Teachers Explore the Complexity of Learners’ Lives through Ethnographic Projects

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العنوان: Teachers Explore the Complexity of Learners’ Lives through Ethnographic Projects
المؤلفون: Maria Dantas-Whitney
المصدر: International Perspectives on Critical Pedagogies in ELT ISBN: 9783319956206
بيانات النشر: Springer International Publishing, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: Assimilation (phonology), Ethnography, Situated, Pedagogy, Narrative, Sociology, Critical reflection, Critical pedagogy
الوصف: Chapter 8, by Maria Dantas-Whitney, describes an assignment designed to prepare ELT teachers in the USA to best serve their bilingual students. Using a critical pedagogical framework, teachers are encouraged to adopt an asset orientation that views home languages and cultures as valuable resources for learning at school and to work against discourses that frame children’s home languages as obstacles to English acquisition and assimilation. The assignment requires teachers to conduct ethnographic research to examine the situated experiences of particular bilingual learners and their families through multiple approaches such as observations, interviews, and critical reflection. As the teachers explore the complexity of their learners’ lives, the teachers begin to question school practices and plan for advocacy and change. This chapter showcases the reflections and collaborative exchanges of 75 teachers conducting such projects. The teachers’ narratives can inspire other educators within and outside the USA to adopt similar ethnographic projects in their own contexts.
ردمك: 978-3-319-95620-6
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95621-3_8
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95621-3_8
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الوصف
ردمك:9783319956206
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-95621-3_8