The Influence of Professional Development on a Teacher’s Chancing Praxis

Warm Demander Pedagogy

“…For example, similar comments about the exemplary instructional practices and beliefs of African American teachers were noted in the work of Collins (1990), Foster (1997), Hollins (1989), Irvine (1990), Irvine and Irvine, (1983), Ladson-Billings (1994), Lipman (1995Lipman ( , 1998, Stanford (1995Stanford ( , 1997, and Siddle Walker (1996). However, in recent years, there has been an increasing number of studies that focus on this segment of the educational community (Archung, 2002;Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2002;Cooper, 2002;Dixson, 2003;Irvine, 2002Irvine, , 2003Karunungan, 2002;Ladson-Billings, 2002;Lee, 2002;McAllister, 2002;Meacham, 2002;Perry, Steele, & Hilliard, 2003;Siddle Walker, 2001). Ware (2002), in a review of the literature, identified common traits of exemplary African American teachers: an ethic of caring, beliefs about students and community, and instructional practices.…”