"Seeing Their Eyes in the Rearview Mirror": Identifying and Responding to Students' Challenging Experiences

Autor/in	Alvarez, Adam
Titel	"Seeing Their Eyes in the Rearview Mirror": Identifying and Responding to Students' Challenging Experiences
Quelle	In: Equity & Excellence in Education, 50 (2017) 1, S.53-67 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-5684
DOI	10.1080/10665684.2016.1250686
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Case Studies; Urban Schools; Content Analysis; Interviews; Student Experience; Teacher Effectiveness; Males; Diversity (Faculty); Minority Group Teachers; Trauma; Research Methodology; Qualitative Research; African American Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Studienerfahrung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	There is a noticeable gap in the educational research literature specifically focused on trauma and documenting effective educator practices. This case study captures the voice and perspectives of Mr. Sellers, an effective Black, male educator who, through making sense of the impact of his students' ecological realities, provides insight about trauma, traumatic experiences, and the ways in which he supports them. I conceptualize and name the experiences of these students as traumatic because this is the language that Mr. Sellers himself used to make sense of his students' situations. It is important to note that I focus on these occurrences not to highlight the negatives or deficits of this community; my point in naming these ecological situations is to point out how structural challenges can influence communities and, ultimately, the people (including students) in those contexts. Despite what established literature suggests about the unpreparedness of educators to respond to student trauma, this study documents effective practices of a successful educator in an urban school setting. In particular, the findings in this study offer three takeaways for educators to more adequately identify and respond to students grappling with trauma: (1) context-specific recognition, (2) trauma-conscious approaches, and (3) holistic responsiveness. The findings of this study also suggest that there is a need for broadening educators' capacity, adequately preparing them, and shifting the ways in which schools and policies understand an educator's role. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01