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Required Resources

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Burnaford, G., & Brown, T. (2014).  Teaching and learning in 21st century learning environments: A reader .  Bridgepoint Education.

· Chapter 4: Leading Change Through Research

Website

Folio . (https://portfolium.com/welcome)

· This website provides a Folio resource. This resource will support student completion of the final project, as well as discussions and assignments throughout the course. Learn more about Folio, University of Arizona Global Campus' ePortfolio tool, by viewing the  Folio Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.) . Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)   Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

 

Recommended Resources

Articles

Barrell, J., & Weitman, C. J. (2007).  Action research fosters empowerment and learning communities Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 73(3), 36-45. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

· In this bulletin, Barrel and Witman discuss how action research done in learning communities can produce results that affect the whole school. This resource will support student completion of the discussions and assignment for this week. The full-text version of this article is available through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

Brown, H. (2004).  Action research in the classroom: A process that feeds the spirit of the adolescent International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 3(1), 1-30. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

· This action research study was conducted to see if student-driven questions inserted into a holistic intrapersonal curriculum would encourage student self -efficacy. The results of the study noted that the concepts of competence, encouragement, confidence, and self-esteem allow holistic teaching to flourish when creativity, choice, imagination, and constructivism nourish the adolescent spirit in the classroom. This resource will support student completion of the discussions and assignment for this week. The full-text version of this article is available through the EBSCOhost database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

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