Action research in STEM and English language learning : an integrated approach for developing teacher researchers / Aria Razfar and Beverly Troiano.

Foreword / by Kris Machtmes and Judith Green -- Chapter 1 : integrating language learning and STEM through action research -- Chapter 2 : teaching math and science through playground activism -- Chapter 3 : community renewable energy : designing solar panels through science-funds of knowledge -- Chapter 4 : preparing the next generation of city planners and tech savvy teachers -- Chapter 5 : from IRE to conversational : shifting classroom discourse through community based forensics expertise -- Chapter 6 : from Weslandia to urban gardening : shifting teacher language ideologies through ecological science -- Chapter 7 : sustaining teaching excellence and professional identity across time and space : from reporting to sharing -- Chapter 8 : breaking the fourth wall : re-building university and school partnerships through action research -- Epilogue.

"Responding to the linguistic and cultural diversity of the U.S. K-12 student population and an increasing emphasis on STEM, this book offers a model for professional development that engages teachers in transformative action research projects and explicitly links literacy to mathematics and science curriculum through sociocultural principles. Providing detailed and meaningful demonstrations of participatory action research in the classroom, Razfar and Troiano present an effective, systemic approach that helps preservice teachers support students' funds of knowledge. By featuring teacher and researcher narratives, this book centers teacher expertise and offers a more holistic and humanistic understanding of authentic and empathetic teaching. Focusing on integrating instructional knowledge from ESL, bilingual, and STEM education, the range of cases and examples will allow readers to implement action research projects in their own classrooms. Chapters include discussion questions and additional resources for students, researchers, and educators"-- Provided by publisher.