Self-study and Inquiry into Practice: Learning to teach for equity and social justice in the elementary school classroom [Paperback]

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 and pedagogy for helping young teachers to be successful in the most challenging of circumstances.

Self-study and Inquiry into Practice describes how inquiry can contribute to effective teaching in urban settings. The use of inquiry and self-study as a way of thinking about, understanding and developing ones practice and ones teaching supports teachers continued inspiration and resilience, enabling them to teach all children effectively in the face of very challenging circumstances. Using rich examples and case studies of how pre-service teachers and beginning teachers have used inquiry to learn from demanding urban placements, Kroll shows the importance of using inquiry and self-study in learning to teach and also in continuing to learn as one teaches. Inquiry is a useful way to understand what students understand and what they learn from our teaching, self-study reminds us of the power and responsibility we have to ensure that all our students achieve their highest potential.

This book aims to help teachers and teacher educators:

• overcome the wash out effect of teacher education when teaching in challenging circumstances
• learn to ask questions and to pose questions to themselves
• learn to think about difficult theory in a way that will be useful to them in the moment
• make inquiry stance a 'habit of mind'
• be empowered as experts in investigating and improving their own practice.
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