Creating Spaces and Finding Voices

Teachers Collaborating for Empowerment

AvJanet L. Miller

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

This book follows the shared journey of five classroom teachers and a university professor as they together examine the possibilities and dilemmas of collaborative inquiry and teacher empowerment. Teachers' voices, in spite of their similarities and differences, still are not heard in the clamor for educational reform, nor are they recognized on the national agendas for research on teacher education. Miller and her colleagues articulate and question the contexts and assumptions that influence and frame teaching practice as they explore the contraints and the possibilities of defining and thus empowering teachers as teacher-researchers.Here the multiple and changing voices of teachers are clearly heard, and Miller shares their experiences, their frustrations, their hopes, and their issues. By grounding these concerns within the particularities of their teaching, Miller and her colleagues explore concrete situations in which they challenge and support one another. Through these stories of collaborative efforts, others are invited to join together in the continuous process of creating those spaces in which all teachers' voices may be acknowledged and valued.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-07-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series, Teacher Preparation and Development
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791402825

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Pedagogisk metodik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Janet L. Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hofstra University.

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"This is an engaging, compelling, account of something that is much discussed though rarely tried, namely, teachers as researchers and teachers collaborating on a project of empowerment. Beautifully written and fully documented." — William Ayers, University of Illinois at Chicago

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Acknowledgments Chapter One: The Invitation BeginningsThe Nature of Our NarrativesThe Background of the InvitationForming the QuestionsChapter Two: Creating Spaces Approaches to Our StudiesSeparate Spaces: Individual Assumptions and ExpectationsThe School PsychologistThe First-Grade TeacherThe Department ChairpersonThe Special EducatorThe Science Teacher and MentorThe ProfessorChapter Three: Emerging Constraints and Possibilities Themes and VariationsTimeMultiple LayersUncertaintiesChapter Four: Points of Dissonance The Carton of KnowledgeStored FilesSetting Aside the CartonBalancing PointsChapter Five: Becoming Challengers Persistent InterruptionsBecoming VocalExtended Spaces and VoicesTwo Steps Forward, One Step BackEpilogue: "We're Not Done Yet": Problems and Possibilities in Creating Spaces and Finding Voices Multiple CollaborationsMultiple ResearchersMultiple VoicesNotes Bibliography Index