Nancy Fichtman Dana   

Nancy Fichtman Dana is currently a professor of education and director of the Center for School Improvement at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Under her direction, the Center promotes and supports practitioner inquiry, or action research, as a core mechanism for school improvement in schools throughout the state. Dana began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, NY, and has worked closely with teachers and administrators on action research, building professional learning communities and school-university collaborations in Florida and Pennsylvania since 1990. She has authored numerous articles in professional journals as well as published five books (including three with Diane Yendol-Hoppey). In 2008, the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) honored Dana and Yendol-Hoppey with the 2008 NSDC Staff Development Book of the Year award for The Reflective Educator's Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities (Corwin, 2008), and this writing team continues to enjoy researching and writing together about their passion – powerful professional development for all educators. In addition to her books coauthored with Diane, she is the author of Leading With Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher (Corwin, 2009) and coauthor of The Power of Teacher Networks (Corwin, 2009).

Affiliations:

-University of Florida, Gainesville

Nancy Fichtman Dana has a Web Site at: http://education.ufl.edu/csi

BOOKS: 7 Products
 
  Title Lead Author/Editor Pub Date
 
 Price
Powerful Professional Development This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
Building Expertise Within the Four Walls of Your School 		Diane Yendol-Hoppey 02-09-2010 $31.95
The Power of Teacher Networks
Ellen Meyers 03-31-2009 $26.95
Leading With Passion and Knowledge This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
The Principal as Action Researcher 		Nancy Fichtman Dana 03-17-2009 $33.95
The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, Second Edition This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry 		Nancy Fichtman Dana 08-01-2008 $33.95
Facilitator's Guide to The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research, Second Edition This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry 		Nancy Fichtman Dana 07-30-2008 $16.95
The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Professional Development This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities 		Nancy Fichtman Dana 05-01-2008 $33.95
The Reflective Educator’s Guide to Mentoring This book is available for review to qualified faculty.
Strengthening Practice Through Knowledge, Story, and Metaphor 		Diane Yendol-Hoppey 12-19-2006 $28.95

 

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