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Education As Apprenticeship For Social Action: Composition Instruction, Critical Consciousness, And Engaged Pedagogy, David Alan Sapp
Education As Apprenticeship For Social Action: Composition Instruction, Critical Consciousness, And Engaged Pedagogy, David Alan Sapp
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
As a professional teacher of writing, I see language as one of many locations in which political struggles exist, and the classroom as a site from which my students and I can actively examine culture, developing strategies of language-use that can facilitate social change. Critical and feminist pedagogies are two closely-related ways of teaching from which we can examine socially-created power structures so that society can move towards new ways of thinking and towards a new consciousness. The state of critical consciousness that results from these pedagogies becomes realized when students, studying as apprentices for social action, begin to speak …
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
A Different Approach To Family Involvement, Leslie Patterson, Shelia Baldwin, Rubén Gonzales, Irma Guadarrama, Liz Keith
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The Houston Chronicle recently quoted a school counselor who blamed low student achievement on parents, whom he called "a bunch of seventh-grade dropouts who can't add 2 plus 2" (Houston Chronicle, 1998, p. 21A). As educators, we see too many of our colleagues play that blame game as we try to respond to increasing public pressure to make schools "work." The logic goes something like this: "We are doing everything we know how, and these children still are not succeeding. If only their parents would (fill in the blank), everything would be just fine."
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Teacher Researcher Perspectives On Parent Involvement, Catherine Compton-Lilly
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What is happening at your school to foster parent involvement? Where I teach, parent involvement is a constant struggle. Programs that promise to bring parents into the school come and go quickly; they are never well-attended and the parents who do attend the first session often do not return for the second. Teachers, observing this lack of involvement, complain that parents don't care and do not support the school. The rhetoric around our school blames parents when things go wrong for children at school.
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
Review: Classroom Interviews: A World Of Learning, Catherine Compton-Lilly
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Garth Boomer once wrote, "To deliberately learn is to research." To Boomer, teachers and students are researchers when they purposely seek to understand aspects of their world. As a first grade teacher, it would be difficult for me to find a day of teaching that did not involve deliberate learning. Each day brings novel inquiries, new questions, and constant reflection on the events that transpire. Hopefully my students share this sense of wonder and interest as they learn to read, write, and research.
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
A First Step For Technology Integration For Teachers, Rena Cifarelli
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How do I begin to work with teachers on integrating technology into their diverse disciplines? How do I begin to form a relationship that allows them to express their fears about technology and trust in me to overcome those fears? How do I assess their technology strengths and weaknesses so I can help them to begin at a point where they are comfortable with the technology? These were the initial questions I asked myself as a high school educational technologist, who was beginning to embark with a group of four other teachers on an action research project.
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
A Discourse On Literacy And Community: Research Relationships For Preservice Teachers, Karen Broaddus, David Landis
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This written dialogue between two university researchers explores how different forms of preservice teacher inquiry work as active components of language arts coursework in elementary education. We will discuss issues of design and implementation: 1. Theoretical contexts for including research in teacher education 2. Selecting settings for preservice teacher research 3. Defining research tasks 4. Examining professional research relationships 5. Forms for reflection 6. Analyzing research outcomes Our positions will be illustrated using the results of two distinct examples of literacy research: a study exploring the experiences of two preservice teachers conducting individual case studies of literacy development and a …
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
Preservice Teachers' Experiences Of "America Reads" Research, Penny L. Beed, David Landis, Charline Barnes, Kari Benson, Kim Willms, Amy Zidlicky
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This article has two purposes. First, we want to make visible the experiences of undergraduate preservice teacher researchers who collaborated with university faculty to conduct three research studies of an America Reads Literacy Tutoring Program. Our second purpose is to offer evidence from the preservice teachers' research logs, comments and reflections that supports or challenges current discussions about the effects of preservice teacher research. The article begins with a brief discussion of the America Reads investigations in which the preservice teachers participated. Next, we discuss the preservice teachers' thoughts about their research experiences. Finally, we explore implications raised by this …
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
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This issue sees a continuation of a strand, begun in the first issue, of articles written by collaborative groups of educators who span the school-university divide. As the authors of all these articles note, when school-based practitioners or preservice teachers in their practicums work together with colleagues in universities they create a synergy that makes ripples - or even waves - beyond their individual classrooms. As they present their work at local or national conferences and publish in venues such as Networks, the value of their work is recognized by others, who are inspired to adopt and adapt their ideas …
