Agency through Teacher Education (eBook)

Ryan Flessner is an assistant professor of teacher education at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. His teaching and research interests include elementary and early childhood education, elementary mathematics, teacher research, and issues of diversity, equity, and social justice.Grant R. Miller is an assistant professor in curriculum and instruction at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. His teaching and research interests include social studies education, media literacy, and program evaluation.Kami M. Patrizio is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Virginia Tech University. Her research and teaching focus on learning, collaboration, and qualitative research methods.Julie R. Horwitz is an assistant professor in educational studies at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. Her research and teaching focuses on middle and high school content area literacy, social justice, critical reflection, and teacher research.

Forward—Annette DigbyPreface Acknowledgements Introduction— Kami M. Patrizio, Ryan Flessner, Grant R. Miller, & Julie R. HorwitzSECTION ISection I Introduction – Grant R. Miller & Christie McIntyreChapter 1 – Teacher Learners’ Oral History Projects: Exploring How Our Communities and Cultural Pasts Shape Us – Megan BlumenreichChapter 2 – Photovoice as a Critical Reflection Methodology – Julie R. HorwitzChapter 3 – Supporting Prospective Teachers’ Critical Reflection in Mathematics Teacher Education – Mathew D. Felton & Courtney KoestlerChapter 4 – Teacher Leaders: African American Women Experiencing and Enacting Social Justice – Vonzell Agosto & Zorka KaranxhaSection I Commentary – Nancy Gallavan & Angela Webster-SmithSECTION IISection II Introduction – Ryan Flessner & Julie R. HorwitzChapter 5 – Understanding Community Voices as a Force in Teacher Education – Ryan Flessner & Paula A. MageeChapter 6 – Enhancing Educator Agency Through the Development of Boundary Spanning Competencies – Michael P. EvansChapter 7 – Knowledge of Community and Technology as Parallel Tools of Agency in Teacher Preparation – Rashmi Kumar, Christopher G. Pupik Dean, & Nancy Lee Rodenberg Bergey Chapter 8 – Community Engagement as Catalyst for Critical Reflection and Agency Within a Professional Development School Clinical Program – Mary KlehrSection II Commentary – Gregory MichieSECTION IIISection III Introduction – Kami M. PatrizioChapter 9 – Building Administrator as Teacher Educator: Fostering Teacher Agency From Within the System – Laura McDermottChapter 10 – I Want to Test My Own Unique Ideas”: Tensions in the Teacher Candidate-Cooperating Teacher Relationship – Janet JohnsonChapter 11 – Teacher Shared Leadership for Educating English Learning Students – Katie Brooks Chapter 12 – Systemic Educational Change: Applying Social Network Theory to Lateral Learning Among Principals – Corrie Stone-Johnson & Kristin KewSection III Commentary – Jim NolanChapter 13 – What We Learned about Agency in Teacher Education – Grant R. Miller, Ryan Flessner, Kami M. Patrizio, & Julie R. HorwitzAbout the AuthorsIndex