Imagine a place : stories from middle grades educators

Imagine a place where passion for learning, authentic connection with colleagues and community, and strengths-based middle grades education thrive. Imagine places of learning and inspiration for teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and teacher candidates. Imagine a Place: Stories From Middle...

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Other Authors Carpenter, Jan Marie (Editor), Lutz, Amy (Editor), Samek, Linda (Editor), Caskey, Micki M. (Editor), Greene, William L. (Editor), Kim, Younghee M. (Editor), Casbon, Jay (Editor), Musser, Maureen (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017.
SeriesHandbook of resources in middle level education.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806608751
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-942-2
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 168 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Section I. Welcome to the imagine AI? place classrooms / Jay Casbon and Linda Samek
  • Section II. Stories of joy, meaning, and deep connection through curriculum and instruction / Jan Carpenter
  • Chapter 1. It's all about relationships / Michelle Bond Copelin
  • Chapter 2. Mathography: A tool for fostering mathematics identity / Kasi Allen and Kemble Schnell
  • Chapter 3. Re-imagining our identity: How AI? sustainability class merges school, community, and environment / Ryan King and Margaret Perrow
  • Chapter 4. The most important lesson / Teresa Denney and Allison Eitzen
  • Chapter 5. Going out and going within / Marcia Ososke
  • Chapter 6. Discussion questions / Jan Carpenter
  • Section III. Stories of relationships and young adolescent development / Micki M. Caskey
  • Chapter 7. Mateo and the field guide manual from Afghanistan / Jennifer Robinson
  • Chapter 8. So much more than teaching / Katy Turpen
  • Chapter 9. Is luke here today? Michelle schwartze
  • Chapter 10. Conversations from the middle / Janolyn Jones King
  • Chapter 11. The starfish effect: It matters to this one / Casey Gilewski
  • Chapter 12. What it takes to win / Lynette Elwyn
  • Chapter 13. Discussion questions / Micki M. Caskey and Jan Carpenter
  • Section IV. Finding the treasure in challenging situations--stories of students who remind us who we are / Younghee M. Kim and William L. Greene
  • Chapter 14. Pieces of work: Seeing beyond behavior / George Roberts
  • Chapter 15. A vulnerable stanza / Bobbi Kidd
  • Chapter 16. Humility from AI? hubcap / Rebecca A. Hendrix
  • Chapter 17. Something about those eyes / Jan Carpenter
  • Chapter 18. On being ms. Lutz / Amy Lutz
  • Chapter 19. Finding myself with teen writers / Mary Sawyer
  • Chapter 20. All in AI? day's work / Gail Anderson
  • Chapter 21. Discussion questions / Younghee M. Kim, William L. Greene, and Jan Carpenter
  • Section V. Exploring stories--recommendations and resources / Micki M. Caskey
  • Chapter 22. Writing your story / Karen Hamlin
  • Chapter 23. An exercise in reflection for teacher candidates / Younghee M. Kim and William L. Greene
  • Chapter 24. Bibliography of online and print resources / Micki M. Caskey
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors.