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Context and Literature
May's experience in the classroom is not unique. Many teachers find that they spend an inordinate amount of time working on behavioral difficulties as opposed to actually teaching material. May was fortunate that she was in a school in which the administration was supportive of both inquiry-based research and the use of literature to help mitigate situations and grow as a teacher. The particular advantage May had using outside literature was a combination of alternative point-of-view and experience. May would not have the time or resources to go through the types of research, data collection and analysis, and number of students that others have already done. She is also able to glean additional insights from others who have tried and succeeded, and tried and failed, with techniques. Often, too, reading other materials spurs ideas that one can pick and choose -- this works for my class, this may not.
May can also gain insights into her topic of behavior management in a science class by looking carefully at previous research done in similar situations with similar demographic issues. While all students are unique, there are patterns that may be gleaned from other classrooms and other teachers. "Why recreate the wheel," might be an adequate adage, instead, just paint it a bit differently. May's readings will also inform her on methodology, what types of data sets to look for, what might have been important to other studies, and indeed, even a bit of methodology. Also, May find the bibliographies of the literature especially helpful in her journey and collection of materials for use.
Chapter 2 -- Inquiry Through Collaboration
It seems that there are three major reasons that express the power of collaborating with colleagues in the educational environment: 1) How do we improve student learning? 2) How do we work together to improve teacher learning? 3) How can we turn collaboration into a win-win situation in which student and teacher learning are enhanced?
Both common sense and research agree that effectiveness in the classroom means more effective...
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