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ERIC Number: EJ1245557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-2164-5965
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Conversations in Immersion: Concerns about Pedagogy and Gatekeepers
Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Keefer, Natalie; Hébert, Dustin; Grivet, Candice
NECTFL Review, n84 p35-61 Sep 2019
Research on stakeholder perspectives in language immersion contexts is relatively new (Padron & Waxman, 2016; Whitacre, 2015). This current qualitative research examined perspectives of stakeholders at a mini-conference for immersion educators and administrators called Conversations in Immersion. The mini-conference encouraged immersion stakeholders to discuss their concerns about immersion and provided an expert immersion educator and collaborative networking experience to address those concerns. Themes within the data emerged from three sources: (1) pre-conference questions, (2) a collaborative discussion session with administrators, and (3) a question-and-answer session with a keynote speaker. Data collected from this conference were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Themes that emerged from the data included pedagogically-based concerns and concerns about how to manage relationships with gatekeepers. Findings indicate that participants' conversations focused on instructional and administrative aspects of language immersion and on the roles of gatekeepers in language immersion contexts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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