Reaching out to Rural Schools: University-Practitioner Linkage through the Internet

Autor/in	Alexander, Gary C.
Titel	Reaching out to Rural Schools: University-Practitioner Linkage through the Internet
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 11 (2003) 2, S.321-330 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-7069
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Action Research; Online Courses; Elementary School Teachers; Learning Experience; Internet; Teacher Researchers; Teaching Methods; Faculty Development; Learning Processes; Computer Mediated Communication; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Projektforschung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lernerfahrung; Lehrerforschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Computerkonferenz; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	This article discusses the creation of a teacher as researcher learning environment in one small rural Idaho elementary school through the Internet. At the request of five elementary school teachers from the same rural school district, the researcher, a university professor, created an online course, "Teacher as Researcher," which provided instruction on both Action Research and Teacher as Researcher methodology. The researcher examined, analyzed, and described the learning process that took place among the teachers as novice online learners, between the teachers as teacher researchers, and the elements and processes that constituted their creation of a local learning community. The researcher met with the students at their request in real time (synchronous) for three consecutive days toward the end of the course to discuss the learning process that had transpired, answer questions, and bring closure to the teacher as researcher learning experience. The researcher views the Internet as a new medium for reaching out to rural schools who wish to minimize their limited learning opportunities and their sense of academic isolation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10