Open AccessUsing Invitational Learning to Address Writing Competence for Middle School Students with Disabilities
Author(s) -
Cecily Ornelles,
Rhonda S. Black
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v18i.3914
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , psychology , pedagogy , quadrant (abdomen) , mathematics education , medicine , social psychology , pathology
This study describes the process of creating an Invitational Learning environment to improve the writing competence of middle school students in two special education classes. Teacher-student interactions were coded according to Purkey and Novak’s (1996) Intentionality/Invitation Quadrant with levels corresponding to intentionally disinviting, unintentionally disinviting, unintentionally inviting, and intentionally inviting. After only two training sessions, teacher-student interactions were markedly more inviting.