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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Teacher Researchers"”.
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An evaluation of the school based action research project : 'making science more challenging for gifted primary children'
… was successful and the second part looks at teachers' perceptions of action research as a method of professional development for teachers. The aim of the Action Research Project was to make science teaching more challenging for gifted children in all classes. Four teachers acted as teacher …
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A reflective investigation into special needs education teachers' professional learning through research into their own practice
… research can offer special needs education (SNE) teachers. The project has been based upon a ‘study of a study’ with a piece of small-scale personal research - an observational study of the play of children with severe learning difficulties — being used as the starting point for examining the …
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Improving Teaching Practices through Action Research
This study investigated teachers' perceptions of the influences of action research on their thinking about instructional practices and the impact of this thinking on teaching practices. The four specific areas of investigation were teachers' perceptions about (a) the overall teacher role, (b) …
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Encouraging parent-student literacy conversations: hosting an upper elementary family literacy event
… partnership might be forged between parents and teachers to develop the literacy skills of upper elementary school students in grades 3-5. The family literacy event used in this study consisted of two sessions held at the students' school. The first session was a parent-only learning experience, …
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THE CLASSROOM AS INQUIRY LEARNING COMMUNITY: A PRACTITIONER STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS’ DEVELOPING CRITICAL LITERACIES
… with inquiry learning? and, 3) What roles do teachers navigate when working with adolescents developing critical literacies through inquiry learning? The study took place in an elective course co-designed by an English teacher and a librarian to support 12th grade students in developing their …
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Documentation panels: Evidence of scientific literacy in a primary multi age classroom: Teaching at the edge of magic
… documentation panels in my classroom; it is teacher research. Teacher researchers participate in their own inquiries, participating as both teacher and researcher in the study. Teacher research provides practitioners a method for investigating a question or wondering that arises from the …
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Once upon a time: Storying in a middle school classroom
… used by six middle school students, their teacher, the school administrator and the researcher as they moved through their classroom/school lives. Second, I sought to incorporate the storying process within the larger context of a literate, learning centered classroom community in which …
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Exploring and Understanding the Practices, Behaviors, and Identities of Hip-hop Based Educators in Urban Public High School English/Language Arts Classrooms
… nominated" cohort of urban public high school teachers who integrate hip-hop pedagogies into their English/language arts classrooms responds to the methodological and theoretical shortcomings of a burgeoning body of research known as "hip-hop based education" (HHBE). HHBE has argued that …
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Preservice Teacher Development of Perspectives towards Inquiry through Classroom Research
… study, I sought to understand how the preservice teachers I worked with, in a five year teacher education program, developed the perspectives and practices necessary to engage in classroom research. I used the literature on classroom research and my own experiences to frame three research …
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Supporting Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals: Participatory Action Research in Human Rights Education
… critique and social change. Simultaneously each teacher selected an individual research project connected to her own teaching setting. These projects ranged from a classroom human rights blog to a school-wide anti-bullying movement.</p> <p>Research data consisted of transcriptions of monthly team …
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Researching inclusive pedagogy with teachers in Hong Kong
… of inclusive pedagogy. It explores what teachers do in practice to support everyone’s learning, alongside what they believe about teaching a diversity of learners. In the main part of the empirical work, I researched with six teachers in Hong Kong. Over a period of nine months, I placed …
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Teacher Research and Leadership the Write Way: The Appalachian Writing Projects Impact in Rural Virginia.
… approach to developing and sustaining rural teacher leaders in a high-poverty area with limited resources for teachers. The study investigates <em>The Appalachian Writing Project</em>, a nonprofit organization serving far southwest Virginia and how the <em>AWP</em> has affected rural teachers …