Classroom Participation: Teachers' Work as Listeners

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Teachers; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Listening; Teacher Researchers; Culturally Relevant Education; Curriculum Design; Teacher Education; Classroom Communication; Foreign Countries; Communication Strategies

10.1080/00220272.2022.2134738

0022-0272
1366-5839

This article examines teachers' work as part of the everyday life of classrooms, schools and communities--as curriculum design, dynamic pedagogies and as an oeuvre which is assembled over time. One of the hardest aspects of the everyday work of teachers, and perhaps one of the most under-rated and under-studied, is listening, really listening. This article firstly explores the dangers of teachers not listening. Secondly, it highlights the contributions of teacher researchers who take students and their worlds seriously. We argue that teachers listening to students in the context of their communities can underpin responsive pedagogies and creative curriculum design, which in turn can allow students to assemble repertoires of complex communication practices for representation, participation and taking action. Finally, we speculate about how, over time, teachers, as artists, assemble an oeuvre--an assemblage of curriculum design and responsive pedagogies which could inform teacher education and research.

As Provided

2023

EJ1383908