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Inquiry on Inquiry: Practitioner Research and Student Learning
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Barnatt, Joan; Friedman, Audrey; Pine, Gerald – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
In many teacher education programs, some form of inquiry or practitioner research is now included in the preservice teacher education curriculum. The intention is to help teacher candidates become professionals who are lifelong learners who raise questions and research their practice across the professional career. At the same time, teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
From Students to Teachers: Using Surveys to Build a Culture of Evidence and Inquiry
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Ludlow, Larry; Pedulla, Joseph; Enterline, Sarah; Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Loftus, Fran; Salomon-Fernandez, Yves; Mitescu, Emilie – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
In an effort to make decisions about teacher education policy and practice that were informed by research and evidence, participants in Boston College's "Teachers for a New Era" Evidence Team (http://www.teachersforanewera.org) designed a portfolio of assessments and studies. This article describes one project in the portfolio--a series…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Academic Achievement, Educational Policy
Learning and Unlearning: The Education of Teacher Educators.
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2003
Analyzes four teacher educator communities in different contexts and entry points across the career lifespan, making the case that the education of teacher educators is substantially enriched when inquiry is a stance on the overall enterprise of teaching, schooling, and teacher education. The four illustrations are: unlearning racism, reinventing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inquiry, Preservice Teacher Education
The Teacher Research Movement: A Decade Later.
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Lytle, Susan L. – Educational Researcher, 1999
Discusses the recent interest in teacher research and inquiry, arguing that part of what makes it an official movement is that teacher research stems from various intellectual traditions and educational projects. Identifies five trends that characterize the movement and discusses the future of the movement in the face of current reforms that…
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Learning from Teacher Research: A Working Typology.
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Lytle, Susan L.; Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Teachers College Record, 1990
Systematic intentional inquiry by teachers makes accessible some of teachers' expertise and provides universities and schools with unique perspectives on teaching and learning. A four-part working typology of teacher research is proposed, with examples of the four types: journals, essays, oral inquiry processes, and classroom studies. (IAH)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays
Inquiry and Outcomes: Learning To Teach in the Age of Accountability.
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Teacher Education and Practice, 2002
Explores some of the tensions between inquiry and outcomes in preservice teacher preparation, positing three outcomes of an inquiry stance: complex notions of what counts as learning for K- 12 students; examination of attitudes, values, and beliefs about diversity, U.S. society, and teachers' responsibilities; and understandings of teacher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education