Examining Student Agency in Practice: The Development of the Student Agency Observational Protocol (StAOP)

Abstract

Student agency is considered an important dimension of classroom literacy learning. However, recent educational policies have pressured schools and districts to prioritize reading achievement at all costs utilizing prescriptive modes of instruction. This approach to literacy instruction fails to support students’ instructional, linguistic, and cultural needs. It is critical to understand literacy contexts in which student agency is supported. This research is on the development of an observational protocol to examine student agency.

Author

• Margaret Vaughn, Washington State University