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  Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. (n.d.). The theory and practice of online teaching and learning: A guide for academic professionals . Retrieved from https://cutt.ly/pgD99oo Provides useful summaries of six books on online learning and teaching published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Explores the major aspects of e-learning and teaching in twenty-first century education, while also highlights the main differences with onsite course delivery. Emphasizes the benefits of the design of participatory online courses, namely the ample opportunities to work collaboratively with remote learning communities, students' development of reflective thinking and teachers' professional development through practice (Ko & Rossen, cited in The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals , n.d.). Examines the role of digital technologies in learning and underlines the need to "harness their power, and put them to the prope...

Outline of the book: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. (n.d.). The theory and practice of online teaching and learning: A guide for academic professionals . Retrieved from https://cutt.ly/pgD99oo Purpose : To highlight the powerful educational value of online teaching and learning. Thesis statement : By fostering cooperative work, critical thinking and collaboration with the outer world, participatory online courses can make significant contributions to education. Audience : English Language Teaching (ELT) teachers and researchers. Introduction Suggestions on how to read the book Summaries of the chapters The foundations of online teaching and learning The characteristics and methodology of fully online courses Technical assistance and tra i ning in computer literacy The benefits of online teaching and learning A detailed description of online teaching and learni...

 The American Psychological Association (APA) is responsible for regulating academic writing conventions, and as such, establishes a style for documenting sources and other authors' work in papers. In the light of the academic literacy requirements presented in the 6th edition of APA's (2010) Publication Manual, the purpose of this analysis is to reflect on the application of APA's guidelines on reference lists and in-text citations in the article Beyond Reflection: Teacher Learning as Praxis by Hoffman-Kipp, Artiles and López-Torres (2003). As for in-text citations, these are included within the body of academic papers and are used to give details of cited bibliography, such as authors' surnames, publication dates and, when quoting other authors' words directly, page numbers (APA, 2010). With regard to reference pages, APA (2010) states that they should be a comprehensive list of the literature cited in the body of the paper. After an examination of the article, we...

This story is about a group of adult students at A2 level to whom I used to teach oral conversation skills. Many students had difficulties in pronouncing fluently and most of them became too tense when having to read texts aloud or when asked to communicate. While devising methods and techniques to help them overcome their underlying fear and inhibition, I thought of using a famous song by The Beatles to work on fluency in pronunciation. Once fully developed, my scheme was based on a conjecture which stated that dance and physical expression would promote body relaxation and, ultimately, fluency. At the beginning of the class, I told my students we were going to do something different and innovative that day. They were adults, and at first, they had a very critical look on their faces. As the lesson proceeded, their emotions and sensations varied. To begin with, we did some relaxation and breathing exercises while listening to some quiet music. Next, I made them listen to the song we...

  Outline of the article: Dolk, M., & D en Hertog, J. (2008). Narratives in teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments , 16 (3), 215-229. DOI : 10.1080/10494820802113970 Purpose : To highlight the potential of narratives for teachers’ and student teachers’ professional development. Thesis statement : Narratives can aid teachers and student-teachers in developing local theories by helping them reflect upon real classroom situations. Audience : Teachers, researchers in education and educational consultants. Abstrac t An overview of the article Introduction A preliminary exploration of the issues explored by this article MILE A comprehensive description of the software MILE Narratives The role of narratives in teacher education Research method A detailed description o f what constitutes design research Nar...

Dolk, M., & D en Hertog, J. (2008). Narratives in teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments , 16 (3), 215-229. DOI : 10.1080/10494820802113970 In this paper, Dolk and Hertog (2008) maintain that narratives help teachers and student teachers construct local theories of events in real classroom situations through a cyclic process of observation, analysis and reflection . In their view, learning in teacher education programs is promoted through continual processes of reflection, which, in turn, form the basis for making meaning out of the observation of situated classroom events (Dolk & den Hertog, 2008). Through a process of observation, reflection and analysis, the student-teachers develop situated meaning of teaching processes and are able to construct narratives based on principles from education theory. As the authors state, “meaningful stories are paradigmatic” (Dolk & Hertog, 2008, p. 222). To conclude, helping students develop narrative knowledge enta...