Through the Eyes of the Preservice Teacher: Using a Reflective Reading Journey to Inform Teaching and Learning
Abstract
The author wanted students reflecting upon their own reading journeys, there was the potential to make these future teachers more empathic, more aware of warning signs, and more attuned to the need to be positive role models and teacher leaders in reading instruction. Literature for Children, part of the Educational Leadership program offerings at the Midwest university where I serve as an assistant professor, is one of a number of courses that meets program completion requirements for undergraduate elementary and middle school education students. Sections accommodate 25-32 students each, with both full-time faculty and adjunct personnel teaching the four to six sections offered each semester.
Reference
Gibson, K. M. (2010). Through the Eyes of the Preservice Teacher: Using a Reflective Reading Journey to Inform Teaching and Learning. Issues in Teacher Education, 19(1), 109-120.
Journal
Issues in 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
Research Location Context
- Children's Literature Course
Preservice Participants
- Undergraduates (university based program)
Preservice Sample Size
58
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
Data Analysis Tools
- coding (open to axial to selective
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
Research Questions
What impact might the percep- tions of teachers’ own reading development and patterns have on their future teaching practices?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Unknown
How might they use their own positive and negative experiences to help future students?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
What would it take for them to understand the important role that they would one day play in helping children maintain an interest in and love of reading beyond the early elementary grades?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes