Thick Description as Pedagogical Tool: Considering Bowers’ Inspiration for Our Work
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DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2019.1628762
Abstract: This article begins with deep appreciation of Chet Bowers’ powerful charge to take up thick description as a pedagogical tool, while also acknowledging the unpleasant manner in which he offered this charge in response to… read more here.
Keywords: description pedagogical; thick description; tool considering; pedagogical tool ... See more keywords
Using Competency-based Portfolios as a Pedagogical Tool and Assessment Strategy in MPA Programs
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DOI: 10.1080/15236803.2017.12002301
Abstract: Abstract The development and use of the portfolio has become a critical feature of many Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs. The portfolio assignment has grown out of deepened appreciation of learning theory and the… read more here.
Keywords: assessment strategy; portfolio; pedagogical tool; tool assessment ... See more keywords
Discursive stance as a pedagogical tool: Negotiating literate identities in writing conferences
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DOI: 10.1177/1468798419838596
Abstract: Literacy development involves not only the cultivation of new practices but also of new identities. Drawing on theories of stance and positioning, this study examines the identity negotiations of one first-grade student with his teacher… read more here.
Keywords: literate identities; stance; pedagogical tool; stance pedagogical ... See more keywords