such as “What I Want to Learn in School This Year” or “My Favorite Trip.” The teacher probably thought that if the topic was of interest to her students, they would become motivated to write. In essence, the purpose for writing most often comes from the teacher, and not the students. Rarely are students allowed to choose their own topics for writing assignments. The focus of writing instruction is usually, therefore, is teacher-centered rather than child-centered. It has historically been the child's task …
Negotiating A Labyrinth: Uncovering Meaning Through Biography, Floretta Thornton-Reid
Negotiating A Labyrinth: Uncovering Meaning Through Biography, Floretta Thornton-Reid
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Biographical method is one of “several intellectual disciplines that make use of life writing” (Smith, 1994, p. 286). However, biographies are probably better described as an interdisciplinary methodology that incorporates several approaches to qualitative research including but not limited to life history, narrative analysis, case study, historical social science, grounded theory and ethnography (Marshall & Rossman, 1999; Riessman, 1993; Atkinson, 1998). In laymen’s terms, a biography can be understood as the written history of a person’s life. Thus the life history or narrative story of a person is a key biographical concept. Controversy has long surrounded life history. Runyan (1982a) …
Learning In Process: Forming Student/Teacher/Librarian Research Partnerships, Pamela Yuill
Learning In Process: Forming Student/Teacher/Librarian Research Partnerships, Pamela Yuill
Perspectives In Learning
Librarians and teaching faculty recognize that research is more than the “necessary evil” many students consider it to be. Doing research provides an ideal opportunity to develop and apply creative, analytical and reflective thinking skills to a real problem originating in the need to know. By linking new information to what is already known, and engaging in a dialogic process with both the literature and the subject of inquiry, the student researcher constructs and articulates knowledge. While recognizing the learning potential of the research process, we are also aware that it often does not live up to its educative potential. …
Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework For Teaching, Norm Felland
Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework For Teaching, Norm Felland
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Charlotte Danielson’s Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in 1996, evolved from the Educational Testing Service PRAXIS 111 and is based on the PRAXIS 1111 criteria, augmented to apply to experienced as well as novice teachers and used for purposes beyond licensing of beginning teachers (Danielson, Preface x). The Danielson Framework consists of four domains attributed to teaching activities and responsibilities: Planning and Preparation, the Classroom Environment, Instruction, and Professional Responsibilities. These four domains are clarified through twenty-two components; each component is defined by two or more elements that identify …