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Mosley Wetzel, Melissa; Maloch, Beth; Alexander, Kerry; Murdter-Atkinson, Jessica Anne; Ries, Elizabeth; Wright, Audrey; McLean, Jimmy – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2023
The pandemic revealed inequities facing educators; in response, a district/university partnership hired seven external mentor/teacher leaders (TLs) to support 100+ early career teachers (ECTs). Drawing on sociocultural theories and a critical discourse analysis of 10 hour-long discussions among mentors, we sought to understand their collectively…
Descriptors: Novices, Teachers, Mentors, Discourse Analysis
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Normore, Lorraine – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: The perceived information needs of teachers who specialize in reading instruction for at-risk first graders were studied and related to frameworks for the role of social context in information needs, seeking and use. The frameworks considered were: disciplinarity, role theory in work settings, small worlds and information grounds and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Information Needs, Reading Consultants, Focus Groups