Diverse cultures continue to intersect on the school landscape in Manitoba. This autobiographical narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) documents 4 years of my experience as a Grade 1 elementary teacher working with an increasing number of English as an Additional Language (EAL) students. Between 2008 and 2011, I invited each class of students to engage in a collaborative writing project entitled Our Class Story where they shared their personal journeys to Grade 1. Drawing upon my field notes, journal entries, previous writings, and photographs, I tell four separate stories of my experience as this class project evolved over time with different groups of students. I then explore how working on Our Class Story shifted my teaching practice and beliefs about teaching EAL Early Years Learners.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/8591 |
| Date | 31 August 2012 |
| Creators | Devlin, Katherine |
| Contributors | Li, Yi (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning), Serebrin, Wayne (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning) Huber, Janice (University of Regina) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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