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Publication Date: 2016
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Examining Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Disciplinary Literacy in History through a Blog Project
Colwell, Jamie
Action in Teacher Education, v38 n1 p34-48 2016
This qualitative case study explored preservice teachers' (PSTs) beliefs about disciplinary literacy as they engaged in a blog project with middle-school students to discuss historical texts. Twenty-eight PSTs, enrolled in a semester-long social studies methods course and participating in the blog project as a course assignment, constituted the case study. Data were collected through semistructured and informal interviews, classroom observations, questionnaires, audio/video recordings, and blog postings and analyzed using a constant comparative analysis. Emergent successive themes focused on positive PST perspectives about disciplinary literacy, the impact of practice on beliefs about disciplinary literacy, and the influence of continued blog writing on beliefs. Findings indicated how extended experiences working with middle-school students in a low-risk blog setting may promote positive beliefs about using disciplinary literacy in instruction, but those beliefs may be malleable as PSTs' experience the literacy needs of struggling readers.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Literacy, Student Journals, Electronic Journals, History Instruction, Middle School Students, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Social Studies, Methods Courses, Semi Structured Interviews, Observation, Questionnaires, Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Analysis, Grounded Theory, Intellectual Disciplines, Reading Difficulties, Research Universities, Teaching Methods, Assignments
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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