The Affordances of Design-Based Research for Studying Multicultural Literature Instruction: Reflections and Insights from a Teacher-Researcher Collaboration

Amanda Haertling Thein; Patricia Barbas; Christine Carnevali; Ashleigh Fox; Amanda Mahoney; Scott Vensel

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The Affordances of Design-Based Research for Studying Multicultural Literature Instruction: Reflections and Insights from a Teacher-Researcher Collaboration

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The Affordances of Design-Based Research for Studying Multicultural Literature Instruction: Reflections and Insights from a Teacher-Researcher Collaboration

Amanda Haertling Thein, Patricia Barbas, Christine Carnevali, Ashleigh Fox, Amanda Mahoney and Scott Vensel

English teaching : practice and critique, Vol.11(1), pp.121-135

05/2012

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Abstract

This paper details a teacher-researcher effort to investigate effective instructional practices for teaching multicultural literature through a collaborative, iterative process of inquiry driven by tentative, theoretical principles. The study began with a distillation of recent scholarship on multicultural literature response into a set of principles for instructional practice. The study was grounded in the paradigm of Design-Based Research; the specific methods were inspired by the Japanese professional development practice of lesson study. In this paper, each of the teachers reflects on his or her experiences of working with the shared principles, collaborating with others on lesson plans for his or her classroom, and learning from the experiences of other teachers in other school contexts. In synthesising the teachers' experiences, this paper argues that design-based research across teaching contexts holds promise as a method for studying English pedagogy and for professional development of teachers. (Contains 1 footnote.)

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Title: Subtitle: The Affordances of Design-Based Research for Studying Multicultural Literature Instruction: Reflections and Insights from a Teacher-Researcher Collaboration
Creators: Amanda Haertling Thein
Patricia Barbas
Christine Carnevali
Ashleigh Fox
Amanda Mahoney
Scott Vensel
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: English teaching : practice and critique, Vol.11(1), pp.121-135
Publisher: Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research, University of Waikato
ISSN: 1175-8708
eISSN: 1175-8708
Number of pages: 15
Language: English
Date published: 05/2012
Description audience: Higher Education; High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Academic Unit: Graduate College Admin and Gen; Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9984095163402771

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