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Challenges prevailing notions about autism by offering the viewpoint of adolescents on the spectrum through their writing, photography, poetry, art, and more. This book is a critical resource for teacher preparation and professional learning in any field that interacts with individuals with autism or other disabilities.

Honest, clearly written, and accessible this book shows how to use "Family Dialogue Journals" to increase and deepen learning among students in grades K-12. Written by teachers who have been implementing and studying the use of weekly journals, the book shares what they have learned and why they have found these journals to be an invaluable tool for forming effective partnerships with families.

Explores the opportunities and challenges that arise when White teachers are willing to deal directly with race and the role it plays in their classrooms. Based on lessons gleaned from experienced White teachers in a variety of settings, it lays out a path for using inquiry to develop sustained, productive engagement with challenging - and common - questions about race.

This volume on collaborative learning for teachers includes: an alternative to the ""professional development school""; descriptions of actual guidelines, activities and professional problem-solving methods; and discussions of the relationships between mentors and student/beginning teachers.

This groundbreaking volume encourages educational leaders to reposition the way they think about leadership and its challenges. Experienced school and district leaders reveal how they conceptualize their roles; how they learn by posing and solving problems of practice; and how they cope with increasing expectations and complexity in their work.

This collection brings together rich examples of classroom inquiry to address key problems of practice.

Tackles the impact of race and culture on teaching and learning. This book places focus on the connections among teacher quality, teacher preparation, and the achievement gap for African Americans and other children of color. It addresses ways that teachers can assess and enhance their own racial and cultural competence.

This resource uncovers the hidden risks behind the progressive goals of action research in education, and provides an interpretation of the problems endemic to insider enquiries. The writers aim to show that ethical guidelines fail to address some issues characteristic of insider research.

Research on teacher learning and change has too often excluded personal development in considering professional development. This work argues that the development of a professional identity is inextricable from personal identity.

A chronicle of the ups-and-downs of two young first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through their recollections, memories and excerpts from journals and student work, they show that the heart of teaching and learning is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.

The student projects presented in this text demonstrate an approach to teaching writing that requires no special equipment or resources and can be adapted for students of any age. The key is getting students involved in action research and writing about the issues that are important to them.