Preparing Pre-Service Secondary Teachers in Arizona: Using culturally responsive approaches to learn from diverse secondary English learners.
Abstract
The article discusses a study that chronicled the manner by which a cohort of pre-service teachers used an EL project to better understand secondary English Learners (ELs) and documented the journey of 6 pre-service teachers working in an urban high school in Arizona. Topics discussed include a review of the literature associated with secondary EL teachers, the theoretical lenses used to examine pre-service teachers and the methodology that guided the study.
Reference
Ramirez, P. C., Gonzales-Galindo, D., & Roy, B. (2016). Preparing pre-service secondary teachers in Arizona: Using culturally responsive approaches to learn from diverse secondary English learners. Multicultural Education, 23(2), 22-31.
Journal
Multicultural 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
- "longitudinal": across varying classes over time
- Case study
- Qualitiative
Geographic Setting
- Arizona
- Southwestern United States
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
Research Location Context
- field based internship
- field-based methods course
- Secondary school
- student teaching placement schools
Preservice Participants
- undergraduate preservice teachers
Preservice Sample Size
6
Other Participant Data
- Students in classrooms
- Teacher Educators
- University Professor
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- anecdotal notes
- artifacts
- EL research project
- Group interviews
- Interviews
- Observations
- Student interviews
Data Analysis Tools
- coding (inferential)
- Constant comparative analysis
- Descriptive Analysis
- Discourse Analysis (Gee, 1999 framework)
- Thematic analysis
Researcher Positionality
- Inside (studying their own programs)
Research Questions
(1) W hat factors influence pre-service teachers’ understandings
of secondary English learners?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
How do these factors inform pre-service teachers’ practices?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes