Teachers’ engagement with student mathematical agency and authority in school-based professional learning

Elizabeth B. Dyer, Michael Jarry-Shore, Alissa Fong, Rebecca Deutscher, Janet Carlson, Hilda Borko

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Abstract

Professional learning can support teachers in developing their understanding of how to position students as agentic and authoritative – a rarity in most classrooms. We analyzed teachers’ discourse during professional development focused on agency and authority in middle school mathematics classrooms. We found that teachers frequently engaged with ideas related to student agency and authority. Though less common, episodes in which teachers constructed new ideas and critiqued existing ones indicate that using activity prompts, practicing responsive facilitation, normalizing critical stances, and positioning frameworks as tentative are important for supporting deeper engagement with ideas related to student agency and authority.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number103881
JournalTeaching and Teacher Education
Volume121
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Inservice teacher education
  • Mathematics education
  • Partnerships in education
  • Student empowerment
  • Teacher collaboration
  • Video technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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