Empowering the Voice of the Teacher Researcher
Achieving Success through a Culture of Inquiry
Foreword by Nancy Fichtman Dana Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida Contributions by Christopher S. Christoff, Lisa Fisher, Leslie Frick, Matthew Gruhl, Danielle Lawrence, Cynthia Tehan, Janet Tolson, Karen Wood, Karen Zantop Edited by Roger Brindley, Christine M. Crocco
Publication date:
16 November 2010Length of book:
110 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
240x161mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781607099666
Empowering the Voice of the Teacher Researcher through a Culture of Inquiry is essentially a description of one school's initiatives to use collaborative communities and action research to empower teacher research and a culture of collective inquiry. It is written by teachers primarily for teachers and teacher educators. Of course, none of the initiatives described in the text would be possible without the visionary leadership of school and district administrators. Because administrative support is foundational to the process, school and district administrators and staff developers will also be interested in reading about how this school's principal and assistant principal set the stage for developing their community of learners. There are many sound action research texts on the market. This text is apart by its first-person accounts of teachers' experiences with action research as examples of profound possibilities for professional growth. As such, this book, written by teachers for other teachers and then contextualized by the Editors so that the relevance is clear to a broader audience, fills an important niche in the literature.
This book will energize teacher leaders who want to make a difference in their schools. Crocco and Brindley and the teacher contributors make the process of Action Research real, clear and doable. The thing I like most about this book is the authenticity of the teachers' voices in discussing their experiences. Teacher leaders, as well as their administrators, will benefit from the specific strategies and insights shared. Teachers need handy resources, and this book provides a wealth of them.