ED356452 CS011262
Title: Teachers Are Researchers: Reflection and Action.
Author(s): Patterson, Leslie, Ed.; And Others
Author Affiliation: International Reading Association, Newark, DE.(EYV38140)
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0-87207-748-9
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC10 Plus Postage.
Availability: Order Department, International Reading Association,
800 Barksdale Rd., P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139 (Book No.
748; $18 members, $24 nonmembers).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020); Guides--Classroom--Teacher
(052)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Delaware
Journal Announcement: RIESEP1993
Target Audience: Practitioners
This book,
which focuses on the language arts teacher/researcher, is offered
as a testament to teachers' expanding participation in collecting
data and building theories about teaching, learning, curriculum,
and assessment. The book's 24 chapters are grouped into four parts.
The first part addresses general issues about teacher research:
its definition, its historical foundations; its challenges and rewards.
The second section presents the work of teacher researchers in elementary
classrooms. The third section presents studies by secondary teacher
researchers; and the final section presents reports by teacher researchers
who are working in teacher preparation programs. Chapter titles
are: "Reflection, Inquiry, Action" (Leslie Patterson and
Patrick Shannon); "Historical Perspectives" (Katherine
P. McFarland and John C. Stansell); "Finding and Framing a
Research Question" (Ruth Shagoury Hubbard and Brenda Miller
Power); "Hard Questions about Teacher Research" (Marne
B. Isakson and Robert M. Boody); "Meeting the Challenge of
Research in the Elementary Classroom" (Karen Smith); "Learning
through Whole Language: Exploring Book Selection and Use with Preschoolers"
(Jean Anne Clyde and others); "Living through War Vicariously
with Literature" (Caryl G. Crowell); "Talking and Thinking:
Making What We Read Ours" (Adele Fiderer); "Sow a Thought,
Reap an Action" (Jan Hancock); "A Look at the Process"
(Mary Ann Nocerino); "Renewing Inspiration through Research"
(Carol Minnick Santa); "Finding a Voice: One Girl's Journey"
(Phillis E. Whitin); "A Case Study of a Writer" (Katie
Wood); "A Year with Reading Workshop" (Dawn M. Cline);
"What Students' Written Reflections Reveal about Literacy"
(Kathleen Stumpf Jongsma); "Into the Woods: The Impact of Prereading
Activities" (Lee Patton); "Connecting to the Classics"
(Jeanine S. Hirtle); "Teacher and Student Perceptions of the
Value of the Computer for Writing" (Mari M. McLean and Christine
M. Gibson); "Teacher Research for Teacher Educators" (Kathy
G. Short); "Explorations in Reflective Practice" (Diane
Stephens and Kathryn Meyer Reimer); "The Importance of Reflection
in Decision-Making" (Laura G. Heichel and Tristan M. Miller);
"Promoting Reflection through Dialogue Journals" (Sharon
Lee and Nancy T. Zuercher); "Collaboration and Inquiry in a
Teacher-Education Classroom" (Kathryn Mitchell Pierce); and
"Passing on the Joy of Literacy: Students Become Writing Teachers"
(Ellen H. Brinkley). (SAM)
Descriptors: *Classroom Research; Elementary Secondary Education;
*Language Arts; Preschool Education; *Reading Instruction; Research
Methodology; Research Needs; *Theory Practice Relationship; Whole
Language Approach; *Writing Instruction
Identifiers: Reflective Teaching; *Teacher Researchers
