The first year of teaching : classroom research to increase student learning / Jabari Mahiri, Sarah Warshauer Freedman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mahiri, Jabari, editor.

Freedman, Sarah Warshauer, editor.

Series:

Practitioner inquiry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First year teachers--United States.

First year teachers.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2014]

Summary:

For first-year teachers entering the nation's urban schools, the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging. In this compelling look at first-year teachers' practice in urban schools, editors Jabari Mahiri and Sarah Warshauer Freedman demonstrate how a program of systematic classroom research by teachers themselves enables them to effectively target instruction and improve their own practice. This book organizes teachers' research into three broad areas, corresponding to issues new teachers identified as the most challenging: Crafting Curriculum-how to engage students in learning curricular content, develop their abilities to meet standards, and prepare them for college or careers. Complicating Culture-how to build on the different languages and cultures found in contemporary schools. Conceptualizing Control-how to manage a classroom of 30 or more teenagers and create a climate where learning can take place. The First Year of Teaching offers an array of classroom scenarios that will spark in-depth discussions in teacher preparation classes and professional development workshops, particularly in the context of problem-based, problem-posing pedagogies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Learning to Teach in Urban Schools / Jabari Mahiri Mahiri, Jabari, Sarah Warshauer Freedman Freedman, Sarah Warshauer 1

Part I Crafting Curriculum

Prologue: Designing Learning for Student Independence, Responsibility, and Leadership in Classrooms and Beyond / Katherine K. Frankel Frankel, Katherine K., Exequiel Ganding Ganding, Exequiel 15

2 Implementing Successful Socratic Seminars in a Challenging Urban School / Julia R. Daniels Daniels, Julia R. 19

3 Assessing the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Students' Academic Achievement in English Language Arts / Nicola C. Martinez Martinez, Nicola C. 36

4 Building Bridges of Hope Inside the Urban Classroom / Paula L. Argentieri Argentieri, Paula L. 51

Authors' Dialogue on Crafting Curriculum 66

Part II Complicating Culture

Prologue: Mediating "Superdiversity" in Urban Schools / Jennifer DiZio DiZio, Jennifer, José R. Lizárraga Lizárraga, José R. 69

5 Academic Self-Sabotage: Understanding Motives and Behaviors of Underperforming Students / Sophia Sobko Sobko, Sophia 73

6 Approaches to Teaching Language Minority Students / Paul F. Lai Lai, Paul F. 90

7 Chumpas, los Silis, and Peros? The Intersection and Collision of Language Communities in a Middle School Newcomer Classroom / Danny C. Martinez Martinez, Danny C. 107

Authors' Dialogue on Complicating Culture 120

Part III Conceptualizing Control

Prologue: Learning to Discipline Students to Internalize Their Discipline to Learn / John M. Scott Scott, John M. 123

8 Restorative Discipline: Healing Students and Mending School Culture / Eva Marie Oliver Oliver, Eva Marie 127

9 Examining the Effectiveness of "Progressive" Discipline Policies / Nischala Hendricks Hendricks, Nischala 146

10 "Why You Gotta Keep Muggin' Me?": Understanding Students' Disruptive "Yell-Outs" in Class / Rafael Velázquez Cardenas Cardenas, Rafael Velázquez 166

Authors' Dialogue on Conceptualizing Control 178

11 Reflecting on Urban Teaching Then and Now: Synthesizing the Power of Research by First-Year Teachers / Kathenne K. Frankel Frankel, Kathenne K., Jabari Mahiri Mahiri, Jabari 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807755471

0807755478

9780807755648

0807755648

OCLC:

873761923