Teachers Doing Research -

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Résumé :
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Ways of Doing Teacher Action Research. D. Hobson, Action and Reflection: Narrative and Journaling in Teacher Research. J.C. Fischer, Action Research Rationale and Planning: Developing a Framework for Teacher Inquiry. G. Burnaford, Teachers' Work: Methods for Researching Teaching. D. Hobson, L. Smolin, Teacher Researchers Go Online. In Practice--Part I: Teachers Doing Research. N. Brankis, Discovering the Real Learner Within: Journal Keeping With Second-Grade Children. E. Koller, Overcoming Paradigm Paralysis: A High School Teacher Revisits Foreign Language Education. W. Shilkus, Racing to Research: Inquiry in Middle School Industrial Arts. R. Moon, The Personal and the Professional: Learning About Gender in Middle School Physical Education. M.C. Stephens, LAPTOPS: Language Arts for Students With Learning Disabilities: An Action Research Curriculum Development Project. Part II: School and Professional Contexts. D. Hobson, Learning With Each Other: Collaboration in Teacher Research. G. Burnaford, School and University Teacher Action Research: Maintaining the Personal in the Public Context. L.S. Tafel, J.C. Fischer, Teacher Action Research and Professional Development: Foundations for Educational Renewal. In Practice--Part II: Teachers Doing Research. J.L. Whitcomb, When the Mountain and Mohammed Meet: Teachers and University Projects--A Model For Effective Research Collaboration. V. Schaffel, Shifting Gears: An Urban Teacher Rethinks Her Practice. J. Samuel, S. Sheldon, Piecing Our Past Through Artistic Inquiry: Students and Teachers as Co-Researchers in an Urban Elementary School. K. Visconti, Leading a School-Based Study Group: My Personal Path to Renewal. N. Hubbard, Three Contexts for Exploring Teacher Research: Lessons About Trust, Power, and Risk. J.C. Senese, The Action Research Laboratory as a Vehicle for School Change. Part III: The Larger Arena. S. Jungck, How Does It Matter? Teacher Inquiry in the Traditions of Social Science Research. J.C. Fischer, N. Weston, Teacher Research and School Reform: Lessons From Chicago, Curitiba, and Santiago. In Practice--Part III. O. van den Berg, Afterword: The Three P's in Teacher Research: Reflecting on Action Research From Personal, Professional, and Political Perspectives....

Biographie:
*balances a detailed introduction to technology for novice researchers with discussion of issues and questions related to technology-based teacher research (Chapter 4). Information on Web sites related to topics addressed in the chapters and teacher research stories is integrated throughout the book. A new Teachers Doing Research Web site (www.teachersdoingresearch.com) invites readers, teacher research participants, preservice candidates, and teacher educators to participate in dialogue with the authors and editors of this text, and with each other...

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*includes more specifics on data collection and interpretation methods (Chapter 3)...