Voices of Inquiry in Teacher Education

by Poetter, Thomas S.; Pierson, Jennifer; Caivano, Chelsea; Stanley, Shawn

• ISBN13: 9780805823783
• ISBN10: 0805823786
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

For pre-service and inservice teachers, the authors (a teacher-educator and five intern teachers) reflect on and analyze the teacher inquiry projects in which they participated at Trinity University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Background and Framework For the Story	p. 1
Getting Started on Inquiry	p. 3
From Resistance to Excitement	p. 25
Prospective Teachers' Research	p. 39
A Case Study of the Use Of Manipulatives and Technology In High School Mathematics	p. 41
Teaching Future Members Of the Fourth Estate	p. 57
Student-Teacher Connections	p. 69
A Study of Teachers and Their Relationships with At-Risk Students	p. 83
Don't Be Sorry. Just Learn It	p. 99
Learning by Listening To Prospective Teachers' Voices	p. 113
Foundations for Learning From Inquiry	p. 115
Considerations for Defining Problems for Study and Identifying Emerging Research Methodologies In Inquiry	p. 137
Learning from Inquiry	p. 159
Emerging Lesson from The Experience of Conducting Inquiry	p. 175
Appendices Intern Research Proposals	p. 193
References	p. 211
Author Index	p. 217
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