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Glossary

 

Please note: These definitions relate to this specific project. The same terms may be defined differently elsewhere.

Items in total: 36
 

action research

advocacy

analytical discourse

bottom-up approach

building on strengths

change-agent

community of practice

Content & Language Integrated Learning / CLIL in German

data collection

dissemination

educational change

empowerment

evidence

impact

language teaching

memo

memory log

network

observation

perspectives

professional development

Professionalism

quality assurance

quality cultures

questionnaire

readjustment

recordings

research methods

research question

scholarly community

strategies

teacher researcher

teachers as reflective practitioners

tool

tools or instruments of action research

triangulation


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