Cara E Furman
Biographic Data
| ID | 9500081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cara E Furman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cara E |
| FAMILY NAME | Furman |
| SIGNATURE | FURMAN C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Literacy Education, University of Maine at Farmington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Finding Hope in Barbara Stengel’s Responsibility
Eavesdropping Books as Testimony
How do educators talk about trauma with young children? Specifically, how do they address children's secondhand experiences of crimes against humanity? In this article, Cara E. Furman argues that classrooms for young children must witness these experiences. A genre of picture books that Furman terms “eavesdropping texts” offer testimony that both witnesses and invites children's secondhand experiences of crimes against humanity. Here, Furman coup…
Rethinking Key Concepts in Education
Striver·ish
Descriptive inquiry
This paper investigates how principals can be supported in their work as teacher leaders. My focus is on how principals can help teachers respond ethically to classroom challenges. I argue that in aiding teachers, school leaders themselves need support and ongoing development. I turn to the care of the self to conceptually explore ethical self-cultivation. I then argue that a practice, Descriptive Inquiry, serves as a way for principals to care f…
Interruptions
This article responds to what seems a nearly ubiquitous call for teachers to be reflective practitioners. Despite near consensus that self-reflection benefits the classroom teacher, teachers struggle to apply this work to daily life in the classroom. Specifically, using Donald Schön’s terminology, we find that successful teachers must reflect-in-action. We build on research that self-reflection must be built into preservice education and applied …
Interruptions
This article responds to what seems a nearly ubiquitous call for teachers to be reflective practitioners. Despite near consensus that self-reflection benefits the classroom teacher, teachers struggle to apply this work to daily life in the classroom. Specifically, using Donald Schön’s terminology, we find that successful teachers must reflect-in-action. We build on research that self-reflection must be built into preservice education and applied …
Interruptions
This article responds to what seems a nearly ubiquitous call for teachers to be reflective practitioners. Despite near consensus that self-reflection benefits the classroom teacher, teachers struggle to apply this work to daily life in the classroom. Specifically, using Donald Schön’s terminology, we find that successful teachers must reflect-in-action. We build on research that self-reflection must be built into preservice education and applied …
Descriptive inquiry
This paper investigates how principals can be supported in their work as teacher leaders. My focus is on how principals can help teachers respond ethically to classroom challenges. I argue that in aiding teachers, school leaders themselves need support and ongoing development. I turn to the care of the self to conceptually explore ethical self-cultivation. I then argue that a practice, Descriptive Inquiry, serves as a way for principals to care f…
Striver·ish
Eavesdropping Books as Testimony
How do educators talk about trauma with young children? Specifically, how do they address children's secondhand experiences of crimes against humanity? In this article, Cara E. Furman argues that classrooms for young children must witness these experiences. A genre of picture books that Furman terms “eavesdropping texts” offer testimony that both witnesses and invites children's secondhand experiences of crimes against humanity. Here, Furman coup…
Rethinking Key Concepts in Education
Finding Hope in Barbara Stengel’s Responsibility
Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works)