Comments & Suggestions from Experts in the Field
Commentary with Experts in the field:Over the past four months I have been attempting to contact experts in the field to determine where and how preservice teachers are reflecting on their practice. The following three individuals were people I contacted:1) Suzanne Miller at the
University of
Buffalo. Below is my email to her:
| Date: | Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) |
| Subject: | City Voices, City Visions Question |
| To: | smiller@buffalo.edu |
I just finished Miller and Borowicz’s Chapter 3, Engaging Millennial Students in Multimodal Literacies in School and have been perusing the CVCV website. Listening to the students videos is both inspiring and moving. Is the CVCV program thinking about extending it’s program/initiative outside of the
Buffalo
School system? The resources the students have to create these videos is wonderful, especially since urban school settings often lack the “extra” funds to spend on technology. Does a grant provide these resources? I am a doctoral student at
Georgia
State
University and am currently engaged in looking for ways preservice teachers reflect on-line. Are they’re any preservice teachers who are placed in these classroom? Do the regular classroom teachers reflect on how CVCV has impacted their teaching? If so, is that public information?The article and website illustrate ways to make learning hands-on, meaningful, collaborative, grounded in a social phenomenon. Any information you could provide about how the teachers in the CVCV classrooms reflect on the program would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time, 2) I contacted Dr. Ramona Matthews at
Georgia
State
University to obtain resources which she could refer me to. Below were her recommendations:Roskos, K., Risko, V. J., & Vukelich, C. (1998). Head, heart, and the
practice of literacy pedagogy. Reading Research Quarterly, 33(2),
228-239. (attached)
Roskos, K., Vukelich, C., & Risko, V. J. (2001). Reflection and
learning to teach: A critical review of literacy and general
teacher education studies. Journal of Literacy Research, 33 (4),
595-635. (will give you a paper copy)
Risko, V. J., Roskos, K., & Vukelich, C. (2002). Prospective
teachers* reflection:
Strategies, qualities, and perceptions in learning to teach reading.
Reading Research and Instruction, 41 (2), 149-176. (at home will
bring)
Risko, V. J., Vukelich, C., & Roskos, K. (2002). Preparing teachers
for reflective
practice: Intentions, contradictions, and possibilities. Language
Arts
Journal, 80 (2), 134-144. (attached)
3) Lastly, when presenting at AERA I met with a professor who was conducting research on preservice teachers’ reflections. We met after class and she provided me with her email address to send her a request for her references list. I have not received the reference list yet, but eagerly await its arrival! Anyone else know someone I can contact? Thanks! (Dr. McGrail, I tried posting this to the blog, but it was acting up. If I can get it posted I will let you know).
