Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Fall 2015 Welcome

WELCOME, Teacher Practitioners



Welcome to your capstone year 

(Fall 2015-Spring 2016)

I have the privilege to walk beside you during this reflective and introspective journey as you look more closely at yourself as a teacher and learner in your classroom with your students. This is a liberating time for you to think independently, reflexively, and creatively.

Please mark your calendar for Friday, November 6 from 9:00am-3:30pm. You will be sharing your Oral Inquiry Proposal Presentation at the main campus to your committee members. Please arrange your leave with your school principal.

Your coach, fan, advocate & guide
Frances


The power of story becomes essential as a teacher researcher:
Story is another word we all understand in context without being able to put a precise meaning to it. Stories usually but not inevitably involve location, landscapes, protagonists, intentions, emotions, conflicts, obstacles, struggles, and consequences (which always lead into new stories.) These are elements we always look for in any situation in which we are involved. (Frank Smith in To Think (1990)

Seminar Readings, Intellectual History, Teacher Reflections & Vignettes below.