Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Teacher Inquiry Defined -- What Is Teacher Inquiry? -- What Is the Relationship Between Teacher Inquiry and Teacher Professional Growth? -- What Evidence Exists That Teacher Inquiry Is Worth Doing? -- How Is Teacher Inquiry Different From What I Already Do as a Reflective Teacher? -- Why Inquire? Inquiry as a Pathway to Equity -- What Are Some Contexts Ripe for Teacher Inquiry? -- How Does My Engaging in Teacher Inquiry Help Shape the Profession of Teaching? -- 2. The Start of Your Journey: Finding a Wondering -- Where Do I Begin? -- Where Do I Find My Wonderings and Questions? -- What Happens If I Still Cannot Locate My Wondering? -- 3. Learning With and From the Literature: The Importance of Reading -- Why Read? -- Where and How Do I Find Readings to Inform My Inquiry? -- A Few Words of Literature Wisdom -- 4. earning With and From Your Colleagues: The Importance of Collaboration --- Why Is Collaboration So Important? -- What Are the Possibilities for How I Might Collaborate? -- 5. Developing a Research Plan: Making Inquiry a Part of Your Teaching Practice -- What Do Data Look Like, How Do I Collect Them, and How Do They Fit Into My Work as a Teacher? -- When Do I Collect Data and How Much Do I Collect? -- 6. Considering the Ethical Dimensions of Your Work as an Inquirer -- What Should I Consider When Thinking About Ethics in Relation to Pracitioner Research? -- What Role Do School District Research Policies Play in the Inquiry Process? -- What Role Do University Institutional Review Boards Play in the Inqiury Process? -- 7. Finding Your Findings: Data Analysis -- What Is Formative Data Analysis? -- What Is Summative Data Analysis? -- What Might Summative Analysis of Qualitative Data Look Like? -- 8. Making Your Inquiry Public: Publishing and Presenting -- Why Is it Important to Share My Work With Other? -- How Do I Present My Work? -- How Do I Write About My Work? -- What Might My Writing Look Like? -- 9. Contributing to the Creation of More Equitable Schools and Classrooms: The Why of Inquiry -- Coming to View Inquiry as a Pathway to Equity: A Teacher Researcher's Story -- Informing Thinking, Teaching, and Teacher Education: The Power of Equity-Focused Inquiry -- 10. On Your Way: Becoming the Best Teacher and Researcher You Can Be -- What Is an Inquiry Stance? -- Why Is It Important to Assess the Quality of My Work? -- What Is the Difference Between Generalizability and Transferability? -- How Do I Go About Assessing Teacher Research Quality and Why Is It So Difficult to Do? -- What Are Some Quality Indicators for Teacher Research? -- What Are Some Ways to Enhance Inquiry Quality? -- Where Do I Go From Here?

For three editions, teacher preparation and professional development providers have turned to this bestselling how-to guide for its authentic approach to teacher inquiry and how to harness it for the greatest transformational effect. In this edition, readers explore contemporary as well as enduring real-life examples of data-driven classrooms. Featuring helpful exercises and step-by-step instructions, this edition explores: • equity and social justice and the role inquiry plays in tackling it • professional practice doctoral programs as ripe context for inquiry • the role literature plays in teacher research

Dana, N. F., & Yendol-Hoppey, D. (2020). The Reflective educator's guide to classroom research: Learning to teach and teaching to learn through practitioner inquiry (4th ed.). Corwin.