Description: I. BECOMING AN INQUIRING TEACHER. 1. Planning for Professional Growth. II. TOOLS FOR REFLEXIVITY AND INQUIRY. 2. Autobiographical Writing: Gathering Personal Internal Information. 3. Looking and Listening: Gathering External Information, Doing "Ethnography." 4. Professional Development Through Collaboration with Peers. III. NARRATIVE AND INQUIRY IN FIELD EXPERIENCE. 5. Understanding Images and Contexts of Teaching. 6. Expectations of Field Experiences and Dealing with Fantasies and Fears About Teaching. 7. Becoming Re-acquainted with Schools. 8. Negotiating a Role for Yourself, and Developing and Maintaining Professional Relationships with Cooperating Teachers. 9. Developing Professional Relationships with Supervisors and Others within the Learning Community. 10. Developing and Maintaining Relationships with Students. 11. Acknowledging the Complexity and Dealing with the Ups and Downs of Teaching. 12. Looking Back and Moving Forward. Reference List. Film and Video List. Index.

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