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  The Challenge of Constructing Narratives Outline of the article: Dolk, M., & Den Hertog, J., (2008) Narratives in teacher education, Interactive learning environment . 16 (3), 215- 229. doi: 10.1080/10494820802113970 ·      Purpose:   To support the student teachers to create narratives about classroom situations to construct meaning in educational settings and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. ·      Thesis statement: The article will describe a six-step theoretical framework to support the construction of educational meaning through narratives and will expose some arguments to justify their implementation to analyze teaching events. ·      Audience: Pre-service primary teachers and In-service teachers I.             Abstract II.           Introduction III.     ...

It was seven o’clock in the morning of a cold winter day. Nineteen nine-year-old students were arranged in rectangular tables in a medium-size classroom. The teacher was about to present vocabulary on fruits and vegetables in English to her class through real materials she had brought in a colorful box. Everyone was paying attention, except for a little girl who seemed to be eating something she had in her bag. The teacher did not notice her and began the presentation of the items. After introducing most of the new items, Mrs. Brown put her left hand inside of the box expecting to reach one more object but it was empty. Suddenly, she changed her facial expression and started to move around the classroom as if she were looking for something. Nobody understood what was happening. The teacher stopped behind the little girl and observed that she has the apple that was missing from the box. As soon as the child realized Mrs. Brown had discovered her, she burst into tears. The teacher deci...

  Sharing Experiences on Educational Events Annotated Bibliography Dolk, M & Den Hertog, J. (2008) Narratives in teacher education, Interactive Learning Environments , 16:3, 215-229, DOI: 10.1080/10494820802113970   Describes the numerous challenges prospective teachers need to face when developing narratives to reflect about classroom situations. Illustrates how a multimedia interactive environment contributes to incorporate narratives to improve teaching practices. Classifies into broad categories several stories about educational events and explains how to reorient them to create narratives. Contemplates the case of mathematics lessons as an example to observe and follow. Gives an account of steps based on a theoretical framework to support student teachers to go beyond the limit of stories and transform them into narratives.

  Knowledge Construction in Writing Outline of the article: Chang, D., Marzouj, Z., Rakovi, M., & Winne, P. (2019). Towards knowledge transformation in writing argumentative essays from multiple sources: A methodological approach. Companion Proceedings of 9 th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 19). At: Tempe, AZ, USA. Volume: 2019. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333680138_Towards_knowledge_transforming_in_writing_argumentative_essays_from_multiple_sources_A_methodological_approach 1-6 ·        Purpose: To provide a guide of how to move from knowledge telling to knowledge transformation ·        Thesis statement: Academic writers seek to transform knowledge by means of multiple sources. ·        Audience: Teachers of a post-graduate course. I.             ...

  Annotated Bibliography Chang, D., Marzouj, Z., Rakovi, M., & Winne, P. (2019). Towards knowledge transformation in writing argumentative essays from multiple sources: A methodological approach. Companion Proceedings of 9 th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 19). At: Tempe, AZ, USA. Volume: March 2019. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333680138_Towards_knowledge_transforming_in_writing_argumentative_essays_from_multiple_sources_A_methodological_approach 1-6   Gives an account of methods to analyze and contribute to post-secondary writers to move from knowledge-telling to knowledge transformation. Evaluates a 40-argumentative-essay corpus to put forward problematic issues related to a wide variety of factors in evidential sentences. Enhances students to produce academic texts by correctly interpreting, paraphrasing, evaluating, and integrating multiple sources. Provides a description of coded argumentation ...