ERIC Number: EJ1117996
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 10
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Secondary Teachers' Reflections from a Year of Professional Learning Related to Academic Language
Carter, Hannah; Crowley, Kimberly; Townsend, Dianna R.; Barone, Diane
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v60 n3 p325-334 Nov-Dec 2016
This article explores the changing beliefs and practices of 25 secondary teachers participating in a yearlong professional learning (PL) partnership. To demonstrate differences in teachers' approaches to and understandings resulting from that PL, the authors looked more closely at three teachers and found that their ideas about academic language instruction and their related pedagogy progressed in ways that were consistent with the stated PL objectives. However, the teachers varied in the way they situated the learning within their practice. The cases presented highlight the aspects of PL that resonated most with the teachers participating in the yearlong initiative.
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Reflection, Partnerships in Education, Academic Discourse, Language Acquisition, Faculty Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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