Equity-Focused Coaching: Negotiating Teachers' Interpretations of Racialized and Gendered Participation Patterns

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Title: Equity-Focused Coaching: Negotiating Teachers' Interpretations of Racialized and Gendered Participation Patterns
Language: English
Authors: Sunghwan Byun (ORCID 0000-0002-3960-9855), Linsey Brennan (ORCID 0000-0003-4187-5500), Julie Christensen (ORCID 0000-0003-3001-6815), Nickolaus Ortiz (ORCID 0000-0003-3473-5534), Niral Shah (ORCID 0000-0002-8895-4524), Daniel Reinholz (ORCID 0000-0003-1258-2805), David Stroupe (ORCID 0000-0002-3471-0049), Marcos D. Caballero (ORCID 0000-0003-0717-4583)
Source: Journal of Teacher Education. 2026 77(3):212-229.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contract Number: 1741575
2247128
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Equal Education, Coaching (Performance), Science Teachers, Physics, Race, Racism, Discourse Analysis, Attribution Theory, Minority Group Students, Responsibility, Teacher Attitudes, Interaction, High School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
DOI: 10.1177/00224871261417322
ISSN: 0022-4871
1552-7816
Abstract: Equity-focused coaching--coaching that centers racism, patriarchy, and other oppressive systems--is a promising approach to supporting teachers in expanding learning opportunities for minoritized students. However, despite its known challenges, details of equity-focused coaching remain underexamined. This article presents an analysis of 27 equity-focused coaching sessions with ten secondary physics teachers, which incorporated classroom videos and EQUIP analytics. The analysis applied theoretical constructs from conversation analysis: attribution of responsibility and attribution of knowledge in interaction. Findings show that whereas coaches tended to explain inequitable patterns in terms of broader social patterns, teachers tended to base their interpretations on the perceived deficits of minoritized students. The turn-by-turn analysis illustrates fine-grained details of discursive moves coaches leveraged to successfully facilitate shifts in teachers' interpretative orientations. These findings highlight that steering coaching conversations toward equity-focused interpretations is an essential element of equity-focused coaching, and such work comprises subtle and skillful discursive moves.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1501869
Database: ERIC
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