Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Date of this Version
1-2016
Citation
Published in Teaching and Teacher Education 55 (2016): 122–132. doi 10.1016/j.tate.2016.01.003
Abstract
This study investigated three urban middle-school teachers’ practices with respect to motivating and engaging emergent bilinguals in reading-intervention classrooms by exploring the teachers’ identity positioning. The three teachers’ sociocultural and sociopolitical positioning of their students (e.g. students as individuals, as monolithic learners, or as problems) was found to be related to their practices for motivating and engaging the students (e.g. hybrid, calibrated, or imposed practices). The teachers’ historical and current resources partially shaped how they positioned their students. The findings support that teachers should not only learn motivational practices but also reflect critically on positioning processes in the classroom.
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Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Disability and Equity in Education Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Special Education and Teaching Commons
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