From the Ground Up

by Harwayne, Shelley

• ISBN13: 9780325002675
• ISBN10: 0325002673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

This is the story of what happened when a small group of teachers, university partners, and a school district joined hands to create a small school partnership to explore what was possible for teachers and children in elementary education.

Author Biography

HEIDI MILLS is assistant professor of elementary education at the University of South Carolina. She has worked with teachers in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, public schools to develop a whole language curriculum for the Child Development Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xiii
Shelley Harwayne
Preface The Dream	xv
Heidi Mills
From the Dewey School to the Center: One Hundred Years of Inquiry	1	(5)
Harvey A. Allen
Critical Incidents Throughout the Beginning of Our Journey	6	(18)
Heidi Mills
It's Our School	24	(9)
Heidi Mills
Cara Hartley
Caitlin Watts
Kala Belcher
DeNeal Cotton
Deanna Spoonemore
Amanda Hassen
Sarah Earle
Julie Riley Waugh
Inquiry for Professional Development and Continual School Renewal	33	(22)
Louise B. Jennings
Creating Curriculum with and for Children	55	(23)
Michele Shamlin
Giving Children Voice: Daily Rituals That Support Learning Through Conversations	78	(26)
Timothy O'Keefe
Becoming Reading Researchers	104	(19)
Julie Riley Waugh
Refining and Expanding Our Notions of Inquiry, Talk, and Classroom Community	123	(11)
Rick DuVall
Inquiry into Family Partnerships	134	(21)
Dori Gilbert
Jennifer Barnes
Susanne Pender
Heidi Mills
Putting the Pieces Together	155	(16)
Amy Novak
Visual Arts as Inquiry in Elementary Education	171	(15)
Cynthia Colbert
Living the Model	186	(25)
Amy Donnelly
The Center for Inquiry as a Professional Development School	211	(6)
Richard E. Ishler
Harvey A. Allen
Epilogue	217	(6)
Heidi Mills
Amy Donnelly
Faculty
Appendix A Original Proposal for the Center for Inquiry	223	(8)
Heidi Mills
Amy Donnelly
Richard Ishler
Appendix B Proposal for the School Board	231	(6)
Debra Hamm
Appendix C Center for Inquiry Interview Materials	237