Research on urban teacher learning : examining contextual factors over time

• Other Authors: Stairs, Andrea J. (Editor), Donnell, Kelly A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP-Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2010]
• Subjects: Education, Urban > United States > Research.; Teachers > Training of > United States.; Urban schools > United States.; Education > Urban.; Teacher training.; Education.; Urban communities.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617678
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-403-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)

This book presents a range of evidence-based analyses focused on the role of contextual factors on urban teacher learning. Part I introduces the reader to the conceptual and empirical literature on urban teacher learning. Part II shares eight research studies that examine how, what, and why urban te...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / J. Amos Hatch
• Acknowledgments
• Part I. Theories of urban teacher learning
• Chapter 1. Why research on urban teacher learning matters: An Introduction / Andrea J. Stairs and Kelly A. Donnell
• Chapter 2. Urban teacher learning: A review of related literature / Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Kelly A. Donnell, and Andrea J. Stairs
• Part II. Research on urban teacher learning
• Chapter 3. We know you're black at heart: A self-study of a white, urban high school teacher / Alyssa Hadley Dunn
• Chapter 4. Becoming an urban teacher in a professional development school: A view from preparation to practice / Andrea J. Stairs
• Chapter 5. Navigating the first year: The experiences of alternatively certified urban teachers / Katie Tricarico and Diane Yendol-Hoppey
• Chapter 6. The impact of teacher preparation for high-need schools / Dorene Ross, Stephanie Dodman, and Vicki Vescio
• Chapter 7. Connecting teaching and learning: A comparison of first- and second-year urban teachers / Jennifer Mueller, Debra Wisneski, and Nancy File
• Chapter 8. Making the transition from preservice to inservice teaching: Critical literacy in an urban elementary school / Wendy Meller
• Chapter 9. Preparing students for the test is not necessarily preparing them to be good writers: A beginning urban teacher's dilemma / Laura Pardo
• Chapter 10. A grounded theory of the conditions and resources in learning about urban teaching / Kelly A. Donnell
• Part III. Impact of policy on urban teacher learning
• Chapter 11. Professionalism > politics + policy + pedagogy: The power of professionalism / Audrey A. Friedman and Frank Daniello. Conclusion: Developing Synergy Between Learning and Context / Kelly A. Donnell and Andrea J. Stairs.