Teaching and Learning in the (dis)Comfort Zone A Guide for New Teachers and Literacy Coaches

by Jensen, Deborah Ann; Eldridge, Deborah B.; Hu, Yang; Tuten, Jennifer A.

• ISBN13: 9780230617698
• ISBN10: 0230617697
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A tension exists when novice teachers begin to put their conceptual and theoretical understandings and pedagogical perspectives into practice. Trying to balance the complexities of teaching literacy while adapting to the challenges of the multidimensional demands of teaching and learning, they find themselves at the edge of their comfort zones. This book is about the processes of teacher development from novices to experts, about mentoring teaching in reading and writing instruction, and about ways to maximize the learning potential of both teachers and their students.

Author Biography

Deborah Eldridge is Dean of the School of Education at Lehman College.

Deborah Ann Jensen is Associate Professor of Learning and Literacy at Hunter College.

Yang Hu is Associate Professor of Education at Hunter College.

Jennifer Tuten is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Notes on Contributors	p. xv
Where Is Your (dis) Comfort Zone?	p. 1
Teaching and Tensions
Choosing Words	p. 17
Cultivating a Reflective Stance	p. 33
Observing the Lesson	p. 51
Acting into New Ways of Thinking	p. 69
Tensions of Literacy Teaching
Understanding and Moving beyond Labels	p. 83
Teaching Effectively Means Learning from Our Students	p. 103
Learning from Parents and Families	p. 123
Teaching under the Accountability Umbrella	p. 147
Pulling It All Together beyond the (dis) Comfort Zone	p. 165
Index	p. 181
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