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Silencing Reading, Silencing The Boys: Using Action Research To Investigate Silent Reading Programs And Its Effects On Boys’ Literacy Skills, Rachel Velluto, Joanna Barbousas
Silencing Reading, Silencing The Boys: Using Action Research To Investigate Silent Reading Programs And Its Effects On Boys’ Literacy Skills, Rachel Velluto, Joanna Barbousas
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Despite the vast amount of literature regarding boys and their underperformance in the literacy realm, only some research indicates that boys’ low literacy levels may be attributed to unchallenged literacy classroom practices. Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) is a free voluntary reading program in which students are expected to read (usually books) for a period of time. Observing an SSR period during the teaching practicum as a pre-service teacher, the unstructured nature of the lesson disengaged many of the boys. In the lesson, the students are expected to select a book from the library and read in silence for the duration …
Student-Centered Empowerment Of Teacher-Centered Practices: An Action Research Project, Nicolas Clegorne, Roland Mitchell
Student-Centered Empowerment Of Teacher-Centered Practices: An Action Research Project, Nicolas Clegorne, Roland Mitchell
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This action research reflects a narrative inquiry into the age-old debate concerning the relationship between theory and practice in educational settings. The unique perspective we add to this discussion is our distinct vantages. One researcher is a faculty member and the other is a student-affairs practitioner both working in a large public university. The insights we gleaned from this inquiry were drawn from our participant observation of a Foundations of Higher Education course. The course enrolled 22 students (many of whom worked full-time as student affairs practitioners) and we challenged them to engage theoretically dense material with the expressed aim …
Request In The Secondary History Classroom: How Does The Introduction Of A Purposeful Reading Technique Effect Comprehension Of Text?, Jeffery Peleaux, Jason Endacott
Request In The Secondary History Classroom: How Does The Introduction Of A Purposeful Reading Technique Effect Comprehension Of Text?, Jeffery Peleaux, Jason Endacott
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This quantitative, action research study sought to explore the effects of introducing the ReQuest reading comprehension technique to students who are accustomed to using a world history textbook and the initiate-respond-evaluate questioning pattern to acquire basic historical information. Data collected from a series of paired sample quiz scores indicates that the ReQuest method shows promise as part of a purposeful, reciprocal teaching method when reading comprehension of expository text is the explicit goal of the classroom teacher. The results of this exploratory study support the literature on the use of explicitly taught reading strategies and suggests that further investigation of …
Editorial Introduction, Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Tynisha Meidl, Christopher Meidl
Editorial Introduction, Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Tynisha Meidl, Christopher Meidl
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This special edition seeks to challenge the perspective of research surrounding preservice teachers, shifting from a focus on preservice teachers to a focus on the work in which pre-service teachers are themselves engaged. As guest editors of this special edition, we work with pre-service teachers in a variety of institutional contexts and configurations ranging from traditional undergraduate preservice teachers to accelerated graduate student pre-service teacher candidates, and from a small liberal-arts to large research intensive institutions.
Pre-Service Teachers And Participatory Action Research: Students, Community, And Action, Paul Mencke
Pre-Service Teachers And Participatory Action Research: Students, Community, And Action, Paul Mencke
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Participatory Action Research (PAR) has a history of empowerment, transformation, and healing (McIntyre, 2008). Its limited use in teacher education must be addressed, and this study shows pre-service teachers’ overwhelming enjoyment in completing a PAR project. An outline of classroom methods demonstrates how the project was implemented, and 41 student responses are analyzed from a secondary Community and Cultural Context of Education course. Findings indicate 73% concluded PAR was great or enjoyable, and included are reflections about transformational experiences, reasons for not enjoying PAR, and ideas to improve the project. Implications for continued study suggest a need for further inquiry …
Editorial Introduction, Catherine F. Compton-Lilly
Editorial Introduction, Catherine F. Compton-Lilly
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Welcome to Volume 15, number 2 of Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research! As we end a decade and a half of publication, we are proud to present a rich set of articles that highlight educators’ voices and knowledge.
Digging Deeper Into The Culture Of Writing: Do Mentor Texts Inspire Male Students To Write?, Natalie Judith Gericke, Lindsay Gloria Salmon
Digging Deeper Into The Culture Of Writing: Do Mentor Texts Inspire Male Students To Write?, Natalie Judith Gericke, Lindsay Gloria Salmon
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In a growing trend in schools across the country, girls are out-performing boys in the area of literacy. Some researchers would support a disconnection regarding specific topics taught in the literacy curriculum and the interests of boys (Gurian & Stevens, 2004). In our kindergarten and first grade classrooms, we have observed a difference in the participation between boys verses girls during writer’s workshop. In this article, we share our experiences, as two primary teachers, in utilizing mentor texts and mini-lessons to teach writing to our male kindergarten and first grade students. We will share research on Early Emergent literacy and …