Stories From the Heart
Teachers and Students Researching their Literacy Lives
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | Richard J. Meyer | ISBN: | 9781135469771 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard J. Meyer |
| ISBN: | 9781135469771 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Stories from the Heart is for, by, and about prospective and practicing teachers understanding themselves as curious and literate beings, making connections with colleagues, and researching their own literacy and the literacy lives of their students. It demonstrates the power and importance of story in our own lives as literate individuals. Readers are encouraged to: tell, write, or re-create the stories of their literacy lives in order to understand how they learn and teach; begin the journey into writing the stories of others' literacy lives; find support in their researching endeavors; and examine the idea of framing stories by using the work of other teachers and researchers.
Stories from the Heart is for, by, and about prospective and practicing teachers understanding themselves as curious and literate beings, making connections with colleagues, and researching their own literacy and the literacy lives of their students. It demonstrates the power and importance of story in our own lives as literate individuals. Readers are encouraged to: tell, write, or re-create the stories of their literacy lives in order to understand how they learn and teach; begin the journey into writing the stories of others' literacy lives; find support in their researching endeavors; and examine the idea of framing stories by using the work of other teachers and researchers.
