Inquiry as Stance

Our high school/college reading level book - Inquiry as Stance Practitioner Research for a New Generation - opened up the practical issues of conducting research by those who are actually in the classroom. Though an educator's life is busy and full, it is so important that we take the time to document the challenges facing us and conduct formal research based on representative models that can be used in various venues, especially for the purpose of educating non-educators, administrators, and legislators about those issues. The first part of the book provided theoretical evidence about the benefit of this research and the last part of the book provided case studies that were valuable in context. As discussed in class, the information was very dense for the quick read assignment in the S.I., and a complete restructuring of the book in terms of organization could have been more conducive for a more comprehensive study.