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Teacher Activism For Emergent Bilingual Learners : A Qualitative Study, Cyrene A. Crooms
Teacher Activism For Emergent Bilingual Learners : A Qualitative Study, Cyrene A. Crooms
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
This qualitative dissertation study explored what informed the pedagogical moves of four teacher activists of emergent bilingual learners (EBLs). Quijano’s (2000) theory of coloniality of power served as a theoretical lens to examine the historical underpinnings of current education language legislation and policies impacting EBLs. There is a growing body of literature on teacher activism, but very few studies center teacher activism for linguistic justice. Picower’s (2012) framework for teacher activism was used to create data sources, which included interviews, artifacts, field visits, and personal communication. Data were analyzed using open and axial coding strategies. Findings were presented in four …