Teacher inquiry : living the research in everyday practice / edited by Anthony Clarke and Gaalen Erickson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Anthony, 1955-

Erickson, Gaalen L. (Gaalen Lee), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research in education.

Teaching--Research.

Teaching.

Education--Research.

Education.

Physical Description:

xvi, 247 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.

Contents:

1 Teacher inquiry: a defining feature of professional practice / Anthony Clarke, Gaalen Erickson 1

Part I Enacting teacher research in practice settings 7

2 Writing matters: exploring the relationship between writing instruction and assessment / Kim Douillard 9

3 Play(ing) > < living: researching creative growth / Miriam Cooley, Chris Lugar 20

4 Learning though sketching / Danan McNamara 29

5 Shall we dance? Researching the way we match student teachers with school advisors / Peter Gouzouasis, Barbara Leigh 38

6 One teacher-researcher's continued quest to improve her students' vocabulary to boost their achievement in reading / Vinnie E. Acklin 48

7 Teaching from the inside out: an image-based case study of teacher development in Learning through the Arts / Kit Grauer, Rosamar Garcia 55

8 Tunngavik homework helpers: an action research project exploring a northern school-family partnership / Elizabeth Kreuger, Jim Kreuger 69

9 Circles of caring: living curriculum in the classroom / Ron Avery, Marina Carter, Sukhy Dhillon, Donelda Henderson, Kathy Lavery, Louise Panziera, Dr Carl Leggo 79

10 Ethical obligations in teacher research / Sharon Shockley Lee, Owen Van Den Berg 93

11 What are the new literacies? Writing and teaching and living with the questions / Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Robin Bright, Cynthia Chambers, Leah Fowler, Michael Pollard, Pamela Winsor 103

12 How we have grown: reflections on professional development / Donna F. Nelson, Kay Strouse, Christine Waechter, Henry St. Maurice 115

Part II Methods and models in teacher research 127

13 Using the World Wide Web for researching teaching-learning relationships / Garry Hoban 129

14 Problem-based learning as a research tool for teachers / Elizabeth Jordan, Marion Porath, Gillian Bickerton 141

15 Poetic moments in the classroom: poetry as a tool for teacher research and professional development / Amanda Nicole Gulla 154

16 Experiences of fear and pain in teaching: a collaborative arts-based inquiry / Susan Walsh 164

Part III Emergent issues in teacher research 179

17 Exploring the nature of teacher research / John Loughran 181

18 Knowledge-creation in educational leadership and administration through teacher-research / Jack Whitehead, Jacqueline D. Delong 190

19 Why do teacher research? Perspectives from four stakeholders / Ian Mitchell 199

20 Working on the underbelly of the underdog: listening for the ring-of-truth in a teacher-researcher's story / Judith McBride 209

21 Working it out: when is evaluation not evaluation? / Jean McNiff 221

22 The "look" of the teacher: using digital video to improve the professional practice of teaching / Sarah Fletcher, Jack Whitehead 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041529794X

0415297958

OCLC:

51069059