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ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

May 15-16, 2017

Athens Greece

Stories from a Voiceless Profession

Teacher practitioner research becomes the process and product whereby teachers tell their teaching and learning stories about their students and their own transformation. Teacher inquiry also becomes a social justice methodology in taking a stand, taking risks, and questioning the status quo in becoming more culturally responsive educators. In sharing their teacher stories in this presentation, we advocate for these teachers as they have advocated for their own students. Teacher practitioners of varying levels and years of teaching experience, as graduate students, in the University of New Mexico’sTeacher Education master’s program, are the focus of this research.

Themes of teacher practitioner classroom stories will be shared along with teacher reflections and transformations. Since teacher practitioner research is considered storytelling art of research, the significance of story will also be discussed.

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