Kennesaw State University
K-12 Community of Inquiry: A Case Study of K-12 Online Social Studies Teacher Practice in a Virtual School
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Teaching practices, rationales, and roles of experienced online social studies teachers at one fully online high school in the southeastern United States were examined using the descriptive case study method. Three male teachers and one female social studies teacher, all with three or more years of experience in the online classroom, were studied using interviews, observations, and document analysis. The resultant data was then coded according to open and theoretical coding methods. Results demonstrated the teaching practices, rationales, and roles of experienced online social studies teachers. Results led to an adaptation of the Community of Inquiry framework to the K-12 setting entitled the K-12 Community of Inquiry framework. In addition, the author presents an Expanded Online Learner Support Roles (EOLSR) framework that addresses seventeen roles of K-12 online teachers. Further research is needed to identify practices of K-12 fully online teachers for all subject areas and to verify the applicability of the K-12 Community of Inquiry framework and the EOLSR framework.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Instructional Technology
- Year
- 2019
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sanders, Kyle
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Laurie Brantley-Dias
- Julia S. Fuller
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/instruceddoc_etd/6
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:instruceddoc_etd-1007