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.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I first entered this class and looking over my past classmates' work, I felt overwhelmed. I asked myself if I would ever have a book like that. I felt very intimated. I've read the two articles: New Mexico English Journal and liked where it says for us to be successful in life, our mental, social, emotional, physical and spiritual our lives are dependent on these attributes. Even as a Navajo, I did not fully comprehend until I was older and I appreciate the advice. The other article: Learning to Research/Researching to Learn. While reading this article, I kept asking myself if I am asking the right question for my research. I don't fully agree with my question, but I know I will come up with another question that pertains to my classroom. From this article, I've realized that I can raise any question that I may have and research. From the book: Living the Questions. The quote by Charles Kettering that says "research is a high-hat word that scares a lot of people" and I am one of them. But he goes on to say that "research is nothing but a state of mind". Working on a research always scared me and I always felt that I was not writing correctly. Hopefully my fears will flee away as I work towards my research on my question.
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