Becoming a Reflective Educator: How to Build a Culture of Inquiry in the Schools

New content, new case studies, new insights for today′s challenges!

This seminal work on reflective practice has been updated to help teachers become creative and innovative "agents of inquiry" in their schools and classrooms. This second edition reflects changes in American public education and society. Expanded content includes:

• Leadership and the role of teacher education
• Democratic schooling and transformative and constructivist curricula
• Case studies illustrating how to create a culture of inquiry

With new data and insights integrated throughout the book, it continues to be a valuable resource for professional development professionals and school principals who want to encourage reflective practice among teachers.

 

Timothy Reagan is currently Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership at Central Connecticut State University. He has previously been a faculty member at Galluadet University, Central Connecticut State University, the University of Connecticut, Roger Williams University, and the University of the Witwatersrand. He has also served as the Associate Dean of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, Dean of the School of Education at Roger Williams University, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand. His areas of interest include educational policy studies and the education of cultural and linguistic minority groups. Reagan co-authored Becoming a Reflective Educator: How to Build a Culture of Inquiry in the Schools, another Corwin Press book that contributes to the authors’ illustration of leadership in dynamic schools.