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Experiments in Agency

A Global Partnership to Transform Teacher Research

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Supriya Baily

    1. George Mason University, USA

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  2. Farnoosh Shahrokhi

    1. George Mason University, USA

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  3. Tami Carsillo

    1. George Mason University, USA

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  • This book discusses the global collaboration between teachers and graduate students.
  • This book presents action research across ten countries.
  • In this book, the contributors redefine cross-collaboration in research methodologies.

Part of the book series: New Research – New Voices (NRNV)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Story of the Fellowship

    • Supriya Baily, Farnoosh Shahrokhi, Tami Carsillo
    Pages 1-9

  3. An Efficacious Professional Development Program for International Teachers

    • Farnoosh Shahrokhi
    Pages 11-23

  4. The Transformative Power of Action Research

    • Stacia Stribling
    Pages 25-36

  5. The Cases – Making a Case for Action Research and Social Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. First Steps Toward Community

      • Heather Andrews, Romina Griselda Gacio
      Pages 39-56

    3. A Teacher and Students’ Transformation at a Time of War

      • Ahmed Atef, Majid Mahdi
      Pages 57-76

    4. Detective Ouattara

      • Leah Rapley, Soumaila Ouattara
      Pages 77-92

  6. The Cases – Working with Students and Transforming Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Building Intrinsic Motivation for English Writing in a Salvadoran Classroom

      • Lily Lopez-Mcgee, Sonia Chavarria
      Pages 95-111

    3. Implementing a “New” Method of Teaching English in Bangladesh

      • Anthony Ray, Subrata Kumar Roy
      Pages 113-128

    4. Crossing the Border

      • Melissa Hauber-Özer, Melek Gültaç Korun
      Pages 129-144

    5. Promoting Active and Engaged Learning through Inclusive Teaching

      • Kudirat Giwa-Lawal, Kumi Ortis
      Pages 145-165

  7. The Cases – Ensuring Collaboration Across and Beyond the Classroom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Listen Up!!!

      • Dana V. Moore, Elena Olkhovskaya
      Pages 169-182

    3. Developing Communicative Competence through Content-Based Instruction

      • Kelley Webb, Ana Romero
      Pages 183-204

    4. Journeys through Changing Practice

      • Jennifer L. Lebrón, Leyla Nuñez
      Pages 205-220

    5. Back to the Shire – At Journey’s End

      • Supriya Baily
      Pages 221-230

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 231-236
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About this book

This book is about teacher agency and leadership, but it is also an experiment in shifting the balance of power in research and writing. It is about making accessible the process of academic publishing in a way that capitalizes on the knowledge of people in diverse contexts and with novice eyes and is an experiment in sharing academic writing between master teachers and doctoral students. It is also a book on the power of action research and the belief we have as teacher educators about the transformative power of teachers in their own classrooms. Pairing master teachers from ten countries who were part of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program with graduate students, this book provides a framework to decolonize research practices in an effort to re-envision research methodologies on a global scale. The book also provides a tangible way to see how research processes support local transformation, and direct engagement of those at the margins to play a greater role in the production of scholarly knowledge. The cross-national scope of this book, with authors working in classrooms in countries as diverse as Turkey, Chile, and Bangladesh coupled work of novice US-based scholars to engage in the conceptualizing, researching, data analysis and writing of chapters speaks to the importance of new voices in the field of research. Additionally, the combination of teacher research projects in the classroom juxtaposed with chapters that speak to the process of teacher research in a global context provides both theoretical and empirical foundations for teacher research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • George Mason University, USA

    Supriya Baily, Farnoosh Shahrokhi, Tami Carsillo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Experiments in Agency

  • Book Subtitle: A Global Partnership to Transform Teacher Research

  • Editors: Supriya Baily, Farnoosh Shahrokhi, Tami Carsillo

  • Series Title: New Research – New Voices

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-944-7

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-944-7Published: 13 April 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCXXXVIII, 20

  • Topics: Education, general

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