Andrea Stairs-Davenport
Biographic Data
| ID | 762672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Stairs-Davenport |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Stairs-Davenport |
| SIGNATURE | STAIRS-DAVENPORT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Both of Department of Literacy, Language, and Culture, The University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From 'special but shadowed' to beloved but expendable: A Study of Pandemic-Era News Media and the Public's Perception of the Teacher's Role
This study examines how the news media during the COVID-19 pandemic perpetuated Dan Lortie’s [1975. Schoolteacher: A sociological study. University of Chicago Press] notion of the teacher’s role as ‘special but shadowed.’ Employing Metaphorical Coding and Critical Discourse Analysis, this study analyzes pandemic-era media accounts published in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022 to investigate how the media naturalized the public's pe…
Where Do I Start?” Inquiry into K-12 Mainstream Teachers’ Knowledge about Differentiating Instruction for ELLs in One U.S. School District
The purpose of this paper is to report themes identified in questions K-12 mainstream teachers in one U.S. school district posed about differentiating instruction for English language learners (ELLs) in order to hear directly from teachers about topics they would like to learn more about. Teachers in the district completed a selected-response and open-ended survey to inform future professional development opportunities. Findings suggest that most…
From 'special but shadowed' to beloved but expendable: A Study of Pandemic-Era News Media and the Public's Perception of the Teacher's Role
This study examines how the news media during the COVID-19 pandemic perpetuated Dan Lortie’s [1975. Schoolteacher: A sociological study. University of Chicago Press] notion of the teacher’s role as ‘special but shadowed.’ Employing Metaphorical Coding and Critical Discourse Analysis, this study analyzes pandemic-era media accounts published in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022 to investigate how the media naturalized the public's pe…
Where Do I Start?” Inquiry into K-12 Mainstream Teachers’ Knowledge about Differentiating Instruction for ELLs in One U.S. School District
The purpose of this paper is to report themes identified in questions K-12 mainstream teachers in one U.S. school district posed about differentiating instruction for English language learners (ELLs) in order to hear directly from teachers about topics they would like to learn more about. Teachers in the district completed a selected-response and open-ended survey to inform future professional development opportunities. Findings suggest that most…
Where Do I Start?” Inquiry into K-12 Mainstream Teachers’ Knowledge about Differentiating Instruction for ELLs in One U.S. School District
The purpose of this paper is to report themes identified in questions K-12 mainstream teachers in one U.S. school district posed about differentiating instruction for English language learners (ELLs) in order to hear directly from teachers about topics they would like to learn more about. Teachers in the district completed a selected-response and open-ended survey to inform future professional development opportunities. Findings suggest that most…
From 'special but shadowed' to beloved but expendable: A Study of Pandemic-Era News Media and the Public's Perception of the Teacher's Role
This study examines how the news media during the COVID-19 pandemic perpetuated Dan Lortie’s [1975. Schoolteacher: A sociological study. University of Chicago Press] notion of the teacher’s role as ‘special but shadowed.’ Employing Metaphorical Coding and Critical Discourse Analysis, this study analyzes pandemic-era media accounts published in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022 to investigate how the media naturalized the public's pe…
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (1 works) · Ell (1 works) · English language (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · History (1 works)