Using blogs to promote literary response during professional development
Abstract
This article describes a project that studied 15 preservice teachers’ perceptions of and reactions to responding to children’s and young adult literature using a Ning blog. These perceptions and reactions provided insight into various practical aspects of using a social networking blog to facilitate literature response in a teacher education course. Further, the authors considered what these perceptions and reactions may mean for the larger field of teacher education and professional development.
Reference
Colwell, J., Hutchinson. A., & Reinking, D. (2012). Using blogs to promote literary response during professional development. Language Arts, 89(4), 232-243.
Journal
Language Arts
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
- undergraduate preservice teachers
Preservice Sample Size
15
Other Participant Data
- doctoral students
- Teacher Educators
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- Blog
- Blog group discussion
- Interviews
- Reading Responses
Data Analysis Tools
Researcher Positionality
- inside (staying their own students)
- Outside (not directly invested in the program or operations)
Research Questions
"We questioned how teachers would respond to blogging in a social network as a way to become engaged with children’s and young adult literature in a children’s literature course. Would it prompt them to consider using such an approach in their own teaching?" (p.234)
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
"What might we learn about their views of children’s literature and reader response within the context of this project, and what might their responses suggest for integrating this approach in professional development? " (p.234).
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes