The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools
The power of teacher inquiry is revealed when educators examine their practices with the purpose of making necessary changes to improve the learning opportunities of their multilingual students, and working conditions in schools. Dr. Nevárez-La Torre, proposes a model for conducting classroom inquiry that teachers may follow to pursue important questions about their practice and multilingual students’ learning process.

There are eight chapters in this book divided into three sections. The first section introduces the idea for the book a model for using teacher inquiry as a tool for professional development. The second section includes the analyses of the trajectory followed by three teachers into using teacher inquiry to grow as professionals in ESL and bilingual classrooms. The third section of the book situates professional development using teacher inquiry within a broader theoretical framework and examines some key implications of this work for the education of in-service and pre-service teachers.

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The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools
The power of teacher inquiry is revealed when educators examine their practices with the purpose of making necessary changes to improve the learning opportunities of their multilingual students, and working conditions in schools. Dr. Nevárez-La Torre, proposes a model for conducting classroom inquiry that teachers may follow to pursue important questions about their practice and multilingual students’ learning process.

There are eight chapters in this book divided into three sections. The first section introduces the idea for the book a model for using teacher inquiry as a tool for professional development. The second section includes the analyses of the trajectory followed by three teachers into using teacher inquiry to grow as professionals in ESL and bilingual classrooms. The third section of the book situates professional development using teacher inquiry within a broader theoretical framework and examines some key implications of this work for the education of in-service and pre-service teachers.

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The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools

The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools

by Aida A NevÃÂÂrez-Latorre
The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools

The Power of Learning from Inquiry: Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools

by Aida A NevÃÂÂrez-Latorre

Overview

The power of teacher inquiry is revealed when educators examine their practices with the purpose of making necessary changes to improve the learning opportunities of their multilingual students, and working conditions in schools. Dr. Nevárez-La Torre, proposes a model for conducting classroom inquiry that teachers may follow to pursue important questions about their practice and multilingual students’ learning process.

There are eight chapters in this book divided into three sections. The first section introduces the idea for the book a model for using teacher inquiry as a tool for professional development. The second section includes the analyses of the trajectory followed by three teachers into using teacher inquiry to grow as professionals in ESL and bilingual classrooms. The third section of the book situates professional development using teacher inquiry within a broader theoretical framework and examines some key implications of this work for the education of in-service and pre-service teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781607522805
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: 02/03/2010
Series: Adult Education Special Topics: Theory, Research and Practic
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
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