Cheryl J. Craig, Ph. D
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture,
College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University
College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University
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"..It is therefore essential to nurture and sustain the best-loved self of teachers because only through its cultivation will teacher quality improve in substantive ways. Hence, instead of limiting teachers’roles and decision making opportunities, we need to give teachers “room to maneuver” (Harré, 1981, p. 17), wiggle room where they can enact their best-loved selves at their personal discretion for the benefit of their students. Only then will teachers be able to open the door; only then will more students, modeling the stories lived and told by their teachers, pass through.." (Craig, 2017) |
Cheryl J. Craig is a Professor and the Houston Endowment Endowed Chair in Urban Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University (TAMU). Previously, she was a Professor, Coordinator of the Teaching and Teacher Education program area, and the Director of Elementary Education at the University of Houston (UH). Her empirical research is situated at the intersection where teaching and curriculum meet. Using the narrative inquiry research method, she conducts research with pre-service and in-service teachers within reforming school contexts in Houston’s urban core. Her research agenda centers on the influence of various school reform agendas on teachers’ knowledge developments and communities of knowing and the unintended consequences that school reform initiatives and educational policies may have on student learning.
Ongoing Projects in Academic Year 2024-2025
