Roya Q Scales
Biographic Data
| ID | 1606582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roya Q Scales |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roya Q |
| FAMILY NAME | Scales |
| SIGNATURE | SCALES R Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Carolina University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3368-1880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining learning experiences designed to help teacher candidates bridge coursework and fieldwork
A Cross Section of Teacher Visioning
Research on teacher visioning has focused mainly on teacher candidates or on graduates from teacher-preparation programs. To explore a broader scope, this qualitative study investigated a cross-section of visions from three literacy teacher educators in three different universities, three elementary teachers, and three teacher candidates. This study was guided by the theory that visions are internal to the individual and shaped by experiences and…
It’s Not About Being Right
This research sought to develop argument as a problem-solving process by adding debate to social studies instruction with three groups of fifth-grade students. This design-based research (DBR) reports on the ways that instruction was refined across three topical units to develop argumentative agency and a critical participatory literacy. Students addressed current issues extended from historical events and engaged in issues collaboratively throug…
A Curriculum Model for K–12 Writing Teacher Education
Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations
Researchers recognize adaptive teaching as a component of effective instruction. Educators adjust their teaching according to the social, linguistic, cultural, and instructional needs of their students. While there is consensus that effective teachers are adaptive, there is no consensus on the language to describe this phenomenon. Diverse terminology surrounding the same phenomenon impedes effective communication and comprehensive understanding o…
Are We Preparing or Training Teachers? Developing Professional Judgment in and Beyond Teacher Preparation Programs
This three phase longitudinal multiple-case study, framed by positioning theory, investigated how four novice teachers learned to use professional judgment in their literacy instruction. Data sources from coursework, student teaching, and novice teaching were included. Interviews, observations, researchers' observational notes, and school and classroom demographics were compiled and analyzed to create case reports. Findings indicated while they d…
Courageous Voices
This article describes how one teacher immersed her sixth graders in an intensive three‐week thematic text set unit centered on courage. Her aim was to help students discover and take action on issues that mattered to them as they learned important literacy skills and strategies. Students engaged in significant reading, writing, and discussion as they developed and enacted action plans to create positive change. Intentionally designed instruction…
Envisioning Our Practice
The purpose of this article is to explore how pedagogical visions inform our work as former classroom teachers and current teacher educators in rural and urban regions of the United States. Specifically, we explore the instructional decisions we make as we work to meet these visions in higher education. Teacher educators are charged with the task of fostering visionary teachers in today’s highly challenging educational landscape. We pose the ques…
Envisioning Our Practice
The purpose of this article is to explore how pedagogical visions inform our work as former classroom teachers and current teacher educators in rural and urban regions of the United States. Specifically, we explore the instructional decisions we make as we work to meet these visions in higher education. Teacher educators are charged with the task of fostering visionary teachers in today’s highly challenging educational landscape. We pose the ques…
Examining learning experiences designed to help teacher candidates bridge coursework and fieldwork
A Cross Section of Teacher Visioning
Research on teacher visioning has focused mainly on teacher candidates or on graduates from teacher-preparation programs. To explore a broader scope, this qualitative study investigated a cross-section of visions from three literacy teacher educators in three different universities, three elementary teachers, and three teacher candidates. This study was guided by the theory that visions are internal to the individual and shaped by experiences and…
Are We Preparing or Training Teachers? Developing Professional Judgment in and Beyond Teacher Preparation Programs
This three phase longitudinal multiple-case study, framed by positioning theory, investigated how four novice teachers learned to use professional judgment in their literacy instruction. Data sources from coursework, student teaching, and novice teaching were included. Interviews, observations, researchers' observational notes, and school and classroom demographics were compiled and analyzed to create case reports. Findings indicated while they d…
Envisioning Our Practice
The purpose of this article is to explore how pedagogical visions inform our work as former classroom teachers and current teacher educators in rural and urban regions of the United States. Specifically, we explore the instructional decisions we make as we work to meet these visions in higher education. Teacher educators are charged with the task of fostering visionary teachers in today’s highly challenging educational landscape. We pose the ques…
Courageous Voices
This article describes how one teacher immersed her sixth graders in an intensive three‐week thematic text set unit centered on courage. Her aim was to help students discover and take action on issues that mattered to them as they learned important literacy skills and strategies. Students engaged in significant reading, writing, and discussion as they developed and enacted action plans to create positive change. Intentionally designed instruction…
Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations
Researchers recognize adaptive teaching as a component of effective instruction. Educators adjust their teaching according to the social, linguistic, cultural, and instructional needs of their students. While there is consensus that effective teachers are adaptive, there is no consensus on the language to describe this phenomenon. Diverse terminology surrounding the same phenomenon impedes effective communication and comprehensive understanding o…
Are We Preparing or Training Teachers? Developing Professional Judgment in and Beyond Teacher Preparation Programs
This three phase longitudinal multiple-case study, framed by positioning theory, investigated how four novice teachers learned to use professional judgment in their literacy instruction. Data sources from coursework, student teaching, and novice teaching were included. Interviews, observations, researchers' observational notes, and school and classroom demographics were compiled and analyzed to create case reports. Findings indicated while they d…
It’s Not About Being Right
This research sought to develop argument as a problem-solving process by adding debate to social studies instruction with three groups of fifth-grade students. This design-based research (DBR) reports on the ways that instruction was refined across three topical units to develop argumentative agency and a critical participatory literacy. Students addressed current issues extended from historical events and engaged in issues collaboratively throug…
A Curriculum Model for K–12 Writing Teacher Education
Examining learning experiences designed to help teacher candidates bridge coursework and fieldwork
A Cross Section of Teacher Visioning
Research on teacher visioning has focused mainly on teacher candidates or on graduates from teacher-preparation programs. To explore a broader scope, this qualitative study investigated a cross-section of visions from three literacy teacher educators in three different universities, three elementary teachers, and three teacher candidates. This study was guided by the theory that visions are internal to the individual and shaped by experiences and…
Mathematics education (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Literacy (5 works) · Teacher education (5 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Coursework (2 works)