ICLS 2000 Proceedings
Online Teacher Reflection as a Scaffold to Support Reform-Based Curriculum Implementation
Scott McDonald & Nancy Butler Songer
The University of Michigan School of Education
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Abstract: Teachers implementing technology-rich reform-based innovate curriculum are often the only teachers in their school or geographic region using a particular curriculum. This study examines the teacher-participants in the Kids as Global Scientist: Weather curriculum and how creating a web-based message board with a structured professional development focus may act as a community of support for these geographically separated teachers.
Keywords: reflection, computer-mediated communication, professional development, educational reform
Preferred Citation Format:
McDonald, S., & Songer, N.B. (2000).Online Teacher Reflection
as a Scaffold to Support Reform-Based Curriculum Implementation.
In B. Fishman & S. O'Connor-Divelbiss (Eds.), Proceedings of
the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences
(pp. 324-325). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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