ERIC Number: EJ1152312
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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Developing as Teachers and as Researchers: Emerging Professionals' Experiences with Cooperative Inquiry
Bower-Phipps, Laura; Cruz, Maria; Albaladejo, Cristina; Johnson, Arlette; Homa, Thomas
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, v18 n1 Article 4 Spr 2016
This article details the second cycle of cooperative inquiry undertaken by emerging educators who self-identify as "other" because of gender, language, ethnicity, and/or sexual orientation. The current cycle focuses on the impact participation in cooperative inquiry had on researchers' teaching practices. Data sources include transcripts of group discussions and reflective writing completed six months, eighteen months, and two years after the completion of the first cycle of cooperative inquiry. Findings suggest that as a result of engagement in cooperative inquiry, the teacher/researchers established practices to decrease isolation, build unity, and understand students' backgrounds. Teacher/researchers viewed themselves as advocates for diversity within the classroom, took a collaborative approach to teaching, and came to see research as an essential element of effective teaching.
Descriptors: Inquiry, Cooperation, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Researchers, Minority Group Teachers, Social Distance, Student Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Self Concept, Educational Practices
New Prairie Press, Kansas State University Libraries. 137 Hale Library, Manhattan, KS 66506. e-mail: nppress@ksu.edu; Web site: http://newprairiepress.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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