ERIC Number: EJ1125618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Exploring Teacher-Student Interactions: Communities of Practice, Ecological Learning Systems--or Something Else?
Hall, V. J.
Journal of Further and Higher Education, v41 n2 p120-132 2017
A small-scale action research project was used to consider the policy and rhetoric surrounding development of the "expert learner" and how this might be further explored to provide opportunities for learners to have greater direct involvement in reflection and discussion with teachers. The research was based within a further education setting, using participants from an "HE in FE" curriculum area: teacher education. It sought to explore how involving students as partners in the peer observation process might be used to engage with student voice and enhance the teaching and learning experience for all involved. To evaluate the creation, sharing and development of teaching and learning that might be generated in such circumstances, the research used two theoretical frameworks to analyse the data: communities of practice and ecological learning systems. This article reviews the literature around these two frameworks and critically reflects on the influences of these approaches in communities of teaching and learning. Analysis of interviews, and the interactions and dialogue contained within these, revealed something else happening within these connections. As such, it considers the opportunities facilitated in this context and how development of a newly-devised continuum of practice may be used to enable professional dialogue to enhance student-teacher interactions.
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Communities of Practice, Ecological Factors, Ecology, Action Research, Learning Processes, Expertise, Interpersonal Communication, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Teacher Education, Peer Evaluation, Inclusion, Student Empowerment, Data Analysis, Literature Reviews, Dialogs (Language), Educational Practices, Observation, Phenomenology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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