Literacy teachers as researchers: Developing small inclusive projects in your classroom
Editorial
Article Title | Literacy teachers as researchers: Developing small inclusive projects in your classroom |
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Article Category | Editorial |
Authors | Barton, Georgina (Author) and Watson, Marthy (Author) |
Journal Title | Practical Literacy: the Early and Primary Years |
Journal Citation | 27 (3), pp. 8-10 |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) |
Place of Publication | Norwood, Australia |
ISSN | 2204-3667 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.668060883927820 |
Web Address (URL) | https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.668060883927820 |
Abstract | Literacy teachers have a big job. They are largely responsible for teaching reading and writing not to mention keeping up to date with contemporary literate practices such as those that are multimodal (Barton, 2019). Ultimately, literacy teachers are teachers of effective communication or how we make and create meaning (Barton and Lennon, 2020; Vasquez et al., 2019). Literacy teachers are also responsible for ensuring all students achieve positive learning outcomes, including personal growth (Luke, 2018). How then can teachers of literacy in their everyday busy lives best plan for and address diverse student needs? As teacher educators, we are responsible for teaching Master's level students in a course called Literacies Learning in Diverse Contexts. Student feedback about this course is always very positive and we believe this is because the learning is personal, reflective and relevant. Students are required to identify an issue they are interested in, related to literacy learning and diverse students. They develop a research question, research the topic and plan for implementation in schooling contexts. This short paper will outline the approaches we take in supporting our preservice teachers to become teachers as researchers. |
Keywords | literacy; teaching; classrooms |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390104. English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7w8w/literacy-teachers-as-researchers-developing-small-inclusive-projects-in-your-classroom
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