Supports David Howes's position that teachers engaged in qualitative research are best placed to enrich understandings of literacy learning and teaching. Cautions that the ethics and representational issues of such research are problematic and need to be considered. Reviews two books that explore the thorny questions surrounding qualitative…

Describes the process that two professors used to help their graduate students begin to study their respective practices through ethnographic teacher-research. Notes that the systematic and intentional inquiry of teacher-research provided a relevant context for investigation of teaching and learning about literacy. Describes their processes of…

Describes how the authors plan professional development for teachers interested in using high-quality and award-winning literature across the curriculum. Shares a vignette that describes one demonstration conducted in a third grade classroom, and shares what they have learned from this lesson about the power of ownership and potential of…