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Learning to Teach English Language Learners: A Study of Elementary School Teachers’ Sense‐Making in an ELL Endorsement Program
Author(s) -
Daniel Shan M.,
Pray Lisa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
tesol quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.737
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1545-7249
pISSN - 0039-8322
DOI - 10.1002/tesq.347
Subject(s) - mathematics education , certification , psychology , english language , pedagogy , number sense , english as a second language , teacher education , interrupt , computer science , political science , law , telecommunications , transmission (telecommunications)
Using Jarvis's ([Jarvis, P., 2009]) framework of adult learning, this study examines how in‐service elementary school teachers make sense of instruction that is responsive to multilingual learners. Case studies of two teachers reveal their nuanced attempts to improve practice during a 1‐year, graduate‐level, add‐on certification program for teaching English language learners ( ELL s). Findings show that different critical learning experiences afforded the two teachers opportunities to interrupt their assumptions and subsequently refine their instruction as they resolved to support ELL s. This study sheds light on teachers’ ongoing sense‐making throughout a yearlong ELL endorsement program. Implications for teacher education and professional development research are discussed.