Living the Questions : a Guide for Teacher Researchers

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Why Teacher Research?; Research Workshop; "Celebrating 'Things I Learned Last Week'"; Featured Teacher-Researchers; "Teaching and Researching Riffs" by Jane A. Kearns; "Process Versus Product" by Jill Ostrow; Chapter 2: Questions Evolving; Research Workshops; "What's Coming Apart So It Can Come Back Together?" by Ruth Shagoury; "Strategies for Working Toward a Research Question" by JoAnn Portalupi; Featured Teacher-Researchers; "Real Magic: Trusting the Voice of a Young Learner" by Susan Harris MacKay.;"Teacher research is an extension of good teaching, observing students closely, analyzing their needs, and adjusting the curriculum to fit the needs of all. In this completely updated second edition of their definitive work, Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller Power present a framework for teacher research along with an extensive collection of narratives from teachers engaged in the process of designing and carrying out research projects to inform their instruction.