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
The Power Of Two: A Study Of The Integrated Reading Method Of Peer Tutoring, Carol S. Fitzpatrick
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An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
An Investigation Of A Qualitative Research Course At A U.S. University, Angela L.E. Walmsley
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Action research is typically performed by people who want to do something to improve their own situation (Sagor, 1992). Often, it is also collaborative, involving participants with different roles in the situation; together they plan, analyze data and discuss the results, and then share the findings with others in a similar field or situation who may be able to benefit from them. While action research can be used in a variety of settings, the project I present here is specific to education and teaching. I carried out an action research project that investigated aspects of a graduate qualitative education research …
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
Beginning Teachers Improve Classroom Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry, Barbara H. Davis, Virginia Resta, Karen Miller, Keitha Fortman
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"How can I get my students to pay attention to me?" "What will motivate my reluctant readers to read more?" "How can I get my students to work together in cooperative groups?" "Would teaching social skills improve discipline in my classroom?" "How can I get my students to stay on-task and become more productive?" "What can I do to get my at-risk students to produce quality work?" These questions, and others like them, are asked by classroom teachers every year, especially beginning teachers who are encountering the challenges of the classroom for the first time. In recent years many teachers …
Preservice Training Of Science Teachers: Using The Views Of Non-Science Specialists, David Palmer
Preservice Training Of Science Teachers: Using The Views Of Non-Science Specialists, David Palmer
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There is considerable evidence that many high school students are losing interest in science (Yager and Lutz, 1995). I am involved in the training of science teachers, and I wanted to develop a student-centred approach which would present this issue to future science teachers. I believe it is not only important for them to be aware of this problem, but also to be aware of the classroom practices which may exacerbate it, so that these practices can be avoided. This article describes a technique in which non-science college students were used to present these issues to preservice science teachers. It …
Teacher-Researchers Celebrating Peer Influences: Collaboration And Challenge, Myriam N. Torres
Teacher-Researchers Celebrating Peer Influences: Collaboration And Challenge, Myriam N. Torres
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Introduction: Isolation is a frequently emergent issue in teachers' conversations about their experiences and concerns. Through these collegial conversations, teachers discover the power of collaboration for their own development and that of their students. The celebration of this discovery is described and documented in this paper by examining their discourse as they talk and write about their experiences in doing teacher research in a collaborative atmosphere. Using Sampson's (1993) poetic expression, teachers were "Celebrating the other".
The Transformative Power Of The Action Research Process: Effects Of An Inquiry Approach To Preservice Teacher Education, Clare Kosnik
The Transformative Power Of The Action Research Process: Effects Of An Inquiry Approach To Preservice Teacher Education, Clare Kosnik
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What you see is not always what you get! Having been involved in action research in preservice teacher education for the last four years I continue to be startled by the impact of the process on students and faculty. It is not simply an assignment to be completed; rather, it is a process that leads student teachers to the core of what it means to be a teacher. This experience and the knowledge gained in turn change them as individuals. The action research process requires students to ponder and struggle with many difficult questions: what is the role of the …
North And South Meet Through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience For Preservice Teachers, Marion Harris Fey, Mary Ann Tighe
North And South Meet Through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience For Preservice Teachers, Marion Harris Fey, Mary Ann Tighe
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North and South Meet through Computer Collaboration: A Learning Experience for Preservice Teachers
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study On Reading Buddies, Joan Ziolkowski
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study On Reading Buddies, Joan Ziolkowski
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
"It's Friendship, Developing Friendship": A Teacher Action Research Study on Reading Buddies
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Welcome to the second issue of Networks. A new journal takes a while to become established, but we are gratified by the interest that the first issue aroused and pleased to be able to publish the second in this school year.
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Welcome to Networks. This is a significant moment for teacher research: the first issue of an online journal in which teacher researchers can share their work with fellow educators and take part in the dialogue to improve and better understand ways of supporting and extending learning, from pre-school to university.
Finding The Hidden Driveways: Observing Students At Work, Simon Hole
Finding The Hidden Driveways: Observing Students At Work, Simon Hole
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My brother and I spent part of my 17th summer counting dogs for the township we lived in. At 15 cents per pooch, taking dog census was hardly going to make us rich, but it kept us busy and we could set our own schedule, which is why it was mid-August before we started driving down the last country road of the township.
