Living the Questions: A Guide for Teacher-Researchers

by Ruth Shagoury, Brenda Miller Power

Teacher research is an extension of good teaching, observing students closely, analyzing their needs, and adjusting the curriculum to fit the needs of all. In this completely updated second edition of their definitive work, Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller Power present a framework for teacher research along with an extensive collection of narratives from teachers engaged in the process of designing and carrying out research projects to inform their instruction.

This edition includes a greater variety of short contributions from a wide range of teacher-researchers -- novices and veterans from all backgrounds and parts of the country -- who speak to the growing diversity in today's classrooms. Threaded throughout the chapters and narratives is a discussion of the emergence of digital tools and their effect on both teaching and the research process, along with an expanded number of research designs.

The book has three primary components: 1.Chapters written by the authors explaining key elements of the research process: finding questions, designing projects, data collection and analysis, and more 2.Research activities that enable readers to try out the featured strategies and techniques 3.Teacher-researcher essays in which teachers share details of completed projects and discuss the impact they have had in their classrooms.

Living the Questions, Second Edition: A Guide for Teacher-Researchers will take you step-by-step through the process of designing, implementing, and publishing your research. Along the way, it will introduce you to dozens of kindred spirits who are finding new passion for teaching by "living the questions" every day in their classrooms. You will be reminded of why you became a teacher yourself.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Grad School

302 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

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Reviews

[Syd]

Read for my master's research class. Actually conducting the research study next semester 😨

[Rachel]

I enjoyed it. Seeing other teacher-researchers' diaries was helpful.

[NAOMI POINDEXTER]

Used in Teacher Research class

[Eliana]

Did not read this book in full, but read portions for my grad class. I thought it was good to discuss teacher inquiry, but it did not feel as generative as other pedagogical texts I have read.

[Kim]

Reading for my final master's course.

[Mrs V's Reviews]

I read the second edition (but I could not find it listed here) and blogged about it here:
http://www.snapshotsofmrsv.blogspot.c...

[Natalie]

Read exactly one chapter of this for grad school and I don't even remember what it said.

[Jennifer]

It was a very dry read, and I wouldn't have finished it if it weren't required for professional development.