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

Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry
Nancy Fichtman Dana - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Diane Yendol-Hoppey - University of North Florida, USA
Facilitator's Guide to The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, Second Edition
July 2008 | 56 pages | Corwin
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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.

Contents

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

  • 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

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

Workshop Evaluation Form

Workshop Evaluation Form

Description

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.

Contents

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

  • 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

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

Workshop Evaluation Form

Workshop Evaluation Form

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

Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry


July 2008 | 56 pages | Corwin

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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.


Table Of Contents:

  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • 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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