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Tensions in Equity- and Reform-Oriented Learning in Teachers' Collaborative Conversations

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Tensions in Equity- and Reform-Oriented Learning in Teachers' Collaborative Conversations

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This paper explores how teachers' collaborative conversations afford and constrain their learning opportunities, through the close analysis of an interaction between equity-oriented mathematics teachers who were working together. The analysis reveals that although the group seemed like an ideal professional learning community in many ways, the teachers were frequently caught in tensions between restrictive and inclusive discourses about mathematical competence. The existence of these tensions presented opportunities for the teachers to learn, but teachers' framings of their own collaborative work stifled these opportunities. This paper contributes to understanding the challenges of equity- and reform-oriented learning in teachers' professional communities.

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Volume

53

Pages

19-Oct

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Research/Scholarly Media

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Published Text

Scholarship genre

Empirical

Open access/full-text available

Yes

Peer reviewed

Yes

ISSN

0742-051X

Citation

Louie, N. L. (2016). Tensions in Equity- and Reform-Oriented Learning in Teachers’ Collaborative Conversations. Teaching and Teacher Education, 53, 10–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2015.10.001

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