Abstract
This qualitative study explores how an elementary teacher navigated tensions between accountability and bilingual learners‘ needs. Questions included: How did a teacher employ students‘ socio-cultural resources in content areas? How did accountability shape use of resources? What are points of leverage—i.e., promising instructional practices to be further developed and harnessed—to meet student needs? Findings show how Ms. Montclair briefly connected to students‘ resources, focusing on making content comprehensible, transmitting information, staying on pace, and practicing testing. Although familiar with project-based and family/community-oriented learning, accountability measures impacted instruction. Yet promising instruction integrates socio-cultural resources to promote innovation and meaning.
DOI
10.15760/nwjte.2012.9.2.4
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25307
Recommended Citation
McIntosh Ciechanowski, Kathryn
(2012)
"Points of Leverage: Navigating Tensions between Socio-Culturally Relevant Teaching and Accountability Pressures,"
Northwest Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 9
:
Iss.
2
, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15760/nwjte.2012.9.2.4