This study of lithic artifacts from the Halaf site of Fistikli Höyük, located in Southeastern Turkey, is part of a larger body of scholarly work on Late Neolithic village cultures in the Middle East. My work expands on existing scholarship and provides new understandings of the …
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In recent years there has been growing enthusiasm among researchers for the promotion of online learning communities designed to support professional learning in preservice teacher education. The primary purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the role of such an online …
This study focuses on informal collaborative learning, including communities of practice as knowledge creation and sharing tools for work-based learning, essential for the competitiveness of organisations in today's dynamic environment. Three research questions are explored in t…
This study presents the outcomes of an exploration of the ways in which instrumental music teachers (IMTs) engaged to teach in UK university departments experience their work and interpret their role. It provides the basis for realistic steps for enriching their contribution to …
The purpose of this thesis is to explore how taste is constructed at the micro-social level of a community of practice and to investigate the dynamics that underlie the process of taste-making. An ethnographic research was conducted in the context of an arts cooperative focusing…
Information System (IS) implementations are a risky business with studies showing only a 16%-29% success rate. This research explores the use of social capital to support technology implementations. This research brings together two distinct bodies of knowledge: social network a…
The objectives of the research was to identify how knowledge, learning and reflection is mediated in communities of practice. The overall aim was to base the evidence from the lived experiences of those who are part of the communities of practice under study. The research was un…
Drawing on Lave and Wenger's (1991) and Wenger's (1998) communities of practice (CoP) framework, this study explores the shared repertoire of humor practices in the creation of community within the context of a culturally diverse and multilevel adult Arabic language classroom co…
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the discursive process of the negotiation and construction of teacher identity in a US-based Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) program. This study explores how both native-English-sp…
The southern Russian steppe is located in an intermediary position between the Caucasus, Lower Don and Lower Volga steppe, between which peoples, goods, and technologies often moved throughout prehistory, likely facilitated by small scale seasonal movements and occasional migrat…
The Late Neolithic (3000-2000 BCE) is characterized by the spread of the Longshan Culture Complex throughout the Huanghuai floodplain, covering all regions occupied by the earlier Yangshao and Dawenkou cultures. Definition of local Longshan phases is based primarily on minor sty…
Effective preaching is at the core of what many congregations expect from pastoral leadership and, for many pastors, a defining part of their calling and identity. Despite the critical nature of preaching to pastoral ministry and pastoral identity, however, many pastors do not f…
This project asked “By what means can the staff of Hamilton District Christian High nurture our Community of Practice?” Framed by action research engagement and insider action research, the inquiry allowed staff participants from this independent school to share stories of face-…
Mainline Protestant congregations are struggling to adapt to the rapidly changing culture. Grounding congregants in the biblical narrative, theological reflection, and ethical practices have long been a function of local congregations. However, as American culture has become mor…
This paper, based on ten months of fieldwork in Morocco, discusses the role of Quranic schools in the context of a Moroccan community (Chefchouan) and explores the idea that traditional Quranic schools are important community institutions both for preserving and transforming cul…
The main thrust of this study argues that failure to account for the notion of power in considering learning in social contexts—like a working environment—inevitably presents an incomplete and unrealistic account of how learning actually is. Literature suggests that mainstream s…