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Learning about Chinese-speaking cultures at a distance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This chapter focuses on the challenges posed by curriculum choices and pedagogical frameworks to the study of Languages of the Wider World in the UK. These languages reflect complex linguistic and cultural realities that do not fit into the traditional ...
Álvarez, Inma
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Becoming a TESOL Practitioner: Disciplinary Languaging and the Socialization of International Students in UK Higher Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article proposes the concept of disciplinary languaging to account for the regulated forms of communication that are characteristic of TESOL master's preparatory programs in the UK. It does so with a view to the effects on the socialization of international students who are attracted by the global promotion of such programs and the ...
Yunpeng Du, Miguel Pérez‐Milans
wiley   +1 more source

The history of development of the cultural-historical theory and its contemporary perceptions: answering questions and questioning answers

open access: yesВестник Московского университета. Серия 14: Психология
Background. The identification of key periods of development in culturalhistorical theory is not just a task of historical interest. It may help to reconstruct the logics and the moving forces in the development of Vygotsky’s theoretical approaches at ...
Nikolai N. Veresov
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction to the special issue “Perspectives on Social Cognition”\ud [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Introduction to the special issue “Perspectives on Social Cognition ...
Marsh, Leslie
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Land and Water Pedagogy in TESOL: Centering Indigenous Knowledges

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of English Language Teaching (ELT), TESOL, and Indigenous knowledges is an important yet often neglected area of inquiry. This paper explores the importance of including Indigenous knowledges – specifically land and water pedagogies – in ELT, TESOL, and broader language education practices. Through duoethnographic inquiry, we –
Paul J. Meighan, Madoka Hammine
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnography in TESOL

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Contemporary research in TESOL spans a range of ethnographic approaches from ethnography of communication and language socialization to narrative inquiry, critical ethnography, autoethnography, and digital ethnography. The foci of ethnographic work have evolved from earlier work focusing on interactional approaches that examined how L2 ...
Peter Sayer
wiley   +1 more source

The Double Path of Expansive Learning in Complex Socio-Technical Change Processes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The purpose of this article is to describe how expansive learning in organisations can become a resource for learning in a wider community of practice (CoP).
Michael Klebl, Monika Hackel
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Cultural historical activity theory and Dewey’s idea-based social constructivism: Consequences for Educational Research

open access: yesOutlines, 2008
Background: Our theoretical perspectives direct ourresearch processes. The article contributes to the debateon Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) andDewey’s idea-based social constructivism, and to thedebate on methodology and how the researcher ...
May Britt Postholm
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Teachers' instructional goals for science practice: Identifying knowledge gaps using cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT)

open access: yes, 2016
In AP Biology, the course goal, with respect to scientific acts and reasoning, has recently shifted toward a reform goal of science practice, where the goal is for students to have a scientific perspective that views science as a practice of a community rather than a body of knowledge.
openaire   +2 more sources

Activating community co‐ownership of work‐related mental health: Enhancing capacity to reach at‐risk groups

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Reaching and engaging workers who are reluctant, unwilling, or unable to access relevant information and timely support through their workplace or mainstream avenues is a critical policy issue in Australia and worldwide. Cross‐sector alliances between community organisations, statutory bodies, and healthcare providers can expand the reach of ...
Corina Crisan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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