Self-study and Inquiry into Practice

Learning to teach for equity and social justice in the elementary school classroom

Linda R. Kroll

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780415600705
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136520808
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

There are new pressures and familiar pressures on teacher educators to prepare teachers who will be able to teach successfully in a changing world, and who will be able to change the world. The question of how to prepare well-qualified teachers has become an international question with global responses and consequences. This book describes a stance

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of tables
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Learning to Teach Well in Urban Environments
• 2. Inquiry as a Way of Being in the World
• 3. Using Inquiry and Self-Study to Address Issues of Equity and Access
• 4. Constructing Constructivism: Learning about Learning
• 5. Using Alternative Modes of Representation to Provoke Inquiry into Understanding Student Learning in Literacy
• 6. Asking Good Questions: Making Inquiry a Habit of Mind
• 7. Inquiry and Self-Study to Promote Lifelong Learning to Teach
• Postscript and Afterword
• Appendix 1: Required Readings and Class Reader
• Appendix 2: Journal Data: the Final Question
• References
• Index