Title: Creating educator communities

Authors: Alberto Tornaghi, Adriana S. Vivacqua, Jano M. De Souza

Addresses: COPPE/UFRJ – Graduate School of Engineering, Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68511, Zip Code 21941-972, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. ' COPPE/UFRJ – Graduate School of Engineering, Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68511, Zip Code 21941-972, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. ' COPPE/UFRJ – Graduate School of Engineering, Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68511, Zip Code 21941-972, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Abstract: In the Brazilian public school system, teachers have little time to keep up-to-date. To reinvigorate the school system, the government has formulated a continuing education project, with long-distance courses for teachers and the creation of educator communities to provide ongoing support. This paper describes strategies pursued to jumpstart the educator community within this continuing education project.

Keywords: distance education; communities of practice; communities formation; continuing education; teacher training; Brazil; web-based communities; educator communities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.006928

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2005 Vol.1 No.3, pp.296 - 307

Published online: 25 Apr 2005 *

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