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For over two decades, the boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities have become blurred. This paper focuses on explicit arts-based approaches that the authors employed in a 3-year teacher education study of professional conflicts experienced by novice bilingual teachers. Authors describe how they used the arts and to what end, addressing questions of artistic processes, expertise, and research validity.This study illuminated the range of experiences and emotions involved in novice bilingual teachers’ professional lives, signaling the value and validity of research that is both artistic and scientific.
Published: 2009
Updated: Mar. 18, 2009
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In this study, the authors found that as new early childhood teachers enter schools, they interact with teacher aides and parents daily. However, the new teachers do not feel prepared for negotiating these professional adult relationships. These underlying tensions then affect children's development and learning. To address such situations, the authors propose the use of Boal's forum theatre (Boal, 1979) as a performative critical model for early childhood teacher education and support the advantages it offers for exploring issues facing early childhood teachers that may not be commonly addressed in teacher education classrooms.
Published: 2008
Updated: Feb. 11, 2009
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The article describes the use of Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed (TO), as a form of academic and social support used in a recruitment and retention program for bilingual teachers in the Southeastern United States. Bilingual teacher critical discourse is discussed in language tools, and individual relationships.
Published: 2009
Updated: Nov. 24, 2008