Constructing a Third Space: A Discourse Analysis of Preservice Teacher-Student Talk

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Abstract

In this paper we present findings from a discourse analysis of the talk between preservice teachers and high school students during a summer reading program--a space that was not constrained by traditional aspects of school such as grades. We explore how this program, and others like it, might create a “third space” (Zeichner, 2010) in and through the interactions of high school students and preservice teachers. One primary research question guided our study: How do discourse choices shape the participants’ practices as students and teachers in this third space?

Authors

• Lisa A. Scherff, Florida State University

• Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University

• Trena M. Paulus, The University of Tennessee