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Publication Date: 2013
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With Their Help: How Community Members Construct a Congruent Third Space in an Urban Kindergarten Classroom
Quigley, Cassie F.
International Journal of Science Education, v35 n5 p837-863 2013
Through the use of narrative enquiry, this paper tells the story of how a kindergarten teacher in an all-girls' school incorporates family and community members' involvement to the construction of the congruent Third Space present in the classroom, and the ways the girls respond to this involvement, thereby providing a successful model for other schools in marginalized communities. In this study, the author sought to understand how this teacher and the community members' in this classroom create a congruent Third Space. This research enquiry includes the systematic use of the methodology portraiture with analysis of critical events. The portraits are titled: Mutual Desire for the Girls to Succeed and Community Members' Involvement. This paper moves Third Space theory towards praxis through concrete examples in an urban, kindergarten classroom. (Contains 6 notes, 1 figure, and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Single Sex Schools, Females, Classroom Environment, Personal Narratives, Praxis, Urban Schools, School Community Relationship, Community Involvement, Science Instruction, Language Usage, Classroom Communication, Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Group Students, Classroom Techniques, Coding, Family Involvement, Grandparents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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