Preface
PART I: Teacher Personal Theorizing and Curriculum Inquiry
1. Teacher Personal Theorizing and Research on Curriculum and Teaching
E. Wayne Ross, Jeffrey W. Cornett, and Gail McCutcheon
2. Philosophy, Meaning Constructs and Teacher Theorizing
Lynda Stone
3. Teachers' Stories: Autobiography and Inquiry
William Ayers
PART II: Research on Teacher Personal Theorizing
4. Learning How to Teach Language Arts: A Cultural Model
Audrey M. Kleinsasser
5. Personal Theorizing of an Intern Teacher
Sharon L. Pape
6. How Do Elementary Teachers Decide What to Teach in Social Studies
Stephen J. Thornton
7. Bricolage: Teachers Do It Daily
Walter C. Parker and Janet E. McDaniel
8. An Interpretation of High School Science Teaching Based on Metaphors and Beliefs for Specific Roles
Kenneth Tobin and Sarah Ulerick LaMaster
9. Insights from the Analysis of Our Own Theorizing: The Viewpoints of Seven Teachers
Jeffrey W. Cornett, K. Sue Chase, Patricia Miller, Debbie Schrock, Betty J. Bennett, Alan Goins, and Christopher Hammond
PART III: Implications of Research on Teacher Personal Theorizing for Educational Practice
10. The Cognitive Requisites for Improving the Performance of Elementary Mathematics and Science Teaching
Kenneth Tobin and Elizabeth Jakubowski
11. Teacher Personal Theorizing and Reflective Practice in Teacher Education
E. Wayne Ross
12. Facilitating Teacher Personal Theorizing
Gail McCutcheon
13. Reflective Teaching and the Problem of School Organization
Thomas M. Skrtic and Linda P. Ware
14. Reflections on Practice: Implications for Administrator Preparation
John C. Daresh
PART IV: Reflections on Teacher Personal Theorizing
15. The Personal and the Social in Education
Landon E. Beyer
16. Personal Theorizing About Teacher Personal Theorizing
William H. Schubert
Documentation
Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index