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  • Songs of innocence and of experience: impressionist tales and secret stories of life in classrooms

    Author(s)
    Geelan, David
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Geelan, David
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    During 1996, in my role as a science teacher and researcher, I conducted an intensive participant observational study in an innovative Australian middle school. The activity involved team teaching with a group of five teachers attempting to implement curricular innovations such as portfolio assessment, integrated curriculum, and teacher collaborative planning. I chose a narrative methodology, including 'impressionist tales of the field' (Van Maanen, 1988), to both conduct and represent this research into my own and others' teaching practices and values. A 'novel' woven from those narratives, entitled 'School Stories', formed ...
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    During 1996, in my role as a science teacher and researcher, I conducted an intensive participant observational study in an innovative Australian middle school. The activity involved team teaching with a group of five teachers attempting to implement curricular innovations such as portfolio assessment, integrated curriculum, and teacher collaborative planning. I chose a narrative methodology, including 'impressionist tales of the field' (Van Maanen, 1988), to both conduct and represent this research into my own and others' teaching practices and values. A 'novel' woven from those narratives, entitled 'School Stories', formed a significant proportion of the research report.
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    Book Title
    Contemporary Qualitative Research: Exemplars For Science and Mathematics Educators
    Publisher URI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5920-9
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5920-9_13
    Subject
    Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/63287
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