Microblogging about teaching: Nurturing participatory cultures through collaborative online reflection with pre-service teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-93

  Krutka, Daniel G ^a   Bergman, Daniel J ^b   Flores, Raymond ^c   Mason, Katherine ^b   Jack, Ashlie R ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative reflection; Participatory cultures; Reflective practice; Social media; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897603277     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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