Learning to Teach Aaron

A Beginning Teacher's Story of Literacy Instruction in an Urban Classroom

Bibliographic Data

ID4308754
AuthorsSandra Hollingsworth (Michigan State University), Karen Teel (0000-0002-7163-599X, University of California, Berkeley Portola Middle School), Leslie Minarik (Highland Elementary School), Leslie Turner Minarik (Highland Community College - Kansas)
Year1992
Volume43
Issue2
Pages116-127
Publication date1992-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487192043002005
OpenAlexW2055187710
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

This is Leslie Minarik's story of learning to teach Aaron, an African-American second-grader. In the third year of her teaching career, Leslie was concerned because Aaron could not read and write. The narrative unfolds through a longitudinal study of Leslie's learning to teach culturally diverse children that began with her graduate level preservice teacher education program. Through data collected during bimonthly classroom visits and monthly meetings with other program graduates, Leslie's story illustrates important influences upon her learning to teach. Her success in learning to resist norms that excluded attention to children's diverse needs eventually helped Aaron learn to read and write. The process of her learning challenges us to think about improved attention to diversity in teacher education programs

Diversity (politics) · Literacy · Literature · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teacher education · Teacher Preparation · Teaching method · Education and Technology Integration · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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