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ERIC Number: EJ572771
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
What Does it Mean When High School Teachers Participate in Collaborative Research with Students on Literacy Motivations?
Oldfather, Penny; Thomas, Sally
Teachers College Record, v99 n4 p647-91 Sum 1998
Presents case studies of six teachers who completed year-long research projects on motivation for literacy learning in collaboration with high school students, considering their views on the nature of knowledge, the purposes of schooling, approaches to teaching and learning, perspectives on motivation, and roles and relationships with the school and research team. Dominant themes were related to epistemological issues. (SM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, High School Students, High Schools, Literacy Education, Secondary School Teachers, Self Motivation, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Constructivism