Chastity Rivera MSL 0685 CRN 30094 Leading Learning Communities Nova Southeastern University February 24‚ 2013 Concorde Career Institute Orlando has been an educational institution for over 25 years. This organization provides fast-track‚ health-related programs in various fields. As with any educational institution‚ proprietary or not‚ there are many employees-all part of many different departments. Concorde Orlando has developed of a learning community to some extent‚ but the findings presented
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elaboration. For example‚ in the first paragraph discussing about Gee’s article‚ you state that it “also describes what a discourse community is and defines its characteristics” (Dobias 7)‚ but I feel that in order to dive deep into the article and reach the heart of it‚ you might also want to say how Gee describes a discourse community. You could say that his article “also describes a discourse community as any group of people that uses a discourse when communicating amongst its members‚ providing several
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the Christian Bible and keep themselves separate from non-Amish communities. Their ideology is based upon rejection of pride‚ arrogance‚ and social and technological advances. They value strict adherence to God’s tenants‚ especially humility‚ self-control and simplicity (Sharpnack‚ Griffin‚ Benders‚ & Fitzpatrick‚ 2010). “The Amish are a group known for their simple living‚ deep respect for tradition‚ and focus on family and community relationships” (Holmes & Block‚ 2013‚ p. 371). These beliefs come
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of requiring community-based learning courses? In my view there are many pros and cons of the requirement of a community based learning course. A pro is that it makes the student more well rounded and prepared for the when they graduate and engage with their communities on their own. Another pro is that it facilitates many feelings for students that they may not know that they could become in contact with prior to the course such as empathy. The cons of a community based learning course is that
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Learning communities and Student Motivations A learning community is a setting in which individuals within the community have the same goals‚ common relationships‚ and show concern for one and other. Learning communities are very important‚ and as teachers we need to be able to make our classroom a productive‚ great and fun learning community in order for our students to be engaged. Students need to be engaged at every part of the day‚ lesson and even assignments. Creating a positive learning
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Since the early 1900’s there has been a shift in the emphasis from learning with the focus being on the individual (local) to learning as part of a community (global). The emergence of social communities have worked in tandem with established forms of learning to educate the masses. These social communities were called by various names each having a different function and or terms of reference. Local learning takes place within ‘self’‚ as we learn people learn with us and from us‚ in a non formal
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that proves to lead towards student learning and higher achievement including strong leadership‚ clear and shared mission‚ vision‚ values‚ and goals‚ collective inquiry‚ action oriented‚ collaborative teams that work interdependently‚ a focus on student learning and results oriented. These ideas are represented within a Professional Learning Community (PLC). To become a PLC‚ a staff must make changes in their actions and work together focusing on student learning. PLC’s have evolved out of failed
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How would I feel if I had to do community service to be able to graduate high school? I would love it. I love helping other people. Even though it would take time away from my regular schedule. But I would still love to help with community service. If I had to perform community service to graduate‚ I would love it. Because I could be able to meet new people. I can help out my community. As well as just feeling good about myself. So yes‚ I would love to do community service. However‚ I do have some
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Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) * It is a philosophy as well as a place; it is a way of being as well as a working model. It is a mindset as well as a map. Foundation: Collaboration - working together for common goals‚ partnership‚ shared leadership‚ co-evolving and co-learning - rather than competition and power given to only a few. Focus: Learning - learning where students are actively demonstrating their understanding‚ rather than students passing written tests as the sole sign of
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The Professional Learning Community By Louis Stoll ‚ 2006 As per my goal setting on this paper are to learn what are meant by PLC and CoP as well as and become a good leader in today’s education. Professional Learning Community (PLC) is “an inclusive and mutually supportive group of people with collaborative‚ reflective‚ and growth-oriented approach towards investigating and learning more about their practice in order to improve pupils’ learning" (Stoll‚ p. 104). Professional refers to a specialized
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