The Dynamics of Teacher Agency: Examples from Classroom Studies

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the dynamics of teacher agency by sharing three empirical studies in diverse classrooms in the United States. Grounded in ecological perspectives of teacher agency, which is achieved in shifting and not fixed contexts (Biesta et al., 2015; Priestley et al., 2015), the symposium will show how literacy educators in elementary, middle, and high school settings enact their agency when working with students including multilingual learners.

Content Area

• AREA 2. In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy

Chair

• Bogum Yoon, State University of New York at Binghamton

Discussant

• Lara J Handsfield, Illinois State University

Individual Presentations

• Teacher Agency in an Elementary Classroom - Christine Uliassi, SUNY Cortland

• Dynamics of Teacher Agency in an ELA Class in a Middle School Context - Bogum Yoon, State University of New York at Binghamton

• Developing a Pre-service Teacher’s Agency in an ELA High School Setting - Diana Murtaugh, Binghamton University