Kira LeeKeenan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6511101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kira LeeKeenan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kira |
| FAMILY NAME | LeeKeenan |
| SIGNATURE | LEEKEENAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7240-7796 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Humanizing Learning Spaces in Dehumanizing Times
Coaching Using Racial Literacy in Preservice Teacher Education
Drawing on a theoretical framework that centers race, racism, and anti-racism, this study explores a coaching conference in preservice literacy teacher education. In classrooms, teachers often encounter disruptions in the community; however, those disruptions are often seen as problems to be solved and are addressed without interrogating race discourses. This study builds on previous research that has explored how teachers engage in developing un…
More, Faster, Neater
We explored how a group of 105 diverse middle‐school students self‐assessed their work as readers and writers during a summer enrichment program. Findings from the study revealed hauntings related to youth perceptions of language and literacy, evidence of a ghostly presence of standard language ideology. In the self‐assessments, youth discussed speed and volume, in addition to surface features of language, more frequently than meaning‐related asp…
Coaching through the hard parts
Transforming Literacy Education in Urban Schools
Often coauthored by university‐ and school‐based educators, preservice teachers, and youths, this department column considers how literacies are best developed through context‐crossing partnerships among university, school, and community constituents
Transforming Literacy Education in Urban Schools
Often coauthored by university‐ and school‐based educators, preservice teachers, and youths, this department column considers how literacies are best developed through context‐crossing partnerships among university, school, and community constituents
Coaching through the hard parts
More, Faster, Neater
We explored how a group of 105 diverse middle‐school students self‐assessed their work as readers and writers during a summer enrichment program. Findings from the study revealed hauntings related to youth perceptions of language and literacy, evidence of a ghostly presence of standard language ideology. In the self‐assessments, youth discussed speed and volume, in addition to surface features of language, more frequently than meaning‐related asp…
Coaching Using Racial Literacy in Preservice Teacher Education
Drawing on a theoretical framework that centers race, racism, and anti-racism, this study explores a coaching conference in preservice literacy teacher education. In classrooms, teachers often encounter disruptions in the community; however, those disruptions are often seen as problems to be solved and are addressed without interrogating race discourses. This study builds on previous research that has explored how teachers engage in developing un…
Humanizing Learning Spaces in Dehumanizing Times
Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Literacy (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Coaching (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Teacher education (2 works)