Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts: The Methodology Chapters From the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Sponsored by International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English

by Flood, James; Lapp, Diane; Squire, James R.; Jensen, Julie

• ISBN13: 9780805852585
• ISBN10: 0805852581
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-09
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This text makes available in a concise format the chapters comprising the research methodology section of theHandbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Second Edition.An introduction, designed to give K-12 teachers an understanding of the basic categories and functions of research in teaching, is followed by chapters addressing teacher professionalism and the rise of "multiple literacies"; empirical research; longitudinal studies; case studies; ethnography; teacher research; teacher inquiry into literacy, social justice, and power; synthesis research; fictive representation; and contemporary methodological issues and future direction in research on the teaching of English.Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Artsis well-suited for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level literacy research methods courses.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Understanding Research on Teaching the English Language Arts: An Introduction for Teachers	1	(22)
Sandra Stotsky
Cindy Mall
Teacher Professionalism and the Rise of ``Multiple Literacies'': How to Describe Our Specialized Knowledge?	23	(20)
Anne DiPardo
The Design of Empirical Research	43	(36)
Robert C. Calfee
Marilyn Chambliss
What Longitudinal Studies Say About Literacy Development / What Literacy Development Says About Longitudinal Studies	79	(46)
Robert J. Tierney
Margaret Sheehy
Case Studies: Placing Literacy Phenomena Within Their Actual Context	125	(20)
June Birnbaum
Janet Emig
Douglas Fisher
Ethnography as a Logic of Inquiry	145	(50)
Judith L. Green
Carol N. Dixon
Amy Zaharlick
Teacher Researcher Projects: From the Elementary School Teacher's Perspective	195	(16)
Fredrick R. Burton
Barbara L. Seidl
Teacher Inquiry Into Literacy, Social Justice, and Power	211	(34)
Bob Fecho
JoBeth Allen
Synthesis Research in Language Arts Instruction	245	(28)
Carl B. Smith
Susan S. Klein
Fictive Representation: An Alternative Method for Reporting Research	273	(28)
Donna E. Alvermann
George G. Hruby
Contemporary Methodological Issues and Future Directions in Research on the Teaching of English	301	(20)
M. C. Wittrock
Author Index	321	(10)
Subject Index	331