Teacher Research for Better Schools

by Mohr, Marian M.; Rogers, Courtney; Sanford, Betsy; Nocerino, Mary Ann; Maclean, Marion; Clawson, Sheila; Lieberman, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780807744178
• ISBN10: 0807744174
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This book is about a group of experienced K-12 teachers who took teacher research to another level. Their story is not only about teacher working together to improve their own teaching, but also about how their research reverberated throughout their school system and inflluenced how their schools were run.

Author Biography

Marian M. Mohr and Mary Ann Nocerino are former teachers who work with schools and school systems on teacher research, school planning, and program evaluation Sheila Clawson, Marion S. MacLean, Courtney Rogers, and Betsy Sanford are teachers in the public schools of Fairfax County, Virginia

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Ann Lieberman
Preface	xi
Part I. What Leads to Teacher Research in Schools?
Our Journey: Supporting Teacher Research in Schools Courtney Rogers	3	(6)
Out of Our Experience: Useful Theory	9	(14)
Developing a Definition of Teacher Research	23	(6)
Part II. What Happens When Teachers Conduct Teacher Research?
The Way I Would Teach: Student Knoweldge of Teaching and Learning	29	(9)
Marian M. Mohr
It All Adds Up: Learning Number Facts in First Grade	38	(11)
Betsy Sanford
Paying Attention in a Different Way: How Teacher Researchers Teach	49	(17)
Marian M. Mohr
Coming Into Focus: How Teacher Researchers Learn	66	(19)
Courtney Rogers
Part III. How Does Teacher Research Affect Schools?
Roles and Relationships: Principals and Teacher Researcher Leaders	85	(11)
Mary Ann Nocerino
Not Entirely by Design: Teacher Research and School Planning	96	(11)
Marion S. MacLean
The Leaven in the Loaf: Teacher Research Knowledge in Schools	107	(11)
Courtney Rogers
Teacher Researcher Leadership	118	(11)
Mary Ann Nocerino
The Teacher Researcher Network	129	(14)
Courtney Rogers
Part IV. What Does Teacher Research in Schools Mean to the Educational Community?
Recommendations for Teacher Colleagues	143	(6)
Betsy Sanford
Recommendations for School-Level Administrators	149	(4)
Mary Ann Nocerino
Recommendations for Central Office Administrators	153	(5)
Courtney Rogers
Recommendations for Teacher Educators and Professional Developers	158	(3)
Marion S. MacLean
Recommendations for Parents and School Communities	161	(4)
Marian M. Mohr
How Teacher Research Can Affect Decision Making in the Educational Community	165	(14)
Bibliography	179	(4)
Index	183	(8)
About the Authors	191