Teaming and Teaching: Teacher Metaphors and Identity in Head Start

• In Event: 63.085 - Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: 63.085-6 - Early Education and Child Development SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Noting that surprisingly little researcher attention has been directed toward teaming in ECE, the authors conducted parallel case studies of two Head Start teacher teams in a single center. Drawing on interviews, extensive observational notes taken over the course of a school year, and teacher generated metaphors, the cases are explored in relationship to a range of issues associated with teaming. Situated in self-determination theory and the three-component model of commitment, the cases are used to draw conclusions useful for rethinking approaches to teaming in Head Start.

Authors

• Robert V. Bullough, Brigham Young University

• Kendra Hall-Kenyon, Brigham Young University