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50 Years of ERIC
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Goodnough, Karen – Educational Action Research, 2014
In this case study, two high school teachers, a university researcher, and 10 high school students (ages 16-19 years) were part of an action research group that addressed an issue--smoking on school grounds--identified by a high school population as being problematic. The research was guided by the following research questions: "Within a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Youth Leaders, Youth Opportunities, Case Studies
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Goodnough, Karen – Educational Action Research, 2011
This study focused on teacher perceptions of the long-term impacts of engaging in collaborative action research on professional identity and practice. This qualitative, phenomenological study focused on understanding the lived experiences of 10 teachers before, during, and after engaging in action research. Each teacher was interviewed before…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Action Research, Program Effectiveness, Cooperation
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Goodnough, Karen – Educational Action Research, 2010
While teacher identity has been conceptualized in different ways, research in teacher education has shown that the development of self-understanding about being a teacher is critical to learning how to teach and can be shaped in multiple ways. Etienne Wenger argues that the formation of communities of practice is influenced strongly by the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept, Teacher Collaboration