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The Stories We Choose To Share: An Application Of Q-Methodology Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs And Decision Making In Text Selection For Read-Aloud, Jane A. Core Yatzeck
The Stories We Choose To Share: An Application Of Q-Methodology Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs And Decision Making In Text Selection For Read-Aloud, Jane A. Core Yatzeck
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AbstractTeachers make decisions about which resources to use in their classrooms daily, including text selection for read-aloud. This impacts students in classrooms nationwide, as these decisions validate some voices and marginalize others. This study used the Q-methodology in a concurrent mixed-methods design to explore what beliefs influence decision-making as teachers in Grades 3-6 select texts to share for read-aloud and where these beliefs originated. Teacher participants identified priorities in text selection using a forced-rank Q-sort and reflected individually on their text selection process for read-aloud. Data were then analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to delineate factor groups with similar …