Online Teacher Research & Inquiry Community Portal

D2L TRI Course 2009-10 (UA TRI students only)
TRI Course Readings (available to all)

Other SAWP Opportunities

Articles, Books, and Online Journals Featuring Teacher Researcher Stories

• Calkins, Lucy (1983). Lessons from a Child: On the Teaching and Learning of Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books
• Campano, G (2007) Immigrant Students and Literacy; Reading, Writing, and Remembering. New York: Teachers College Press 
• Goswami, Dixie, Ceci Lewis, Marty Rutherford, Diane Waff (2009). On Teacher Inquiry: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research. NY: Teachers College Press. (add link)
• Hatch, Thomas, and others (2005) Going Public With Our Teaching: An Anthology of Practice. NY: Teachers College Press. This seminal collection brings together rich examples of classroom inquiry to address key problems of practice. Responding to the growing importance of displaying the powerful work of teachers who study their practice, this unique ensemble combines a variety of classic and new pieces. The teacher reflections are organized according to the following sections: The Culture of Schools and Classrooms; The Content of the Curriculum; Issues of Equity, Race, and Culture; Negotiating the Dilemmas of Teaching.
• Networks: An Online Journal of Teacher Research This is the first on-line journal dedicated to teacher research. With the help of readers and writers like you, this journal aims to provide a forum for teachers'  voices, a place where teachers working in classrooms, from pre-school to university, can share their experiences and learn from each other…. In each issue, you will find feature-length articles, as well as short reports of work-in-progress, book reviews, and discussions on current issues in teacher research.
• ACTION RESEARCH ARTICLES ONLINE (University of Colorado at Denver) This is a resource site for teachers who are interested in conducting research about teaching and learning, both formal (more traditional) research and informal action research. It is also the information site for three North Central Indiana teacher-researcher initiatives.

Selected Readings from the Works of SAWP Teacher Researchers (need to upload files)

• Reflections of a Novice Teacher Researcher, by Gerry Pionessa, 2001-2002
• Reading for Social Action: How Do Youngsters Respond? by Aimee Rogers, 2004-2005
• What happens when fifth graders become writing teachers for kindergarteners? A Working Paper by Anne Peralta, 2004-2005

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