ABSTRACT
As a practitioner respondent, I am viewing these chapters through my own eyes and experiences – the only way I can. I have been an elementary school teacher since 1971, and an elementary school administrator since 2000. During these years I have been seriously immersed in education: teaching all elementary grades (kindergarten to seventh grade); sponsoring more than 20 student teachers in my various schools and classrooms; working for higher degrees while continuing to teach full-time; working as a teacher-researcher and a co-researcher in my classroom; hosting various studies that others were exploring in my room; giving workshops; teaching occasionally at the university level in both face-toface instruction and distance education; writing academic papers; presenting at conferences; and advising publishing companies.
