Defining Action Research Dana and Yendol-Hoppey by

Defining Action Research Dana and Yendol-Hoppey by https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp Made with ♥ en-us 2020-10-26 23:22:26 UTC 2020-10-28 21:35:45 UTC hello@padlet.com ahersi https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863872259 Teacher inquiry is a vehicle that can be used by teachers to untangle some of the complexities that occur in the profession, raise teachers’ voices in discussions of educational reform, and ultimately transform assumptions about the teaching profession itself. ]]> 2020-10-26 23:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863872259 Very simply put, inquiry is a way for me to continue growing as a teacher.Before I became involved in inquir yI’d gotten to the point where I’d go to an inservice and shut off my brain. Most of the teachers I know have been at the same place. If you have been around at all you know that most inservices are the same cheese—just repackaged. Inquiry lets me choose my own growth and give sme tools to validate or jettison my ideas. (Kreinbihl, 2007, personalcommunication) ahersi https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863873232 2020-10-26 23:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863873232 ahersi https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863874706 Given today’s political context, where much of the decision making and discussion regarding teachers occur outside the walls of the classroom (Cochran-Smith & Demers, 2010; Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 2009; DarlingHammond & Rustique-Forrester, 2005), the time seems ripe to create a movement where teachers are armed with the tools of inquiry and are committed to educational change. ]]> 2020-10-26 23:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863874706 ahersi https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863877141 While both the process-product and qualitative research paradigms have generated valuable insights into the teaching and learning processes, they have excluded the voices of the people closest to the children— classroom teachers. Hence, a third research tradition emerges highlighting the role classroom teachers play as knowledge generators. This tradition is often referred to as “teacher research,” “teacher inquiry,” “classroom research,” “action research,” or “practitioner inquiry.” ]]> 2020-10-26 23:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863877141 ahersi https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863879557 Engagement in inquiry can be a powerful pathway to the creation of more equitable classrooms. In fact, distinguished scholars of the practitioner research movement, Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Susan Lytle, maintain that the ultimate goal of practitioner inquiry “always and in every context” is to enhance “students’ learning and life chances for participation in and contribution to a diverse and democratic society.” (CochranSmith and Lytle, 2009, p. 146). ]]> 2020-10-26 23:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ahersi/6oxuxejq2ghd0jqp/wish/863879557