Cross-Atlantic Community of Readers for Pre-Service Teachers: Results from a Design-Based Research Study

• In Event: Literature as a Bridge: Fostering Empathy, Advocacy, and Global Understanding in Preservice Teacher Education

Abstract

This design-based study explored a cross-Atlantic collaboration between Ireland and the United States in coaching pre-service teachers in read-aloud instructional practices. Data from pre- and post-questionnaires reflect that the participants increased in their understanding of the purposes of read-alouds, pedagogical knowledge of effective practices for read-alouds, and valued the importance of careful text selection and planning. They adopted identities as reading teachers, or teachers who read and readers who teach.

Authors

• Clara Maria Fiorentini, Marino Institute of Education

• Sharon M Pratt, Indiana University Northwest

• Geraldine Ann Magennis-Clarke, St Mary's University College, Belfast