Freedom at work : language, professional, and intellectual development in schools / Maria E. Torres-Guzman with Ruth Swinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torres-Guzmán, Maria E., author.

Contributor:

Swinney, Ruth.

Series:

Series in critical narratives.

Series in critical narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--In-service training--United States.

Teachers.

Teacher-principal relationships--United States.

Teacher-principal relationships.

Language and education--United States.

Language and education.

Multiculturalism--United States.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the freedom to use the language resources we have at our disposal to learn to our fullest, to engage in inquiry about learning and teaching, and to go beyond the surface in topics of schooling and education. Within a particular school context, the author explores how these freedoms came into being, how they took shape, and what they meant for the individuals involved. She shows that the individual and social freedoms in which the teacher and the learner operate within schools are important measures and outcomes of intellectual development. In connecting language, culture, learning, and intellectual development as freedoms in her own life, the author explores a new way of seeing the role of multiple languages in education and the freedom to learn.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Enmarcando/An Introduction; From Gray to Color: The Why of the Study; My Questions, My Methods; Activities; Endnotes; Part One: Language Development as Freedom; 2 Language and Culture from the Periphery to the Center; PS 165 Community; Latinos; Test Scores and Transformation; Parameters for Dual-Language Education; Reflection on Unfreedoms; Activities; Endnotes; 3 Negotiating Language; Negotiating Spaces; Language Allocation; Reflection on Definitions of Freedom; Activities; Endnotes

Part Two: Professional Development as Freedom4 The Professional Development Plan; Encouraging Autonomy and Risk Taking; Portfolios; Curriculum Conversations; Collaborative Leadership and Governance; Activities; Endnotes; 5 The Many Benefits of Group Study; Classroom Ethnography Study Group; The Reading Group; Teacher Inquiry/Study Group; Dual-Language Study Group; Schedules, Time, and Accountability; Activities; Endnotes; 6 The Synergy of Collaboration: Teachers and Researchers Together; The Professional Development School; The First Bilingual Internships; Intervisitations

PDS Teaching SeminarPDS Inquiry Group; The Greater Council; The Holmes Partnership Annual Conference; Disturbing the Bilingual Teacher Education Program; Other Ways of Breaking Isolation and Creating Community; Reflection on Freedom: The Individual and the Collective; Activities; Endnotes; 7 Teaching as Social Practice; Case #1: On Culture and Curriculum; Case #2: Negotiating Academic Language Through Culture; Case #3: Teaching Academic Language in Context; Case #4: Language Choice; Case #5: Learning About Scaffolding; Activities; Endnotes; Part Three: Intellectual Development as Freedom

8 Teachers Speak: Their Theories and Educational GoalsEmpowerment; Independence; Interdependence; Social Justice; Reflections on Teachers' Practices and Thinking; Activities; Endnotes; 9 Other Theories of Development as Freedom; Definitions of Freedom; The Individual and Society; Agency; Freedom as Product and Process; How the Social Freedoms Came Together; Language Development as Freedom; Intellectual Development as Freedom; Professional Development as Freedom; Activities; Endnotes; 10 One Principal's Perspective; Endnote; 11 My Perspective; Activities; Endnotes

12 Conclusions: Openings for Future FreedomsEndnotes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2010 by Paradigm Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-317-25950-5

1-317-25949-1

1-315-63459-7

9781315634593

OCLC:

932339639