K-12 Teacher Inquiry and Reflections

Marjori Krebs; Cheryl A. Torrez

doi:10.5771/9781793650399

Summary

K-12 Teacher Inquiry and Reflections: A Pathway to Enduring Transformation features the key components of a five-semester graduate program with a focus on Reflective Practice (MARP) for K-12 classroom teachers. In this program, students focus on the study of their own teaching, action research implementation and analysis, reflective practice experiences, and transformations teachers experienced because of their participation in this program. The book is divided into three sections and an introduction. The Introduction explains the historical foundations of MARP, with an in-depth exploration of the key elements of MARP featuring the voices of its founders. Section One features detailed explanations of action research PK teachers conducted, followed by a long-term reflection of their MARP experiences and its effects on them as teachers. Section Two includes chapters written by teachers explaining how they thoughtfully transformed their teaching practices and their overall teaching philosophies. In Section Three, faculty who teach in this five-semester graduate program describe their own collaborative teaching, experiences for students, key assignments, course objectives, classroom activities, readings, and discussions that are the foundation of the MARP experience for students.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5038-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5039-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 314
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. A Brief Overview No access
2. Historical Foundation of MARP No access
3. Meeting an Identified Need for Mid-career Teachers No access
4. Building on Past Successes in Cohort Work No access
5. Connecting with the National Picture of Teacher Development No access
6. Conclusion—Where We Are Now No access
7. Chapter Previews No access
8. References No access
1. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Methods No access
  3. Findings No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Further Reflection No access
  7. References No access
  8. Appendix A No access
  9. Appendix B No access
  10. Appendix C No access
2. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Methodology No access
  5. Findings No access
  6. Discussion No access
  7. Reflections on My MARP Experience No access
  8. References No access
3. 1. Exploration One: The Processes and Purposes of Education No access
  2. Exploration Two: The Nature of Science and Science Education No access
  3. Exploration Three: The Teacher as a Scholar No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Next Steps No access
  6. Retrospective Reflection No access
  7. References No access
4. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Method No access
  3. Findings No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Further Reflection No access
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  7. Appendix A No access
5. 1. Literature Review No access
  2. Methodology No access
  3. Findings No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Further Reflection No access
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6. 1. Introduction and Rationale No access
  2. Literature Review No access
  3. Methodology No access
  4. Findings No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. Further Reflections on MARP—A Look Back No access
  7. References No access
  8. Appendix A No access
  9. Appendix B No access
  10. Appendix C No access
  11. Appendix D No access
7. 1. Review of Literature No access
  2. Methodology No access
  3. Findings No access
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  5. Conclusions and Recommendations No access
  6. Reflection No access
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  8. Appendix A No access
1. 1. Teaching and Learning No access
  2. Conceptual Framework No access
  3. Know Nothing Assignment No access
  4. Questioning Leads to Comprehension No access
  5. Community No access
  6. Reflective Practice No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Reflection: MARP’s Influences and Impact No access
  9. References No access
2. 1. Insight One: Transformation as Purpose No access
  2. Insight Two: Content as Complexity No access
  3. Discussion No access
  4. Future Plans No access
  5. My Reflection after a Few Years No access
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3. 1. Planting the Seeds No access
  2. Cultivating the Classroom No access
  3. Rooting the Reading Curriculum No access
  4. Sowing the Research No access
  5. What Came From My Garden? No access
  6. Future Crops No access
  7. My Harvest No access
  8. Final Reflections: Looking Back No access
  9. References No access
4. 1. Early Beliefs No access
  2. How Do Students Learn? No access
  3. What Is Education? No access
  4. Back in the Classroom No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. How Does MARP Still Impact Me Today? No access
  7. References No access
1. 1. Overview No access
  2. Team Teaching in Higher Education No access
  3. Summary No access
  4. References No access
2. 1. Overview No access
  2. Key Themes and Goals No access
  3. Readings and Activities for the Process of Reflection and Inquiry No access
  4. Readings and Activities for Integrating Curriculum and Inquiry into the Classroom No access
  5. Readings and Activities for Social Justice in Education No access
  6. Summary of Coursework No access
  7. Team Teaching No access
  8. Summary No access
  9. References No access
3. 1. Overview of Courses No access
  2. Theories, Readings, Assignments for Students to Meet Goals, and Objectives of the Courses No access
  3. Faculty Collaboration and Team-Teaching Approach in Higher Education No access
  4. Reflections No access
  5. References No access
4. 1. Centering Inquiry in the Courses No access
  2. Elements of the Courses No access
  3. Reflection in the Service of Transformation No access
  4. Going Forward No access
  5. References No access
  6. Appendix A No access
5. 1. Focus and Purpose of the Course No access
  2. Course Objectives No access
  3. Process of the Course No access
  4. What I Have Learned No access
  5. References No access
Index No access Pages 305 - 306
About the Contributors No access Pages 307 - 314