Inquiry Paths to Literacy Learning

Elizabeth A. Kahn taught English language arts for 36 years and served as English department chair; she now teaches in the English teacher education program at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. She has co-authored several books, including Discussion Pathways to Literacy Learning (NCTE 2018), The Dynamics of Writing Instruction (Heinemann 2010), and Writing About Literature (NCTE 1984 and 2009, updated edition). Andrew Bouque has taught English in public high schools for 20 years, currently at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He is coeditor of Raise Your Voices: Inquiry, Discussion, and Literacy Learning (Rowman & Littlefield 2019). Dawn Forde is a teacher at Adlai E. Stevenson High School and has been learning from her students for the past 18 years. She coedited Raise Your Voices: Inquiry, Discussion, and Literacy Learning (Rowman & Littlefield 2019) and has presented at local, state, and national conferences. Thomas M. McCann is a professor of English at Northern Illinois University, where he contributes to the teacher licensure program. His books include Transforming Talk into Text and Literacy and History in Action (Teachers College Press) and the co-authored Talking in Class (NCTE 2006), The Dynamics of Writing Instruction (Heinemann 2010), and Teaching Matters Most (Corwin Press 2012). Carolyn Calhoun Walter taught English students for thirty years at both public and private high schools and now supervises student teachers for Northern Illinois University. She is a regular presenter at national conferences and has co-authored Designing and Sequencing Pre-Writing Activities and Writing about Literature, and Discussion Pathways to Literacy Learning.

Foreword
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Boise State University
Acknowledgments
Editors’ Introduction
Elizabeth A. Kahn, Andrew Bouque, Dawn Forde, Thomas M. McCann, and Carolyn C. Walter
Part I: An Invitation to Inquiry
Chapter 1- Inquiring into Inquiry in English Language Arts
Hugh Kesson, Michael W. Smith, and Jon-Philip Imbrenda
Chapter 2- Inquiry-Based Processes for Writing
Thomas M. McCann
Chapter 3- Inquiry and Literature: Beginning with Why?
Carolyn Calhoun Walter
Chapter 4- Inquiring in First-Year Composition
Shayne Dwyer and Faye Scott
Part II: The Practice of Inquiry
Chapter 5- Planning Inquiry-Based Learning
Elizabeth A. Kahn
Chapter 6- Managing Group Inquiry
Patricia Dalton and Suzanne Starnes
Chapter 7- Launching Independent Inquiries
Deborah Stern and Stacey Carlough
Chapter 8- Assessing the Impact of Inquiry
Andrew Bouque
Part III: Inquiry Beyond the ELA Classroom
Chapter 9- Investigating Text and Self: Inquiry, Literacy, and Social-Emotional Learning Gabrielle Caputo and Shannon McMullen
Chapter 10- Inquiry and Service Learning in Teacher Education
Peter Smagorinsky
Chapter 11- Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations: Valuing Inquiry to Navigate Controversy
Peter Anderson and Dawn Forde
Chapter 12- Learning with Tools of Digital Inquiry
Mary Rice
About the Editors
About the Contributors