Freedom at Work : Language, Professional, and Intellectual Development in Schools

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Enmarcando/an Introduction -- From Gray To Color: The Why Of The Study -- My Questions, My Methods -- Activities -- Endnotes -- Part One: Language Development As Freedom -- 2 Language And Culture From The Periphery To The Center -- Ps 165 Community -- Latinos -- Test Scores And Transformation -- Parameters For Dual-language Education -- Reflection On Unfreedoms -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 3 Negotiating Language -- Negotiating Spaces -- Language Allocation -- Reflection On Definitions Of Freedom -- Activities -- Endnotes -- Part Two: Professional Development As Freedom -- 4 The Professional Development Plan -- Encouraging Autonomy And Risk Taking -- Portfolios -- Curriculum Conversations -- Collaborative Leadership And Governance -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 5 The Many Benefits Of Group Study -- Classroom Ethnography Study Group -- The Reading Group -- Teacher Inquiry/study Group -- Dual-language Study Group -- Schedules, Time, And Accountability -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 6 The Synergy Of Collaboration: Teachers And Researchers Together -- The Professional Development School -- The First Bilingual Internships -- Intervisitations -- Pds Teaching Seminar -- Pds Inquiry Group -- The Greater Council -- The Holmes Partnership Annual Conference -- Disturbing The Bilingual Teacher Education Program -- Other Ways Of Breaking Isolation And Creating Community -- Reflection On Freedom: The Individual And The Collective -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 7 Teaching As Social Practice -- Case #1: On Culture And Curriculum -- Case #2: Negotiating Academic Language Through Culture -- Case #3: Teaching Academic Language In Context -- Case #4: Language Choice -- Case #5: Learning About Scaffolding -- Activities -- Endnotes. Part Three: Intellectual Development As Freedom -- 8 Teachers Speak: Their Theories And Educational Goals -- Empowerment -- Independence -- Interdependence -- Social Justice -- Reflections On Teachers' Practices And Thinking -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 9 Other Theories Of Development As Freedom -- Definitions Of Freedom -- The Individual And Society -- Agency -- Freedom As Product And Process -- How The Social Freedoms Came Together -- Language Development As Freedom -- Intellectual Development As Freedom -- Professional Development As Freedom -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 10 One Principal's Perspective -- Endnote -- 11 My Perspective -- Activities -- Endnotes -- 12 Conclusions: Openings For Future Freedoms -- Endnotes -- Index -- About The Author.