ERIC Number: EJ1402058
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0950-0782
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7581
'This Is Not Right!' Teachers Telling Stories about Multilingual Family Engagement during COVID-19
Language and Education, v37 n6 p698-716 2023
Many teachers collaborated with and spoke up for multilingual families during the pandemic. Yet, little is known about how and why teachers' understanding of multilingual family engagement changed during remote teaching. This study gives six teachers from a school district with a small proportion of multilingual students a voice to tell their stories. Figured worlds theory and discourse analysis were used to interpret in-depth data to uncover how the figured world of multilingual family engagement developed for this group of teachers during COVID-19. Findings showed that even if these teachers dealt with the same challenges of remote teaching as other educators, they quickly began to realize how important partnerships with the families are. This new understanding resulted in a realignment of their actions. Moreover, these teachers became agents of change as they started to address inequities on behalf of their students which were increasingly made visible by the pandemic.
Descriptors: Family Involvement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Multilingualism, Student Diversity, Bilingual Students, White Teachers, Minority Group Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Teacher Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Oregon
Grant or Contract Numbers: T365Z160134