A Teacher’s Investigation of Critical Incidents and the Re-Cognition of His Practice
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2010-03-18
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Snyder, Curtis
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Abstract
This thesis employs teacher research as a methodology and uses critical incidents
as a data source. These incidents were collected by an elementary school teacher over a
school year and recorded in a personal journal. In this thesis many of those critical
incidents are chronicled, reflected upon, and analyzed. The three central themes, and
subsequent chapters that emerge, are about teacher collaboration, accountability, and
leadership. The school involved was simultaneously participating in a compulsory
province-wide initiative called School Accreditation. Under this initiative the staff of the
school jointly read a text, On Common Ground by DuFour, Eaker and Dufour (2005).
The findings and conclusions offer a teacher’s perspective on the day-to-day life
of an elementary school as the staff attempts to become more of a Professional Learning
Community.
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Action Research , Education , Elementary School Teaching , School Improvement Programs , Leadership , Nova Scotia