Research Methods for the Self-Study of Practice [Hardcover]

This is a book designed with the teacher educator in mind. It provides in depth examination of specific methods used effectively in self-study research. The chapters are written by researchers engaged in self-study of their practice.

Series editor's foreword. Introduction; Deborah L. Tidwell, Melissa L. Heston, Linda M. Fitzgerald. Section 1: Self-Study through the Use of Text. 1. Co/autoethnography: Exploring Our Teaching Selves Collaboratively; Lesley Coia, Monica Taylor. 2. Teaching and Learning through Narrative Inquiry; Rosa T. Chiu-Ching, Esther Yim-mei Chan. 3. Passages: Improving Teaching Education through Narrative Self-Study; Julian Kitchen. Section 2: Self-Study through Discourse and Dialogue. 4. Taling Teaching and Learning: Using Dialogue in Self-Study; Katheryn East,,Linda M. Fitzgerald,,Melissa L. Heston. 5. 'Name It and Claim It': The Methodology of Self-Study as Social Justice Teacher Education; Vicki Kubler LaBoskey. 6. Many Mile and Many Emails: Using Electronic Technologies in Self-Study to Think about, Refine and Reframe Practice; Amanda Berry, Alicia R. Crowe. Section 3: Self-Study through Visual Representation. 7. Faces and Spaces and Doing Research; Morwenna Griffiths, Heather Malcolm, Zo? Williamson. 8. Facing the Public: Using Photography for Self-Study and Social Action; Claudia Mitchell, Sandra Weber, Kathleen Pithouse. 9. Making Meaning of Practice through Visual Metaphor; Deborah L. Tidwell, Mary P. Manke. 10. Creating Representations: Using Collage in Self-Study; Mary Lynn Hamilton, Stefinee Pinnegar. Section 4: Self-Study on the Impact of Practice on Students. 11. How Do I Influence the Generation of Living Educational Theories for Personal and Social Accountability in Improving Practice? Using a Living Theory Methodology in Improving Educational Practice; Jack Whitehead. 12. Assumption Interrogation: An Insight into a Self-Study Researchers PedagogicalFrame; Robyn Brandenburg. 13. Teacher Education for Literacy Teal��