Art of Classroom Inquiry, Revised Edition: A Handbook for Teacher-Researchers

by Shagoury, Ruth; Power, Brenda M

• ISBN13: 9780325005430
• ISBN10: 0325005435
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-16
• Publisher: Greenwood Heinemann

Summary

This book continues to show teachers how they can carefully and systematically ask and answer their own questions about learning.

Author Biography

RUTH SHAGOURY HUBBARD (Ph.D., University of New Hampshire) is the Mary Stuart Rogers Professor of Education at Lewis & Clark College, where she coordinates the Language and Literacy Program. She works with students of all ages, from preschool through adult learning situations, teaching in classrooms as well as conducting workshops across the United States and Canada. Her current research focuses on language and literacy acquisition with diverse student populations.BRENDA MILLER POWER (Ph.D., University of New Hampshire) wrote this book while a professor at the University of Maine, where she taught courses in literacy methods and teacher inquiry. She is author of 12 books, including Long Roads, Short Distances: Teaching Writing and Writing Teachers and Parent Power: Energizing Home-School Communication, both published by Heinemann.

Table of Contents

Preface to Revised Edition	ix
Introduction	xiii
chapter 1 Try to Love the Questions Themselves: Finding and Framing a Research Question	1	(11)
chapter 2 Form and Function: The Research Design	12	(24)
chapter 3 The Artist's Toolbox: Strategies for Data Collection	36	(52)
chapter 4 Pentimento: Strategies for Data Analysis	88	(46)
chapter 5 The Legacy of Distant Teachers: Creative Review of Literature	134	(10)
chapter 6 Perishable Art: Writing Up Research	144	(24)
chapter 7 You Are Not Alone: Finding Support for Your Research	168	(19)
appendix A Research Designs	187	(10)
appendix B Data Collection Writing Strategies	197	(3)
appendix C Sample Field Notes	200	(5)
appendix D Writing-Starting with a Word and Writing Quotes	205	(5)
appendix E Resources for Publication	210	(2)
appendix F Incentive Education: Project Proposal Form	212	(7)
References	219	(6)
Index	225