Facilitator's Guide to The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, Second Edition

Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry

By: Nancy Fichtman Dana, Diane Yendol-Hoppey

Help educators transform their teaching practices through the power of practitioner inquiry!

This facilitator's guide gives staff developers the tools for leading professional development events of any size that explore the potential of teacher inquiry to inform any aspect of classroom practice. For discussion topics that include differentiated instruction, working with English learners, or Response to Intervention, and more, this resource makes it easy to lead participants through a step-by-step process that covers:

Formulating a research question
Collaborating with others
Collecting data
Analyzing data
Writing and presenting classroom research
Assessing the quality of the work

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Grade Level: K-12
ISBN: 9781412966542
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2008
Page Count: 56
Publication date: August 19, 2008

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Help educators transform their teaching practices through the power of practitioner inquiry!

Based on the second edition of the best-selling The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, this guide gives staff developers the tools they need to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events focused on practitioner inquiry. An effective form of professional development, teacher inquiry has the potential to inform any aspect of classroom practice across subject areas and grade levels. For discussion topics that include differentiated instruction, working with English Learners, Response to Intervention, and more, this facilitator's resource makes it easy to lead participants through a step-by-step process that covers

Formulating a research question
Collaborating with others
Collecting data
Analyzing data
Writing and presenting classroom research
Assessing the quality of the work

The chapter-by-chapter study guide follows the same format as the companion book and features

Workshop activities
Discussion questions
Chapter summaries
Prompts for journal writing
Activity sheets
Sample agendas for multiple workshop settings
A workshop evaluation form

The Facilitator's Guide to The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, Second Edition is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.

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Highlights for the facilitator include:

Chapter summaries
Discussion questions
Activities for small or large groups
Journal writing exercises
Resources for extending your learning

Author(s)

Nancy Fichtman Dana

Nancy Fichtman Dana is professor of education and distinguished teaching scholar at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, New York. Since earning her PhD from Florida State University in 1991, she has been a passionate advocate for teacher inquiry and has worked extensively in supporting schools, districts, and universities in implementing powerful programs of job-embedded professional development through inquiry across the United States and in several countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Estonia, Slovenia, Spain, and Portugal. She has published 12 books and more than 100 articles in professional journals and edited books focused on her research exploring teacher and principal professional development and practitioner inquiry. Dana has received many honors for her teaching, research, and writing. Among them are the Association of Teacher Educators Mentoring and Distinguished Research in Teacher Education awards, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s David G. Imig Distinguished Service Award, the National Staff Development Council (now Learning Forward) Book of the Year Award, and was one of three finalist in Baylor University’s prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching 2020 competition. Before joining the faculty at University of Florida in 2003, she worked at The Pennsylvania State University for 11 years, creating and launching their award-winning inquiry-based Professional Development School program with the State College Area School District. At the University of Florida, she worked to embed inquiry as a signature pedagogy into the undergraduate teacher education program, as well as developed and taught three popular classes on inquiry at the master’s and doctoral levels. In partnership with the Lastinger Center for Learning, Dana led the development and implementation of inquiry-based professional development for teachers across the state that included several of the nation’s largest school districts. Further, she was instrumental in the development of UF’s Teacher Leadership for School Improvement Program and Professional Practice Doctorate in Teachers, Schools, and Society, both national award winning programs that highlight inquiry as a signature program feature and have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the #1 Online Graduate Education Programs in the nation.

Diane Yendol-Hoppey

Diane Yendol-Hoppey is professor of teacher education in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. She has served as dean, associate dean of educator preparation and partnerships, department chair, and center director. She taught for many years at the University of Florida where she was the evaluator of numerous district, state, and national professional development efforts. Before beginning her work in higher education, Yendol-Hoppey spent 13 years as an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from The Pennsylvania State University. Yendol-Hoppey’s current work explores national and international research focusing on teacher education clinical practice, job-embedded professional learning, and teacher leadership. Yendol-Hoppey has received the AERA Division K Early Career Research Award and the ATE Distinguished Teacher Educator Award for her ongoing commitment to researching innovative approaches to teacher learning. She has published six books, more than 60 articles in professional journals, and secured 20 million in external funding to support teacher learning.

About the Authors

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How to Use This Guide

Additional Resources for Facilitators

Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry, Second Edition, by Nancy Fichtman Dana and Diane Yendol-Hoppey

Chapter 1. Teacher Inquiry Defined

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Resources for Extending Your Learning

Chapter 2. The Start of Your Journey: Finding a Wondering

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Resources for Extending Your Learning

Chapter 3. To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate: That Is the Question!

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Chapter 4. Developing a Research Plan: Making Inquiry a Part of Your Teaching Practice

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompts

Resources for Extending Your Learning

Chapter 5. Finding Your Findings: Data Analysis

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Resources for Extending Your Learning

Chapter 6. Extending Your Learning: The Inquiry Write-Up

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Resources for Extending Your Learning

Chapter 7. Becoming the Best Teacher and Researcher You Can Be: Assessing the Quality of Your Own and Others' Inquiry

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompts

Chapter 8. The End of Your Journey: Making Your Inquiry Public

Summary

Discussion Questions

Activities

Journal Writing Prompt

Handouts

Handout 1: Twelve Interesting Quotes From Chapter 1

Handout 2: The Great Wondering Brainstorm

Handout 3: Passion Profiles

Handout 4: Seven Sentences That Capture How I Feel About Data Collection and Designing My Inquiry

Handout 5: Inquiry Brief Tuning Protocol—Six Steps to a Fine-Tuned Plan for Inquiry

Handout 6: Data Analysis Summary Sheet

Handout 7: Four A's Protocol

Sample Workshop Agendas: Half-Day Workshops, University Course Meetings, or Afterschool Meetings

Workshop Evaluation Form

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