Misty Sailors is a professor of language and literacy studies and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Administration at the University of North Texas, USA. James V. Hoffman is a professor of language and literacy studies and the Meadows Chair for Excellence in Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration at the University of North Texas, USA.
"""This book values the work of school-based literacy educators, positioning them as knowledgeable of their practice and capable of research. The text illustrates how literacy educators can take an action-oriented, research stance in their classrooms with the goal of transforming practices, contexts, and lives. Sailors and Hoffman provide links to literature and classroom-based examples to show novice teacher researchers ways they can navigate practice-based research designs. I look forward to using this resource to support graduate students and in-service teachers as they ‘take up’ the position of researcher in their practice."" --Lori McKee, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada"