Utilization of computer tools in linguistic research has gained importance with the maturation of media frameworks for the handling of digital audio and video. The increased use of these tools in gesture, sign language and multimodal interaction studies has led to stronger requirements

Only recently have professionals recognized the importance of self-determination for young children and their families. Project SELF used the philosophy of self-determination in an interdisciplinary model to prepare graduate students to serve young children with disabilities and their families

;nonspread." Social and cognitive boundaries between different professions retard spread, as individual professionals operate within unidisciplinary communities of practice. This new theory helps explain barriers to the spread of innovation in multiprofessional organizations in both health care and other settings. I

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of the Professional Education Unit at Millersville University. The core of the conceptual framework remains intact. Updates have been made, however, to the narrative and literature references that support our themes of Learning Communities of Inquiry and Action, Focus on Students and Exemplary Professional Practices

Whether you are training a junior researcher or working with a seasoned teacher, an appropriate methodological framework offers an ideal environment in which to conduct a program of professional development activities. The framework described here provides a research setting allowing junior through

and our overarching vision, philosophies and mission. As a result, this Conceptual Framework reflects the work that we do and the candidates that we prepare. In Fall 2005, the Professional Education Unit faculty proposed the title, Communities of Learners, for the conceptual framework.

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