Creating Equitable Classrooms Through Action Research

by Cathy C. Caro-Bruce (Editor), Ryan Flessner (Editor), Mary R. Klehr (Editor), Kenneth (Ken) A. Zeichner (Editor)

Overview

Learn how to implement a sustainable school or district action research program that promotes educational equity, helps close the achievement gap, and strengthens instructional leadership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412936675
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/01/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Elizabeth Burmaster
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part I. How Action Research Can Promote Equity
1. Classroom Action Research With a Focus on Equity - Cathy Caro-Bruce, Mary Klehr
2. Implementing a School District Action Research Program - Cathy Caro-Bruce, Mary Klehr
Part II. Action Research Studies
3. Been There Done That: Student Inquiry About High School Dropouts - Erik J. Shager
4. What Strategies Can I Incorporate So That the English Language Learners in My Classroom Will Better Understand Oral Directions? - Shannon K. Richards
5. Understanding High School Black Male Students' Achievement and School Experience - Quynh T. Nguyen
6. What Teacher Behaviors Encourage One At-Risk African-American Boy to be a Productive Member of Our Classroom Community? - Barbara Williams
7. But Then It Got Real - Jane Hammatt Kavaloski
8. We Want to Work With Our Friends - Diane Coccari
9. Ribbons, Racism, and a Placenta: The Challenges and Surprises of Culturally Relevant Teaching - Kate Lyman
10. Conclusions on Using a Constructivist Approach in a Heterogeneous Classroom - Van E. Valaskey
11. Using African American Students' Preference for Working in Self-Selected Partnerships to Promote Math Achievement - Julie A. Melton
12. Crossing Bridges of Culture, Color, and Language - Denise Hanson
Part III. Conclusion
13. Tying It All Together: Implications for Classrooms, Schools, and Districts - Ryan Flessner, Ken Zeichner, and Kalani J. Eggington
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Recognizing the importance of race, class, gender, culture, and ability, the authors provide a window into the difficulties that professional educators grapple with as they face the challenge of teaching all children. This text is both authentic and practical, and it demystifies issues of equity that pervade today's classrooms. "

Diane Yendol-Hoppey

"Provides teachers, principals, district administrators, and professional development specialists with compelling insight into the workings of a successful action research program, and offers ten excellent sample action research projects focused on increasing student achievement in diverse school settings. "

From the Foreword by Elizabeth Burmaster

"Action research of this caliber on the subject of equity is critically needed for all children to have access to the same level of rigor and high standards. This is a must-read for districts who really want to turn action research into action that affects student learning. "

Terry Morganti-Fisher

"Both the individual studies presented and the example of a school district investing in its teachers to create new solu­tions to enduring problems of schooling will provide the basis for dialogue and stimulate the creation of other opportunities for teachers to engage in action research in school districts across the country. "

September 2007 Sir Reada Lot.org

"Both the individual studies presented and the example of a school district investing in its teachers to create new solu­tions to enduring problems of schooling will provide the basis for dialogue and stimulate the creation of other opportunities for teachers to engage in action research in school districts across the country."

September 2007 SirReadaLot.org

"Provides teachers, principals, district administrators, and professional development specialists with compelling insight into the workings of a successful action research program, and offers ten excellent sample action research projects focused on increasing student achievement in diverse school settings. "

Elizabeth Burmaster

"Both the individual studies presented and the example of a school district investing in its teachers to create new solu­tions to enduring problems of schooling will provide the basis for dialogue and stimulate the creation of other opportunities for teachers to engage in action research in school districts across the country. "

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