Teacher Research Resources

Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research

Join the XTAR mailing list -- a great resource according to Shirley Brown, PhilWP TC. The list describes itself as such -- "XTAR is a telecommunications discussion intended to enable Teacher Researchers to share their inquiries - their questions and their findings, their insights, problems and suggestions - with colleagues in schools and universities all over the world. Anyone involved in classroom inquiry is welcome to participate and to encourage others to do so."

There is an AERA Teacher Research Special Interest Group that you can join and they promise an on-line newsletter soon.

Here is an interesting looking project -- Developing Inquiring Communities In Education Project (DICEP) with several of the members research published on-line.

Triangle Journals of the Collaborative Action Research Network.

And here is a magazine published by teachers in the British Columbia Union called Teacher Inquirer.

And to plug some local work in book form -- a great T-R resource called "Inside/Outside: Teacher research and knowledge " edited by Marilyn Cochran-Smith & Susan Lytle includes work by Philadelphia Writing Project Teacher Consultants. You can order via the TC Press website.

Also find out about the Spencer Foundation's Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grants. These grants are intended to support the development of strong communities of teacher researchers. In general, grants range from $2,000 to $15,000 annually.

I know this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Teacher Research both here in Philadelphia and on the National scene. I'd love to hear more from any and all of you, so please write back with thoughts, suggestions, questions. I would love to know too if there are teachers who have individually/locally published their work on-line.

Thanks! Christina