Change in Educational Policy and Practice through Online Communities of Practice

Autor/in	Gauthier, Karey Rose
Titel	Change in Educational Policy and Practice through Online Communities of Practice
Quelle	(2009), (51 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Internet; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Uses in Education; Educational History; Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Change Strategies; Civil Rights; Income; Federal Legislation; Civil Rights Legislation; Academic Achievement; Educational Change; Federal Government; Educational Policy; Public Education; Web Sites; Government Role; Teacher Collaboration; Educational Assessment; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Computernutzung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Lösungsstrategie; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Einkommen; Bundesrecht; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Schulleistung; Bildungsreform; Bundesregierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Erziehung; Web-Design; Lehrerkooperation; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; USA
Abstract	The internet continues to provide new and interesting solutions to age-old problems; this paper explores how education could benefit from online solutions. The history of public education in the U.S. is fractured at best, based on a system reliant on state and local control. As new legislation came into place to meet the needs of civil rights laws, and equal rights protection, the federal government has become increasingly involved leading to the national legislation "No Child Left Behind." Despite the increased standards and federal involvement, schools still suffer from a multitude of problems including poor performance on international assessments, achievement gaps between males and females, income groups and ethnic groups, and non-representative leadership in education. Using the theory of Emergence by Margaret Wheatley, I argue that online Communities of Practice can be used to create large-scale, grassroots change in an effort to solve many of our current problems in education. A transcript of a phone interview with Penelope Early is appended. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10