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Publication Date: 2006
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Deconstructing Inquiry in the Professional Development School: Exploring the Domains and Contents of Teachers' Questions
Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Yendol-Hoppey, Diane; Snow-Gerono, Jennifer L.
Action in Teacher Education, v27 n4 p59-71 Win 2006
Having facilitated, read, and collected more than 200 teacher research pieces written by prospective and practicing teachers, the authors conducted a systematic analysis of the domains and contents of teachers' questions as they embarked on their first research study. Focusing on the questions teachers ask led to the generation of a typology of "six passions" for teacher inquiry: an individual child; curriculum; teaching strategies and techniques; beliefs about management, teaching, and learning; personal and professional identity; and teaching and learning context. This article shares examples of teacher research in each of the six passions and the process of locating questions for teacher research efforts. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Researchers, Questioning Techniques, Inquiry, Research Methodology, Thematic Approach, Item Analysis, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Education Programs, Meta Analysis, Classification
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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