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Direct linkMeyer, Richard – Voices from the Middle, 2011
The first part of this article is a discussion of the present contexts in which middle level teachers, students, and researchers learn and teach; it's a rather dismal portrait constrained by legislation and policies. The second part, in which hope begins to present itself, introduces readers to some middle level students, their teacher, and a…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Researchers, Progressive Education, Adolescents
Elliott-Johns, Susan E.; Booth, David; Rowsell, Jennifer; Puig, Enrique; Paterson, Jane – Voices from the Middle, 2012
A collaborative team of five international teacher educators/researchers examine the importance of student voice for authentic discourse and instructional design in contemporary classrooms. Excerpts from their perspectives on teaching, research, and innovative programs are woven together and include suggested Actions/Reflections for the reader.…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Instructional Design, Teacher Educators, Researchers
Schaefer, Mary Beth – Voices from the Middle, 2011
One seventh-grade English language arts teacher engaged in teacher research in order to become a more understanding, responsive, and confident instructor. Systematic inquiry into her own practice revealed a conflict between what students perceived as their literacy needs and desires (discrete reading skills) with what she perceived to be important…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Language Arts, Reading Skills, Teacher Researchers
Lehman, Christopher; DeLiddo, Emily – Voices from the Middle, 2010
The United States involvement in the Middle East has been prominent in our recent national history, sometimes clouded by myths and misrepresentations of the people of that region of the world. This article details the experiences of teacher-researchers working with teachers and students in Amman, Jordan, to develop powerful English writing…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction
Smiles, Tracy – Voices from the Middle, 2008
A teacher-researcher describes how collaborative inquiries with students into literacy has the potential to develop metacognitive awareness of language and literacy practices, inform practice, and provide opportunities for students to use literacy in meaningful and authentic ways. Drawing upon a teacher-research study into the use of argument…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Action Research, Teacher Researchers, Metacognition
Meyer, Richard J. – Voices from the Middle, 2006
Some journeys that the author and his colleagues take are by choice and others are forced upon them. Some they take because their hearts, minds, and spirits are drawn to the "rightness" of what lies ahead. Others are done out of obligation and still others rest in their compliance to the demands of others. This article is actually about…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Literacy, Researchers, Educational Practices
