This site houses the practitioner research reports for the Virginia Adult Education Research Network. In each of two years, about a dozen practitioners researched questions about their own practice, guided by an inquiry process. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free and downloadable via the Web Tools button, to read the reports. Learning from Practice Project. This project provides professional development opportunities for practitioners interested in improving teaching and learning by participating in action research and practitioner inquiry.
Annotations describe the focus of each teacher's research.
The ESL Starter Kit helps new teachers and tutors with most aspects of the ESL teaching experience. The six sections of the Kit include Assessment, Lesson Planning, Classroom Management, and Accessing Resources. Each center gives you access to lessons, teacher reflections, and information related to the topic. The suggestions for activities listed below come from years of practice in adult ESL where teachers were successfully able to integrate language and civics content. To assist practitioners to develop activities that will serve their classroom needs, NCLE is putting together a collection of activities for integrating English and civics.