Images, Civic Identity, and Cultural Narratives of Puerto Rico: Using Intertextual Articulation to Develop Culturally Responsive Practices

Through a collaboration between a university in the US Southeast and a university in Puerto Rico, the researchers explored the use of primary sources to challenge mainstream assumptions and views of Puerto Rico and support application of content and pedagogic approaches into early childhood and elem...

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Published inMulticultural perspectives (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 85 - 90
Main Authors Berson, Ilene R., Berson, Michael J., López de Méndez, Annette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 03.04.2019
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Active Learning
Colonialism
Culturally Relevant Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Inquiry
Instructional Material Evaluation
Intertextuality
Lesson Plans
Perspective Taking
Preservice Teachers
Primary Sources
Reading Material Selection
Reflective Teaching
Researchers
Self Actualization
Young Children
Puerto Rico
United States > US
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Summary:Through a collaboration between a university in the US Southeast and a university in Puerto Rico, the researchers explored the use of primary sources to challenge mainstream assumptions and views of Puerto Rico and support application of content and pedagogic approaches into early childhood and elementary classrooms among preservice teachers working in schools in a region with a growing Puerto Rican population. The researchers investigated how preservice teachers' potential for culturally responsive teaching influenced their selection and application of primary sources, cultural narratives, and intertextual articulation as tools to counter narratives of colonialism and oppression that suppress the civic identity formation of young children. The findings suggest that preservice teachers with high potential for culturally responsive pedagogy have greater success integrating inquiry-based learning experiences to support children in challenging historical metanarratives as they synthesize information across intertextual resources. Through the act of interpretation and interrogating multiple viewpoints, children may reclaim their civic identities as they reconsider all the possibilities of meaning encapsulated by a snapshot in time.
ISSN:1521-0960
1532-7892
DOI:10.1080/15210960.2019.1606630