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Editorial Introduction, Catherine F. Compton-Lilly
Editorial Introduction, Catherine F. Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Welcome to Volume 16, Number 2 of Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research. I am happy to introduce you to another volume featuring the voices of educators. This issue includes articles that focus on talk in a grade three classroom, first year teachers in science classrooms, pre-service teacher development, action research in a special education classroom, dialogic interactions and reading, the project approach in kindergarten, as well as a short article on action research and first year faculty and a review of Critical Discourse Analysis in Education by Rebecca Rogers.
Promoting Reflective Practices In Special Education Through Action Research: Recommendations From Preservice Teachers, Paula Wenner Conroy
Promoting Reflective Practices In Special Education Through Action Research: Recommendations From Preservice Teachers, Paula Wenner Conroy
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In response to research showing the benefits of reflective practices, many personnel preparation programs have sought ways to help teachers-intraining (pre-service teachers) develop reflective practices in their teaching. This has been done by providing multiple opportunities for reflection and scaffolding within a variety of reflective experiences during extensive field and student teaching practicum experiences (Harford & MacRuairc, 2008). One powerful approach for integrating inquiry into teaching and reflection in practice is action research. The purpose of this article article is to provide a description of an effort by faculty to increase teacher reflection in the preparation program area of special …
How Does Talk Around Reading Influence Comprehension In Third Grade?, Karen Gruhn Tomczak
How Does Talk Around Reading Influence Comprehension In Third Grade?, Karen Gruhn Tomczak
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This study attempts to document the efficacy of peer-support and self-monitoring during partnered reading by third grade students as evidenced by their discourse. Pairs of third grade students engaged in partnered reading in a general education third grade classroom. Their oral reading, coaching and conversations were recorded using i-Pod2s over the course of twenty days. The digital audio recordings were then analyzed to determine if the students employed reading strategies, what types of reading strategies they used, and how other discourse between the students influenced reading behaviors.
Roles Beyond Instruction: Facilitating The Development Of Preservice Teachers, Yvonne Franco
Roles Beyond Instruction: Facilitating The Development Of Preservice Teachers, Yvonne Franco
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Identifying a Signature Pedagogy that ensures high-quality teacher preparation is essential to the field of teacher education, as inconsistencies across programs throughout our country threaten our profession. Drawing on a comprehensive study of the professions, Lee Shulman (2005) provides a lens from which to identify Signature Pedagogy and the underlying experiences that support it, as pedagogies of uncertainty, engagement, and formation. As a teacher-educator, this action research study examines my efforts in understanding how I can use my knowledge of Signature Pedagogy to design, implement and study practices that facilitate pre-service teachers’ conceptualization of the teacher’s role beyond instruction. Using …
Critical Dialogues About The Reading Process With In-Service Teachers And Children, Koomi Kim, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Violet Henderson, Peter Duckett
Critical Dialogues About The Reading Process With In-Service Teachers And Children, Koomi Kim, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Violet Henderson, Peter Duckett
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This article investigates how teacher educators and teachers collaborate via dialogic interactions to support the development of elementary students’ reading strategies. By implementing comprehension-centered reading tools such as the Burke reading interview and strategy rulers in partnership with in-service teachers, we are able to sustain ongoing inquiry and evaluation of effective literacy practices that enhance student learning.
Action Research And Project Approach: Journey Of An Early Childhood Pre-Service Teacher And A Teacher Educator, Ellie Wastin, H. Sophia Han
Action Research And Project Approach: Journey Of An Early Childhood Pre-Service Teacher And A Teacher Educator, Ellie Wastin, H. Sophia Han
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The purpose of this article is to share an action research study conducted by an early childhood pre-service teacher in a Kindergarten classroom. There were dual goals for this action research: (a) to enhance preservice teacher’s questioning and classroom management strategies, and (b) to enhance Kindergarten children’s scientific inquiry and knowledge. A teacher guided mini-project approach was adopted as a main instructional methodology for a ‘Rain and Water Cycle’ project. Using video, we documented self-reflection and feedback. Through this experience, the pre-service teacher gained both knowledge and confidence. At the same time, the Kindergarten children took an active role in …
Action Research As First Year Faculty: Exploring The Path Less Taken, Emily A. Daniels, Maureen Squires
Action Research As First Year Faculty: Exploring The Path Less Taken, Emily A. Daniels, Maureen Squires
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The integration of educational research and practice is essential if any genuine progress is to be achieved in addressing compelling, complex and significant issues in education (Pine, 2009, p. 3). As new faculty members, both authors came to the process of action research through collaboration. The path was a new one that we had previously not explored, one that emerged as we moved forward together. We started down this woody lane with ideas, hopes and flashlights to begin to clarify our work, our ideas, and the needs of our students. We also hoped to illuminate the way for other junior …
Updating Critical Discourse Analysis In Education, Erica Newhouse
Updating Critical Discourse Analysis In Education, Erica Newhouse
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The publication of the second edition of Rogers’ An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis in Education is timely and relevant to the current social, political, and educational climate. Rogers’ text provides an in-depth introduction to critical discourse analysis (CDA) in education, an understanding of how the education “crisis” has been constructed, and the possibilities for researchers to use this approach to interrupt these “naturalizations.” This edition reflects changes in the field with the addition of Gunther Kress’ multimodal social semiotic approach to discourse analysis, which opens new areas of investigation and critique.
