The importance of educational research for professional development and classroom practice is becoming increasingly significant. This collection looks at both enacting teacher research and the methodologies involved within it.

Anthony Clarke, Gaalen Erickson

> living: Researching creative growth Miriam Cooley & Chris Lugar 4. Learning through sketching Danan McNamara 5. Shall we dance? Researching the way we match student teachers with student advisors Peter Gouzouasis & Barbara Leigh 6. One teacher-researcher's continued quest to improve her student's vocabulary to boost their achievement in reading Vinnie E. Acklin 7. Teaching from the inside out: An image-based case study of teacher development in Learning through the Arts Kit Grauer & Rosamar Garcia 8. Tunngavik homework helpers: An action research project explaining a northern school-family partnership Elizabeth Kreuger & Jim Kreuger 9. Circles of caring: Living curriculum in the classroom Ron Avery, Marina Carter, Sukhy Dhillon, Donelda Henderson, Kathy Lavery & Louise Panziera, mentored by Dr Carl Leggo 10. Ethical obligations in teacher research Sharon Shockley Lee & Owen van den Berg 11. What are the new literacies? Writing and teaching and living with questions Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Robin Bright, Cynthia Chambers, Leah Fowler, Michael Pollard & Pamela Winsor 12. How we have grown: Reflections on professional development Donna F. Nelson, Kay Strouse, Christine Waechter & Henry St Maurice Part 2: Methods and models in teacher research 13. Using the World Wide Web for researching teaching-learning relationships Garry Hoban 14. Problem-based learning as a research tool for teachers Elizabeth Jordan, Marion Porath & Gillian Bickerton 15. Poetic moments in the classroom: Poetry as a tool for teacher research and professional development Amanda Nicole Gulla 16. Experiences of fear and pain in teaching: A collaborative arts-based inquiry Susan Walsh Part 3: Emergent issues in teacher research 17. Exploring the nature of teacher research John Loughran 18. Knowledge-creation in educational leadership and administration through teacher-research Jack Whitehead & Jacqueline D. Delong 19. Why do teacher research? Perspectives from four stakeholders Ian Mitchell 20. Working on the underbelly of the underdog: Listening for the ring-of-truth in a teacher-researcher's story Judith McBride 21. Working it out: when is evaluation not evaluation? Jean McNiff 22. The 'look' of the teacher: Using digital video to improve the professional practice of teaching Sarah Fletcher & Jack Whitehead