Agency through Teacher Education

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 Digby
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction— Kami M. Patrizio, Ryan Flessner, Grant R. Miller, & Julie R. Horwitz

SECTION I
Section I Introduction – Grant R. Miller & Christie McIntyre
Chapter 1 – Teacher Learners’ Oral History Projects: Exploring How Our Communities and Cultural Pasts Shape Us – Megan Blumenreich
Chapter 2 – Photovoice as a Critical Reflection Methodology – Julie R. Horwitz
Chapter 3 – Supporting Prospective Teachers’ Critical Reflection in Mathematics Teacher Education – Mathew D. Felton & Courtney Koestler
Chapter 4 – Teacher Leaders: African American Women Experiencing and Enacting Social Justice – Vonzell Agosto & Zorka Karanxha
Section I Commentary – Nancy Gallavan & Angela Webster-Smith

SECTION II
Section II Introduction – Ryan Flessner & Julie R. Horwitz
Chapter 5 – Understanding Community Voices as a Force in Teacher Education – Ryan Flessner & Paula A. Magee
Chapter 6 – Enhancing Educator Agency Through the Development of Boundary Spanning Competencies – Michael P. Evans
Chapter 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 Klehr
Section II Commentary – Gregory Michie

SECTION III
Section III Introduction – Kami M. Patrizio
Chapter 9 – Building Administrator as Teacher Educator: Fostering Teacher Agency From Within the System – Laura McDermott
Chapter 10 – I Want to Test My Own Unique Ideas”: Tensions in the Teacher Candidate-Cooperating Teacher Relationship – Janet Johnson
Chapter 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 Kew

Section III Commentary – Jim Nolan
Chapter 13 – What We Learned about Agency in Teacher Education – Grant R. Miller, Ryan Flessner, Kami M. Patrizio, & Julie R. Horwitz

About the Authors
Index