Going public with our teaching : an anthology of practice / edited by Thomas Hatch ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hatch, Thomas.

Series:

Practitioner inquiry series

The practitioner inquiry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2005]

Summary:

This seminal collection brings together rich examples of classroom inquiry to address key problems of practice. Responding to the growing importance of displaying the powerful work of teachers who study their practice, this unique ensemble combines a variety of classic and new pieces. The teacher reflections are organized according to the following sections: The culture of Schools and Classrooms; The Content of the Curriculum; Issues of Equity, Race, and Culture; Negotiating the Dilemmas of Teaching.

Contents:

Part I The Culture of Schools and Classrooms

1 The First Day of School: A Reflective Narrative Analysis / Timothy Boerst 17

2 What Is a Culture of Quality? / Ron Berger 34

3 Are Pullout Programs Sabotaging Classroom Community in Our Elementary Schools? / Lois Brandts 57

4 A Narrative in Three Voices / Rebecca Akin 67

5 The Mission Hill School / Heidi Lyne 70

6 Circles of Influence: My Research Journey Into Culturally Engaged Instruction / Renee Moore 77

Part II The Content of the Curriculum: Expanding Classroom Understanding

7 With an Eye on the Mathematical Horizon: Dilemmas of Teaching Elementary School Mathematics / Deborah Loewenberg Ball 95

8 Messy Monk Mathematics: An NCTM-Standards-Inspired Class / Larry Copes 133

9 Learning from Laramie: Urban High School Students Read, Research, and Reenact The Laramie Project / Marsha R. Pincus 147

10 Pio Pico Student Researchers Participatory Action Research: From Classroom to Community, Transforming Teaching and Learning / Emily Wolk 166

11 Was the American Revolution Completed Before the War Began? / Steven Levy 171

12 A Friend of Their Minds: Capitalizing on the Oral Tradition of My African American Students / Yvonne Divans Hutchinson 181

Part III Issues of Equity, Race, and Culture

13 Helping African American Males Reach Their Academic Potential / Marlene Carter 189

14 The Gap Is in Our Expectations / Joan Kernan Cone 210

15 "And Justice for All": Using Writing and Literature to Confront Racism / Griselle M. Diaz-Gemmati 214

16 Ma-Lee's Story / Gerald Campano 237

17 Because You Like Us: The Language of Control / Cynthia Ballenger 243

Part IV Negotiating the Dilemmas of Teaching

18 Human Agency, Social Action, and Classroom Practices / Vanessa Brown 257

19 Proposition 227, Stanford 9, and Open Court: Three Strikes Against Endlish Language Learners / Ramon Martinez 267

20 Principled Practice: New Science for the Classroom / Jeffrey Maas 270

21 How Do Teachers Manage to Teach?: Perspectives on Problems in Practice / Magdalene Lampert 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807745898

0807745901

OCLC:

57344032