This study elaborates the theoretical framework of PTs. The interviews with five teachers
were analysed through the concepts of choice, reasoning, and disposition. The results …

ABSTRACT Drawing on Lave & Wenger's concept of situated learning and Apple's premise
that daily interactions at school construct what is considered legitimate knowledge, this …

This study is a discourse analysis of the transcribed talk recorded between tutors and
students in a university peer tutoring program. We focus on STEM tutoring sessions …

Symbolic convergence theory provides a framework to examine how group consciousness
and meaning are formed. Because dialectical tensions are present in all human interactions …

Theoretically, this study is framed within the rhetorical tradition of communication theory
which theorizes communication as the practical art of discourse and problems of …

Drawing on empirical research on graduate student instructors (GSIs) across the US, I use
the concept of bricolage to examine how GSIs act as pedagogical bricoleurs, piecing …

This study examines the dialectical tensions experienced by graduate teaching assistants
(GTAs) based on relational dialectics theory. Through one-on-one interviews and analysis of …

Pedagogical reasoning, as one of the major components of teacher knowledge base, is
crucially important in teacher education. Motivated by the dearth of research in this area, this …

This dissertation, grounded in relational dialectics theory 2.0 (RDT; Baxter, 2011), aims to
illustrate what meanings emerge from the commerce-care dialectic when engaging in …

This thesis constructs a theoretical framework of the essential dynamic qualities embedded
in teaching practice. The concept of teaching dynamics is introduced to signify the dialectic …