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ERIC Number: EJ442879
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Electronic Networking and the Construction of Professional Knowledge.
Watts, Gary D.; Castle, Shari
Phi Delta Kappan, v73 n9 p684-89 May 1992
Several years' experience with the NEA School Renewal Network discloses six necessary conditions for successful interactive networking: encouragement of affinity group development, equal portions of "high touch" and "high tech," the availability of qualified facilitators, an empowering network structure, a distributed expertise focus, and maximum accessibility. The network has fostered teacher professionalism and demolished institutional barriers. (15 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, School Restructuring, Teacher Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Empowerment; Interactive Computer Systems; Professionalism; School Renewal Network NEA