Search results for: Wooten Jennifer

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The Art and Science of Educational Inquiry: Analysis of Performance-Based Focus Groups with Novice Bilingual Teachers
Authors: Cahnmann-Taylor Melisa, Souto-Manning Mariana, Wooten Jennifer, Dice Jaime
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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The Power and Possibilities of Performative Critical Early Childhood Teacher Education
Authors: Souto-Manning Mariana, Cahnmann-Taylor Melisa, Dice Jaime, Wooten Jennifer
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