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ERIC Number: EJ1237865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2157-9288
EISSN: N/A
Recognition and Positional Identity in an Elementary Professional Learning Community: A Case Study
Wright, Christopher G.; Likely, Rasheda; Wendell, Kristen B.; Paugh, Patricia P.; Smith, Elizabeth
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, v10 n1 Article 1 p1-11 2020
Professional learning communities are typically conceived of as spaces for reducing teacher isolation, supporting informed and committed teachers, and fostering student academic gains. Focusing on a professional learning community that supported the teaching and learning of engineering in elementary schools, we also conceived of this learning environment as a space for negotiating a teacher-of-engineering identity. Calling attention to emergent issues of power and status through a lens of positional identity, this article examines a Black female educator's sense of self as a teacher-of-engineering and how this perception was informed by participation in the professional learning community. Findings reveal that racialized and gendered positionings informed the teacher's perception of having limited access to being recognized in this space as a teacher-of-engineering. Implications for this work include reimagining the design of professional learning spaces in engineering education that intentionally account for teachers' identity development, as well as supporting the identity development for teachers from historically marginalized communities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1411660; 1316762