Creating our class story: a narrative inquiry into a mainstream grade one teacher's journey with EAL students
| dc.contributor.author | Devlin, Katherine | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Serebrin, Wayne (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning) Huber, Janice (University of Regina) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Li, Yi (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-31T13:06:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-31T13:06:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-31 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Curriculum, Teaching and Learning | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Education (M.Ed.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Diverse cultures continue to intersect on the school landscape in Manitoba. This autobiographical narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) documents 4 years of my experience as a Grade 1 elementary teacher working with an increasing number of English as an Additional Language (EAL) students. Between 2008 and 2011, I invited each class of students to engage in a collaborative writing project entitled Our Class Story where they shared their personal journeys to Grade 1. Drawing upon my field notes, journal entries, previous writings, and photographs, I tell four separate stories of my experience as this class project evolved over time with different groups of students. I then explore how working on Our Class Story shifted my teaching practice and beliefs about teaching EAL Early Years Learners. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8591 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | EAL | en_US |
| dc.subject | Elementary | en_US |
| dc.subject | Narrative | en_US |
| dc.title | Creating our class story: a narrative inquiry into a mainstream grade one teacher's journey with EAL students | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |