Written by members of one of the best-known and longest-standing teacher study groups, this compelling collection of essays explores the intersection of thought, language, and culture as revealed in classroom discourse. Focusing on classroom issues, this insightful volume:
Chapters by Cynthia Ballenger, Cindy Beseler, Susan Black-Donellan, Karen Gallas, Steve Griffin, Roxanne Pappenheimer, Ann Phillips, and Jim Swaim.
“Teachers need just what the Brookline Teacher Researcher Seminar offers in this book . . . wonderful, engaging, and intellectually stimulating.”
—Ruth Shagoury, Lewis and Clark College
“The Brookline Teacher Researcher Seminar, whose story and work is on display in this book, transformed how we think about teaching, classrooms, and research. Based on the authors’ own experiences and the highly innovative strategies they devised to work together, these teachers developed powerful ways of studying language in classrooms. In the end, they have improved children’s lives and set a new standard for teacher research.”
—James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin–Madison
ISBN | 9780807744017 |
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EISBN | 9780807777404 |
Author | Brookline Teacher Research Seminar |
Publisher | Teachers College Press |