1st Edition

Perspectives on Supported Collaborative Teacher Inquiry

Edited By David Slavit, Tamara Holmlund Nelson, Anne Kennedy Copyright 2009
208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Supported collaborative teacher inquiry (SCTI) describes the process of professional development in which teacher teams build collaborative structures for the purpose of inquiring into aspects of their own instructional practice. Professional development performed collaboratively and grounded in "the work teachers do" is a highly effective forum for challenging existing beliefs about content,... Read more
Preface  1. Supported Collaborative Teacher Inquiry  David Slavit and Tamara Holmlund Nelson  2. Developing Teachers’ Stances of Inquiry: Studying Teachers’ Evolving Perspectives (STEP)  Lisa Clement Lamb, Randolph A. Philipp, Victoria R. Jacobs and Bonnie P. Schappelle  3. Mathematics Curriculum Implementation via Collaborative Inquiry: Focusing on Facilitating Mathematics Classroom Discourse  Amy Roth McDuffie  4. The Influence of Standards and High Stakes Test-Related Documents on Teachers’ Collaborative Inquiry  Tamara Holmlund Nelson, Anne Kennedy, Angie Deuel and David Slavit  5. Dialogue as Support in Teacher Collaborative Inquiry  Elizabeth Bondy and Pamela Williamson  6. New Teachers’ Collaborative Inquiry in Rural Schools: Challenges and Opportunities  Kerri J. Wenger and Jan Renee Dinsmore  7. Resource Networks for Collaborative Teacher Inquiry  David Slavit, Wendi Laurence, Anne Kennedy and Tamara Holmlund Nelson  8. Supporting Collaborative Teacher Inquiry  Anne Kennedy, David Slavit and Tamara Holmlund Nelson.

Biography

Anne Kennedy is the founding director of the Science and Mathematics Education Resource Center (SMERC), a partnership of Educational Service District 112, Washington State University Vancouver, and 30 southwest Washington School Districts.

Tamara Holmlund Nelson is an associate professor in science education at Washington State University Vancouver.

David Slavit is professor of mathematics education and former director of the Masters in Teaching Program at Washington State University Vancouver.