ERIC Number: EJ1418691
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
EISSN: EISSN-1523-5890
Postura Activista: Examining One Bilingual Teacher's Activism and Commitment to the Community She Serves
Bilingual Research Journal, v47 n1 p42-57 2024
This qualitative case study examines how one bilingual teacher draws on their critical consciousness to support immigrant students and their families. Drawing on the construct of conscientization, I argue praxis is the embodiment of critical consciousness through acts of responsiveness and actions educators enact to rewrite unjust spaces and practices. Case findings point to the teacher's approach and commitment were rooted in praxis and revealed how the embodiment of their critical consciousness worked to rewrite contexts where anti-immigrant practices took place. Additionally, case findings provide a framework for examining activist literacies as transformative acts in the reimagining and rewriting of unjust spaces.
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Activism, Bilingual Education, Spanish, English, Consciousness Raising, Critical Theory, Immigrants, Community, Teacher Student Relationship, Family School Relationship, Grade 4, School Districts, Bilingual Students, Elementary Schools, Undocumented Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Police
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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