Creating teachers of promise: Growth toward equity-mindedness in a landscape of practice
Abstract
Reference
Lazar, A. M. (2018). Creating teachers of promise: Growth toward equity-mindedness in a landscape of practice. Teaching and Teacher Education, 71, 308-318.
Journal
Teaching and Teacher Education
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
no
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
- Culturally, Linguistically, and Ability Diverse Students
Research Location Context
- field-based methods course
Preservice Participants
- undergraduate preservice teachers
Preservice Sample Size
3
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- Interviews
- Likert style survey
- Site Documents (campus and department mission statements, course syllabi, the field placement handbook, field placement records, and demographic data about schools available on the Internet)
Data Analysis Tools
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
Research Questions
How do three candidates' understanding of the structural factors that shape students' learning opportunities and how they came to see students' literacy and language capacities evolve over a significant time period?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? No