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Riveros, Augusto; Viczko, Melody – McGill Journal of Education, 2012
Based on a qualitative case study that examined elementary teachers' understandings of a professional development policy, we question the conceptual disconnection between professional learning and professional practices in some conceptualizations of professional learning communities. We analyse the research data using Actor-Network Theory and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Activities, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice
Chassels, Caroline; Melville, Wayne – Canadian Journal of Education, 2009
To investigate benefits and challenges to engage teacher candidates in Japanese lesson study, defined as a collaborative, reflective, and iterative teacher development process, we analyzed reflective papers submitted by 60 teacher candidates studying at an Ontario faculty of education, engaged 20 practicum associate teachers in a group discussion,…
Descriptors: Practicums, Group Discussion, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Nielsen, Wendy S.; Triggs, Valerie; Clarke, Anthony; Collins, John – Canadian Journal of Education, 2010
This study investigated a professional learning community of cooperating teachers and university-based teacher educators. To examine our roles and perspectives as colleagues in teacher education, we drew on frameworks in teacher learning and complexity science. Monthly group meetings of this inquiry community were held over two school years in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Educators, Communities of Practice