Shifting The Intellectual Authority In Science Classrooms From Teachers To Students: How Novice Teachers Use Tools To Analyze And Advance Practice, Jessica Thompson, Anna Kramer, Lindsay Carlson, Lindsay Holladay, Bethany Sjoberg
Shifting The Intellectual Authority In Science Classrooms From Teachers To Students: How Novice Teachers Use Tools To Analyze And Advance Practice, Jessica Thompson, Anna Kramer, Lindsay Carlson, Lindsay Holladay, Bethany Sjoberg
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
To meet the immense challenges our society faces in areas such as energy, health, and environmental protection, we, as science teachers and teacher educators, need to invest in the creation of classroom cultures that turn the intellectual heavy lifting over to the students while developing students’ identities as competent learners. Our vision is that classrooms are both intellectually rigorous—accountable to important ideas and practices in the discipline—and uncompromisingly responsive to students’ developing scientific ideas. Problematically, this type of teaching is currently rare in science classrooms (Corcoran & Gerry, 2011; Kane & Staiger, 2012; Pasley, 2002; Roth & Garnier, 2007; Weiss, …
Academic Sisterhood: A Collaborative Autoethnography Of Two Asian Mothers, Adult Educators, And Scholars, Maria Liu Wong, Aimee Tiu-Wu
Academic Sisterhood: A Collaborative Autoethnography Of Two Asian Mothers, Adult Educators, And Scholars, Maria Liu Wong, Aimee Tiu-Wu
Adult Education Research Conference
In a global context where Western models and theories continue to dominate and influence adult educational research, multi-vocal perspectives of meaning making and learning from educators raised and educated in the East and West can contribute to more nuanced dialogue and exchange. Utilizing collaborative autoethnography, a qualitative research method that explores society through the lens of self in relation to other (Chang, Ngunjiri & Hernandez, 2013), we provide a window and a mirror into the complexity of East-West learning dynamics as two multicultural Asian immigrant academics educated and raising our children in the West. Together, as mothers, adult educators and …
Meaning And Pedagogical Impact Of Class Notes Translated Into Mandarin Chinese For Scholars From China Enrolled In Research Techniques Traning, Tiffany L. Whitcomb, Jiafen Hu
Meaning And Pedagogical Impact Of Class Notes Translated Into Mandarin Chinese For Scholars From China Enrolled In Research Techniques Traning, Tiffany L. Whitcomb, Jiafen Hu
Adult Education Research Conference
We conducted a qualitative study to understand the meaning of translating class notes into Mandarin Chinese for Chinese students enrolled in our hands-on training program for biomedical techniques. To date, no studies have reported interventions to support researchers from China as they learn animal care and use techniques, particularly whether translating class materials into Mandarin Chinese fulfills a specific pedagogical need. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to collect rich, descriptive data. Interviews were transcribed and open coding was conducted by each researcher independently. Axial coding was performed in unison until a consensus for categories was reached. Several themes emerged …
A Narrative Study On Community Practice Through Esd (Education For Sustainable Development): A Case Study Of High School Teacher Community, Mihee Ryu, Byungjun Yi, Mikyung Jung, Leeyu Lee
A Narrative Study On Community Practice Through Esd (Education For Sustainable Development): A Case Study Of High School Teacher Community, Mihee Ryu, Byungjun Yi, Mikyung Jung, Leeyu Lee
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study is to create 'ESD Community of Practice' through the 'ESD training experience' in school and to narrate the 'experience' and the 'story' of the teachers who are teaching ESD classes in school.
Mind Over Muscle: A Conceptul Piece Comparing The Simtween The Philosophy Of Judo And Self-Directed Learning, Michael Duncan Overton
Mind Over Muscle: A Conceptul Piece Comparing The Simtween The Philosophy Of Judo And Self-Directed Learning, Michael Duncan Overton
Adult Education Research Conference
This is an exploratory examination of the similarities of the core principles of Judo and Self-Directed Learning (SDL). Both Judo and SDL can be considered ways of life that the student is committed to. By comparing the similarities between each educational theory this paper seeks to add another beam of support to the bridge between Eastern and Western ideologies.
A Narrative Study On Competency Biography Of Instructor Of Adult Education: A Case Study Of Teaching Artists In Korea, Yu-Lee Lee, Byung-Jun Yi
A Narrative Study On Competency Biography Of Instructor Of Adult Education: A Case Study Of Teaching Artists In Korea, Yu-Lee Lee, Byung-Jun Yi
Adult Education Research Conference
Dancing field has, from the beginning, expanded its category from expressing humans' internal desires with physical activities to being active in aesthetic areas. Today, the adult dancing education is the medium where emotional, physical, and psychological abilities can be expressed. The fact that people utilize dance as a learning method, shows their acknowledgement of the value of dance as an educational method. It can be said that dancing leads people to evolve and grow ideologically. Thus, dance education not only simply teaches producing or mimicking an art piece, but also helps to develop an individual into a creative person through …
An Appreciative Dialogue Between East And West, Ann Brooks, Qi Sun
An Appreciative Dialogue Between East And West, Ann Brooks, Qi Sun
Adult Education Research Conference
In the context of globalized world, many countries have encountered similar changes and challenges. Learning from one another becomes critical to better understand the strengths and limitations of different theoretical and methodological approaches of education and adult education in particular. International and comparative education have historically demonstrated an effective way of learning from each other. Yet learning from each other seems to become very limited. Instead, learning from the West has become the norm due to its dominant economic position, a legacy of colonialism, the exportation of education, and the development of English as the lingua franca of scholarly publishing …
Discussion On Cross-Cultural Collaboration For Vocational Teacher Education Among Us And Chinese Institutions, Xi Yu
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable session is to discuss about the different characteristics of Chinese and US vocational education systems, the challenges of Chinese VET is facing, and the need and barriers for Chinese vocation teacher education collaborating with US institutions.
Socialization And Learning Of Foreign Adult Learners: Challenges And Needs, Tereza Cristina C. Valverde
Socialization And Learning Of Foreign Adult Learners: Challenges And Needs, Tereza Cristina C. Valverde
Adult Education Research Conference
Adult foreign learners in higher education face challenges to integrate into the academic community. Strategies such as engaging in mentorship, sharing cultural traits, participating in service-learning programs and in the Academic and Learning Assistance centers can improve socialization and learning of foreign learners.
Probing The Facilitation Of International (Chinese) Adult Students’ Multi-Fold Transformation: A Qualitative Approach, Fujuan Tan
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper uses in-depth interviews to investigate the important role of instructors in the process of multi-fold transformation for international Chinese students who come to study in the U.S.
Making Meaning Of The Retirement Portfolio And Its Impact On Learning In The Third Age, Darcia L. Simpson, Elice E. Rogers, Catherine A. Hansman, Johnathan E. Messemer
Making Meaning Of The Retirement Portfolio And Its Impact On Learning In The Third Age, Darcia L. Simpson, Elice E. Rogers, Catherine A. Hansman, Johnathan E. Messemer
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable examines relevant literature concerning the impact of one’s retirement portfolio and the economic self-sufficiency essential for learning and living in the Third Age of life. Third Agers are conceptualized as active retirement aged individuals, in good health with possibly 20+ years of life ahead of them.
Sdl And Technology: Implications For Adult Education, Ramona T. Sharpe, Tamara L. Kelley
Sdl And Technology: Implications For Adult Education, Ramona T. Sharpe, Tamara L. Kelley
Adult Education Research Conference
As SDL is embraced and technology continually advances in organizations, new and improved skills and learning strategies will be required. This session will explore the anticipated change necessary for adult educators and related scholarly practitioners to be able to effectively support the learners in their organizations.
Complexity Of Culture And Challenges To Learning: A Case Study Of Eastern European Perspectives On Learning, Oleksandra Sehin
Complexity Of Culture And Challenges To Learning: A Case Study Of Eastern European Perspectives On Learning, Oleksandra Sehin
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative pilot study will add to the adult learning and development literature by unfolding the complexities of Eastern European culture and migration, challenges to learning, and the importance of narrative to immigrant adult learning and development.
Transitional Learning In A Transitional Labor Market, Ellen Scully-Russ
Transitional Learning In A Transitional Labor Market, Ellen Scully-Russ
Adult Education Research Conference
Precarious work traps workers in a cycle of marginalization. Though there is research on how individuals can break this cycle, little is known about how learning can change the conditions of marginalization. This study explores the learning processes that can also improve the conditions of precarious work.
Teaching Diversity And Social Justice In Adult And Higher Education Contexts, Delores Rice, Petra A. Robinson
Teaching Diversity And Social Justice In Adult And Higher Education Contexts, Delores Rice, Petra A. Robinson
Adult Education Research Conference
This presentation provides a synthesis of research that sought to identify best practices in teaching issues of diversity and social justice. The interactive discussion provides opportunities to share best practices on instructional techniques/ strategies to enhance equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice in higher education and other adult education settings.
Transforming Learners’ Engagement: Reflections On A Continuing Medical Education Program, Richard A. Prayson, Catherine H. Monaghan
Transforming Learners’ Engagement: Reflections On A Continuing Medical Education Program, Richard A. Prayson, Catherine H. Monaghan
Adult Education Research Conference
Continuing education at most medical meetings rely heavily on didactic methodologies. Attendees expect this approach in a Continuing Medical Education (CME) program and are surprised when another approach is taken. This roundtable paper briefly examines how adult educators can begin changing the culture of CME for physicians.
Breastfeeding As Activism: Moving From Oppression To Emancipation, Jennifer L. Pemberton
Breastfeeding As Activism: Moving From Oppression To Emancipation, Jennifer L. Pemberton
Adult Education Research Conference
Women have a long history of oppression. Despite making great strides towards equality, some mothers find their experience of breastfeeding oppressive. Mothers who experience oppression related to breastfeeding may become emancipated and engage in breastfeeding activism.
Emancipated, Empowered, & Employable: Middle Eastern Women’S Transformative Experiential Learning, Shelbee R. Nguyen
Emancipated, Empowered, & Employable: Middle Eastern Women’S Transformative Experiential Learning, Shelbee R. Nguyen
Adult Education Research Conference
Critical reflection journals were employed to promote thinking about global citizenship and the meaning of social justice for Middle Eastern learners enrolled in a short-term study abroad course. Analyses of private reflections reveal general cognitive reordering, socially constructed ideals of justice, and themes related to empowerment for Middle Eastern women.
Legal Content In Adult Education Graduate Curricula: Moving Forward, Lee Nabb, Daryl Privott
Legal Content In Adult Education Graduate Curricula: Moving Forward, Lee Nabb, Daryl Privott
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable discusses data gathered and steps currently being taken concerning including legal content in certain adult education graduate programs.
Pursuing Lifelong Dreams: Published Novelists Who First Succeed After 40, Jennifer Murray
Pursuing Lifelong Dreams: Published Novelists Who First Succeed After 40, Jennifer Murray
Adult Education Research Conference
Pithy but dire quotes on the perils of writing like this one abound by published writers. Then there is waiting for publication. What quality of motivation did Dick Wimmer possess to endure 162 rejections over the course of 25 years until his novel, Irish Wine, was finally published in 1989 (Hievsi, 2001)? What meaning did Irish Wine hold for him that he was determined not only to write it, but that the world should read it? Many people think they want to be a writer, someday. Only a small number ever decide that someday starts now. Fewer people finish writing …
Through The Looking Glass Of Digital Storytelling In Adult Education, Cathy Mullett, Ruby Cain
Through The Looking Glass Of Digital Storytelling In Adult Education, Cathy Mullett, Ruby Cain
Adult Education Research Conference
Incorporating digital storytelling into online course environment can aid in the development of a productive and engaging community of learning. Adult learning strategies addressed are: Use of stories to illustrate content and highlight key points; “Storying” the curriculum; and making autobiographical connections with the content.
The Use Of Debates In Higher Education Classrooms, Michele Mont
The Use Of Debates In Higher Education Classrooms, Michele Mont
Adult Education Research Conference
Debating is a well-known pedagogical technique used to encourage discussion, motivate students, and it leads to more meaningful understanding of content. Yet, the only learners who typically participate in debates are those on debate teams (Kennedy, 2007). The challenge for educators is to determine how to use well-known principles of debating to facilitate discussions leading to mutual understanding. Mutual understanding is typically achieved when participants are willing to acknowledge different viewpoints or even adjust their views. This paper will explore some basic principles of debating and examine the benefits of including meaningful, interactive discussions in higher education classrooms.