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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Structured Communities, Science Instruction Development, and the Use of Blogging in a Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Program
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Wall, Steven C.; Anderson, Janice; Justice, Julie – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2014
This study evaluates the use of blogging and what it reveals about the development of science teaching ability in pre-service elementary education majors. The investigation occurs in a structured community and takes into consideration interactions among community members as they reflect on their own experiences and respond to the blogs of other…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Electronic Journals, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
The Affordance of Blogging on Establishing Communities of Practice in a Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Program
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Justice, Julie; Anderson, Janice; Nichols, Kathleen; Gorham, Jennifer Jones; Wall, Steve; Boyd, Ashley; Altheiser, Leah – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2013
This study examines the affordances of blogging on establishing communities of practice within an elementary teacher education program. Building upon the previous work with in-service teachers of Luehmann (2008), we examined pre-service teacher participation in an online community of practice where pre-service teachers, over the course of their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers