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“I want to meet my students where they are!” Preservice teachers’ visions of culturally responsive literacy instruction

Abstract

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Reference

  • Turner, J. (2006). "I want to meet my students where they are!" Preservice teachers' visions of culturally responsive literacy instruction. In C. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, B. Maloch, J. Hoffman, & D. Schallert (Eds.), 55th yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 3o9-323). Oak Creek, WI: National Reading Conference.

Journal

Yearbook of the National Reading Conference

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

  • practitioner research
  • Qualitiative
  • teacher research

Geographic Setting

  • not stated

Institutional Context

  • University based

Certification Level

  • Elementary

Programatic Focus

  • Elementary

Research Location Context

  • Elementary school
  • Reading methods

Preservice Participants

  • undergraduate preservice teachers
  • University Professors (teacher educators)

Preservice Sample Size

20

Other Participant Data

  • University instuctors

Duration of Data Collection

  • Academic Semester

Data Sources

  • Autobiographies
  • fieldnotes
  • final response papers
  • Researcher journals
  • Writing Artifacts

Data Analysis Tools

  • iterative analysis
  • Qualitative Content Analysis
  • Thematic analysis
  • Triangulation

Researcher Positionality

  • inside (staying their own students)

Research Questions

What do preservice teachers' visions of culturally responsive literacy instruction look like after a semester-long reading methods course?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
What do preservice teachers' visions reveal about their understanding of culturally responsive reading instruction for elementary students?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes

Categories

2PTI Category: Preservice teacher identity, knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and/or orientation (ikbao) toward literacy or the teaching of literacy.

2PTP Category: Preservice teachers teaching practices (including shifts in teaching practices as a function of growth or context).

4FIS Category: Field Experiences: inside schools

7CRP Topic: Culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy

7PTB Topic: Preservice teacher beliefs about students, families communities etc

7SIU Topic: Sociocultural Influences and Understandings

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