- Author: Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Power - Year: 2012 - Grade
Range: K-12 - Media: 304 pp/paper - ISBN: 978-157110-846-3 -
Item No.: WSB-0846 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. This edition
includes a greater variety of short contributions from a wide
range of teacher-researchers -- novices and veterans from all
backgrounds and parts of the country -- who speak to the growing
diversity in today's classrooms. Threaded throughout the
chapters and narratives is a discussion of the emergence of
digital tools and their effect on both teaching and the research
process, along with an expanded