{"product_id":"teaching-is-inquiry_9780807786604","title":"Teaching Is Inquiry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUse this framework to better understand a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e wide range of students, including those identified as struggling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany teachers maintain commitments to ideas and practices that they rarely question. Among these assumptions are ideas about children and the variety of reasons as to how they might learn or fail to learn. Teaching as inquiry is \u003cb\u003e the practice of gaining distance from one’s assumptions about teaching and learning to better serve all children\u003c\/b\u003e, including those struggling in school (K–9).\u003cbr\u003eBallenger shares stories from her experiences, demonstrating that children are always thinking and always making sense and, going further, that \u003cb\u003ethe ideas of our most puzzling students lead us to new recognition\u003c\/b\u003e of what thinking looks like. Readers will learn how teaching with documentation and reflection develops and deepens their practice over time.\u003cbr\u003eDivided into three sections, chapters address the framework for inquiry, language and reading groups, and the interests of particular children with special needs in relation to the curriculum. \u003ci\u003eTeaching Is Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e details the practices of teacher inquiry with a series of sometimes sad, sometimes joyful stories\u003c\/b\u003e from the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrges teachers to move beyond “the first look” or more superficial understandings of students.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the value of documentation in order to better understand the ideas of a wide range of students, including those identified as struggling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShowcases the author’s powers of observation that have inspired many teachers’ inquiry into their own practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers reflections that are both complex and open to further interpretation on the part of readers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtends the author’s examination of “puzzling moments”—encounters with students that may be difficult to comprehend or do not conform to more typical interactions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cynthia Ballenger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037194748006,"sku":"9780807786604","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807786604.jpg?v=1771608177","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/teaching-is-inquiry_9780807786604","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}