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Publication Date: 2022-Jun
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"We Can Position Ourselves as Experts": Teachers Learning to Write and Publish on National Blogs
Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, v14 n2 p66-81 Jun 2022
This article focuses on a collective case study of two teachers attending a professional development workshop focused on writing for publication via educational blogs. Through a qualitative study, we sought to understand how attending the workshop and publishing on a national organization's blog shaped the two teachers' own identities as teachers and shifted their thinking about blogs as a genre. We argue the two teachers had a shift in conceptualizing what counted as scholarship as well as problematizing who counted as a scholar. In an era of increased attacks on teachers' intellectualism and autonomy, we believe publishing on national blogs is one way teachers can reclaim their professional knowledge in our current socio-political landscape. Our work has implications for the fields of teacher education, teacher leadership, and professional development.
Descriptors: Expertise, Writing for Publication, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Faculty Development, Professional Associations, Professional Identity, Scholarship, Teacher Leadership, Language Arts, Elementary School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. SUNY Cortland, Cornish Hall Room 1239, Cortland, NY 13045. Web site: https://surface.syr.edu/excelsior/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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