Tutoring: A personal and professional space for preservice teachers to learn about literacy instruction
Abstract
No abstract
Reference
Morgan, D., Timmons, B. & Shaheen, M. (2006). Tutoring: A personal and professional space for preservice teachers to learn about literacy instruction. In C. Fairbanks, J. Worthy, B. Maloch, J. Hoffman, & D. Schallert (Eds.), 55th yearbook of the National Reading Conference (pp. 212-223). 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
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
- early childhood education
Research Location Context
- field-based methods course
Preservice Participants
Preservice Sample Size
45
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- fieldnotes
- Interviews
- Tutoring Essays
- Tutoring reflections
- written reflections/class papers
Data Analysis Tools
- Analytic memos
- coding (emergent categories)
- Constant comparative analysis
- Triangulation
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
Research Questions
"What do preservice teachers learn about teaching children from tutoring?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
"How do preservice teachers perceive tutoring as a learning experience? How do they reflect upon this experience?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
"What knowledge and strategies to preservice teachers report using during their student teaching experience?"
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes