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First Year Professional Learning Community Implementation Within The Marion High School Science Department, Madilyn M. Ramaekers
First Year Professional Learning Community Implementation Within The Marion High School Science Department, Madilyn M. Ramaekers
Graduate Research Papers
The underlying theory of this research study is a radical constructivist worldview. Radical constructivism is based on two main ideas, that knowledge is not passively received but instead is actively built by individual people and that the function of cognition is adaptive and works to organize the experiential world (Von Glasersfeld, 1989). It is assumed that as teachers partake in a professional learning community they seek understanding of their school and classroom. Findings of the research will not be narrow but rather varied and multiple, leading to a range of views rather than a singular view. In radical constructivism, experience …
Does Peer Technology Training Work?, Kim Foley-Sharp
Does Peer Technology Training Work?, Kim Foley-Sharp
Graduate Research Papers
This research project contains lessons that were developed as a staff development tool for North High School in the Davenport Community School District. The goal of this project was to implement the use of new technology into the school building by providing the staff of the building with immediate access to trainers who would help if there were a problem or to answer questions. The other responsibilities of the trainers were to facilitate staff development sessions during the school day and on in-service days. The ultimate goal of the project was to make staff comfortable in the use of technology …