Shifting the Conversation around Teaching Sensitive Topics: Critical Colleagueship in a Teacher Discourse Community

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Title: Shifting the Conversation around Teaching Sensitive Topics: Critical Colleagueship in a Teacher Discourse Community
Language: English
Authors: Boyd, Ashley S., Rose, Susan G. (ORCID 0000-0003-1622-5602), Darragh, Janine J.
Source: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Sep-Oct 2021 65(2):129-137.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Collegiality, Discourse Communities, Professional Development, Adolescent Literature, Censorship, Student Needs, Identification (Psychology), Mental Health, Sexuality, Family Relationship, Rural Schools, Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
DOI: 10.1002/jaal.1186
ISSN: 1081-3004
Abstract: Shifting the Conversation around Teaching Sensitive Topics: Critical Colleagueship in a Teacher Discourse Community Abstract: In this book club study designed to examine practicing teachers' perspectives on a young adult book dealing with identity, mental health, sexuality, and family, researchers describe the tensions that arose in participants' dialogue regarding self-censorship and the desire to meet students' needs. Authors note findings related to how teachers from rural schools responded to the novel under study and collaborated to reach new understandings. Findings also included a pattern of critical colleagueship, where participants both challenged ideas regarding the limits of sensitive topics and supported one other in building upon ideas of how to teach texts with potentially taboo content, highlighting the value of discourse communities as professional development.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1315757
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Shifting the Conversation around Teaching Sensitive Topics: Critical Colleagueship in a Teacher Discourse Community Abstract: In this book club study designed to examine practicing teachers' perspectives on a young adult book dealing with identity, mental health, sexuality, and family, researchers describe the tensions that arose in participants' dialogue regarding self-censorship and the desire to meet students' needs. Authors note findings related to how teachers from rural schools responded to the novel under study and collaborated to reach new understandings. Findings also included a pattern of critical colleagueship, where participants both challenged ideas regarding the limits of sensitive topics and supported one other in building upon ideas of how to teach texts with potentially taboo content, highlighting the value of discourse communities as professional development.
ISSN:1081-3004
DOI:10.1002/jaal.1186