Book Review: Creswell, John. (1997). Qualitative Inquiry And Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions., Catherine Compton Lilly
Book Review: Creswell, John. (1997). Qualitative Inquiry And Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions., Catherine Compton Lilly
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As a teacher who has experimented with classroom research, I know that "doing research" can seem overwhelming. If you're like me, you took a research methodology course back in college which focused on deciphering quantitative studies and learning seemingly endless lists of terms like validity, sample, and verification. Now you may be involved in a teacher research group affiliated with a local college that meets monthly to discuss how people's research projects are progressing. However, that doesn't seem to be adequate to equip you for the research task. A book that I find particularly helpful is Qualitative Inquiry and Research …
Co-Researching With Students: Exploring The Value Of Class Discussions, Karen Hume
Co-Researching With Students: Exploring The Value Of Class Discussions, Karen Hume
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Knowledge building is a term that's meant to suggest a particular stance in my classroom - a focus by all participants on knowledge as an object that is both constructed and continually improved through the multiple perspectives and competing viewpoints that we bring to a question. As various perspectives are raised, students marshal evidence to support their views and to contribute to the building of our collective understanding. Knowledge building, therefore, like almost all classroom activity, relies on oral and written discourse.
Giving Children Control: Fourth Graders Initiate And Sustain Discussions After Teacher Read-Alouds, Zoe Donoahue
Giving Children Control: Fourth Graders Initiate And Sustain Discussions After Teacher Read-Alouds, Zoe Donoahue
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I have always allowed ample time for discussion after reading to the class, believing that it helps children to better understand the text on a basic level, as well as encouraging them to examine characters and their motivations, make predictions, discuss the author's style and choices and explore the characteristics of various genres of writing. The discussions were conducted in what is likely a typical manner: children would raise their hands if they had something to say and I would choose at random, trying to ensure that I gave as many as possible a chance to talk. The effect of …
Book Review: Davidson, A.L. (1996). Making And Molding Identity In Schools: Student Narratives On Race, Gender, And Academic Engagement., Katherine Goff
Book Review: Davidson, A.L. (1996). Making And Molding Identity In Schools: Student Narratives On Race, Gender, And Academic Engagement., Katherine Goff
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Making and Molding Identity in Schools presents detailed case studies of six high school students to illustrate how racial and ethnic identities struggle against the school policies, discourses, and practices that work to reproduce social categories. Ann Locke Davidson also shows how some teachers and programs successfully challenge social categories. She expands on current social theories that link identity exclusively to cultural, ecomonic, and political forces by portraying how identities develop in ordinary, everyday activities that occur over time in different school settings. Some of the identities that the students learn prevent some of them from successfully engaging in practices …
Book Review: Gallas, Karen. (1998)."Sometimes I Can Be Anything": Power, Gender And Identity In A Primary Classroom., Zoe Donoahue
Book Review: Gallas, Karen. (1998)."Sometimes I Can Be Anything": Power, Gender And Identity In A Primary Classroom., Zoe Donoahue
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Karen Gallas' third book, Sometimes I Can Be Anything: Power, Gender and Identity in a Primary Classroom, is a fascinating account of how children use power and gender to find their place in the classroom community. Gallas examines children's social interactions, their "real" work in the classroom, focussing on gender in the context of the issues of power and social control. Gallas hopes "to provide the reader with an in-depth look at how the children [she] taught worked to understand the social terrain of the classroom and how [she] as their teacher made sense of their work" (p.3). Gallas' …
Electronic Journals And Magazines On The Internet, Denise Johnson
Electronic Journals And Magazines On The Internet, Denise Johnson
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Educators have always valued scholarly journals as a means of remaining current on research and informing instruction. In the last few years, the Internet has seen an increase in popularity and has brought about a new medium in scholarly publication. Educators are now able to access many of their favorite journals and magazines online!
Building Communities Of Inquirers In Schools, Myriam Shechter
Building Communities Of Inquirers In Schools, Myriam Shechter
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Belonging to a community of inquirers makes you keenly aware of the benefits of such membership, as well as of the problems inherent to any larger group of people working together. Our own group of inquirers, DICEP (Developing Inquiring Communities in Education Project), associated with OISE/UT, includes university-based staff, teachers, and graduate students. We have created a large network of communication lines through which ideas, comments and suggestions flow freely between all participants: e-mail, meetings, interviews and, timepermitting, social get-togethers.
Understanding Prolepsis Through Teacher Research, Phillip White
Understanding Prolepsis Through Teacher Research, Phillip White
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Most often teacher research is written in a linear narrative form, bringing the reader along the story line of discovery much as the researcher herself made her discoveries. I have chosen a different approach, one I'll label as recursive narrative. This narrative form follows my own thinking processes, reflexive, discursive, moving recursively from present to future to past and back again, attempting to create a circular whole that is evident at the end. This recursive narrative form is reflective of the shape of prolepsis itself, analyzing an activity while taking into account its historical form, its present form, and considering …