Table of Contents

1. Inquiry Into Experience: Teachers' Personal and Professional Growth, Johnson and Golombek; Part I. Inquiry into Instructional Practices; 2. And Now for Something Completely Different : Personal Meaning-Making for Secondary ESL Students...And Their Teachers, Johansen; 3. Putting Theory Into Practice: Letting My Students Learn to Read, Herndon; 4. Rewriting is More than Just Writing Again, Sackville; 5. Action for Understanding: A Study in Teacher Research with Exploratory Practice, Johnson; Part II. Inquiry into Language Learners; 6. Who Is In This Classroom With Me? House; 7. Talking at Length and Depth: Learning From Focus Group Discussions, Gibson; 8. My Learning Through Journaling: Forgiveness as a Source of Power and the Communication of Voice in the Classroom, Esbenshade; 9. Understanding Our Students' Families: The Hidden Community of International Wives, Winston and Soltman; Part III. Inquiry into Language Teachers; 10. A Tale of Names, Shi; 11. Seeking Satisfaction, Sato; 12. The Art of Drawing Theory: A Teacher's Personal and Professional Sense-Making, Robison; Part IV. Inquiry Through Professional Collaborations; 13. What I Learnt From Giving Quiet Children Space, Boshell; 14. Talking Ourselves into Understanding, Mann

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This book explores teachers' understanding of the personal and professional experiences that have informed their language teaching.