TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meier,Daniel R.
AU  - Henderson,Barbara
TI  - Learning from young children in the classroom: the art and science of teacher research 
SN  - 9780807747681
AV  - LB1028.24 .M465 2007
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Action research in education
KW  - United States
KW  - Early childhood education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index; Framing inquiry--and staying close to children; -- Teacher research and early childhood practice; -- Teacher research and early childhood curricula and philosophies; -- The process of inquiry--the art of doing teacher research; -- Finding a path of inquiry; -- Research questions; -- Data collection--finding the little gems; -- Understanding your data through documentation; -- Using teacher research to understand and promote children's play and interaction; -- Toddlers--building community through play; -- Promoting more sophisticated play and interaction in preschool; -- Teacher research and understanding children's language development; -- Children's language and the language of teacher research; -- Collecting and analyzing data on the language experiences of infants; -- Toddlers--entering worlds of discovery and learning; -- Teacher research and children's projects and literacy learning; -- Understanding children's project-based learning; -- Researching children's storytelling and story dramatization; -- Reconceptualizing children's early literacy development; -- Forms of writing about and disseminating teacher research; -- Innovative ways to write about teacher research; -- Narrative inquiry--the value for teacher research; -- Integrating poetry, memoir, and stories; -- Using stories, photographs, and artwork; -- Using audit trails as analytical graphics; -- Future directions for teacher research in early childhood education; -- Forms and functions of early childhood teacher research; -- Why do teacher research in early childhood education?; -- Where do we go from here?
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