Edited by Kathleen F. Malu
Published by Information Age
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Contents:
Preface, Stefinee Pinnegar and Cheryl Craig
Introduction: Narratives in the Middle, Kathleen F. Malu
Walking in the “Swampy Lowlands”: What It Means to be a Middle Level Narrative Inquirer, Jeong-Hee Kim
The Lived Experiences of Middle School English Language Learners: Shifting Identities Between Classrooms, Bogum Yoon
Xavier and the Bully Box: Immigrant Adolescent Girls in a Bully-Free World, Cathy Coulter
It’s Not Black and White: Stories of Lived Experience, Reading, and Assessments, Susan V. Piazza
Adolescent Readers’ Voices, Carole S. Rhodes
From Loathing to Love: Sandy’s Reading Journey, Mary Beth Schaefer
“This is the Way it is:” The Experiences of Preservice Middle School Teachers Integrating Instruction With High Stakes Test Preparation, Steven L. Turner
Reclaiming Camelot: Capturing the Reflections of Exemplary, Veteran Middle School Teachers in an Age of High Stakes Testing and Accountability Through Narrative Inquiry, Nancy Fichtman Dana, Darby Claire Delane, and Paul George
Teaching to the Middle in Australia: Four Teachers Tell Their Stories, Nan Bahr and Donna Pendergast
Reflections on Shared Middle Level Experiences: A Case Study, Shirley M. Matteson, Richard M. Fletcher, Tamera Tidwell, and Doris I. Garrett
The Middle Level Literacy Coach: Navigating Multiple Roles in Context, Anthony T. Smith
Middle Level Education Through the Window of a Writer’s Workshop: Developmentally Responsive Education, Rita S. Brause
Can a K-8 School Address the Needs of Adolescents? Nancy Bell Ruppert
“Sit Tight”: The Uneasy Alliance Between Freedom and Control in a Middle School Classroom, Ruth Vinz
Parent Involvement and Student Success: Black and White in the Middle, Kathleen F. Malu
Locating an Authorial Voice: Engaging a School Reform Debate Through the Roles of Mother, Teacher, Community Member, and University Professor, Cynthia C. Reyes
The Family Learning Institute: Committed to Improving the Reading Skills of Middle Level Learners, Denise L. McLurkin
Recommendations and Resources for Narrative Inquiry and Research, Kathleen F. Malu