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The authors argue that the aim of research should be to improve practice through a process of critical reflection. Focusing clearly on the everyday concerns and problems of practitioners, they emphasize the importance of practical knowledge. Their definition of ‘practice’ is wide, and includes the generation of theory and the doing of research as well as front-line teaching. They show how notions of ‘adult learning’ and ‘the adult learner’ have been constituted mainly through theory and research in psychology and sociology, and examine action research as a mode of understanding. They conclude by looking at the curriculum implications for the teaching of adult education as reflective practice.

This is a link to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards- they are the ones who sponsor the National Board porfolio process.

I plan to create a course to help teachers going through the National Board Process. This is a link I intend for them to use.

Make friends by studying in a group -- Exchange telephone numbers with at least two classmates. Make arrangements to study with these friends on a regular basis. Working in groups has benefits. These benefits include increasing your knowledge of accounting and improving your critical thinking and communication skills.

"correctly, viewing it) immediately focused my thoughts on the use of visual texts in classrooms today. Click on the screenshot above to view the animated, interactive info graphic that presents 13 reasons why we should use infographics ( or visual texts in general). Unlike other infographics I link to on Mr G Online, I'm not going to discuss the specific points presented - that would be contradictory to the message of the infographic. I'll let you get your own meaning from it. However, I am going to reflect on how it made me consider the use of visual texts in education."

"Journal of Educators Online is an online double-blind peer review scholarly journal in the broad area of Computer Mediated Learning (CML) which includes distance, online, electronic, virtual, distributed, blended and mobile learning. Computer-mediated learning occurs when an individual interactively learns (formally or informally, synchronously or asynchronously) about material via computer means where the learning materials and pedagogy are developed to take advantage of the available technologies. Our audience are educators, policy-makers and students interested in the development, delivery, and management of computer mediated learning in the Arts, Business, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Sciences and Social Sciences. The areas of pedagogy, content, technical and organizational issues are within the scope of the journal. If you would like to join the journal's Distribution List to be notified of new developments and when a new issue is available online, please click the Contact button for more information."

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