Deficit Discourse and Labeling in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms
In this paper we examine deficit perspectives that prospective elementary school teachers (PTs) noticed their mentor teachers held with regards to classifying students by their achievement or behavior. Using a sociopolitical framework, we explored the following research question: What labels and for...
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| description | In this paper we examine deficit perspectives that prospective elementary school teachers (PTs) noticed their mentor teachers held with regards to classifying students by their achievement or behavior. Using a sociopolitical framework, we explored the following research question: What labels and forms of labeling of students have elementary school PTs experienced as part of their school placements? According to PTs, mentor teachers commonly expressed deficit narratives and attached labels to their students, particularly to students of color and low-income students. Deficit perspectives led to student blaming and lowering of expectations, which PTs were convinced negatively impacted students’ mathematical identities. Though student labeling was common, PTs also provided examples in which their mentor teachers refused to attach degrading labels to their students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f48845ab4da4a548014d38639ad7da92022-12-22T03:17:23ZengColumbia University LibrariesJournal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College2156-14002156-13972017-12-018210.7916/jmetc.v8i2.590Deficit Discourse and Labeling in Elementary Mathematics ClassroomsMichelle Garcia-Olp0Jacklyn Van Ooyik1Richard Kitchen2University of DenverUniversity of DenverUniversity of WyomingIn this paper we examine deficit perspectives that prospective elementary school teachers (PTs) noticed their mentor teachers held with regards to classifying students by their achievement or behavior. Using a sociopolitical framework, we explored the following research question: What labels and forms of labeling of students have elementary school PTs experienced as part of their school placements? According to PTs, mentor teachers commonly expressed deficit narratives and attached labels to their students, particularly to students of color and low-income students. Deficit perspectives led to student blaming and lowering of expectations, which PTs were convinced negatively impacted students’ mathematical identities. Though student labeling was common, PTs also provided examples in which their mentor teachers refused to attach degrading labels to their students.https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jmetc/article/view/590 |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Garcia-Olp Jacklyn Van Ooyik Richard Kitchen Deficit Discourse and Labeling in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College |
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| title_short | Deficit Discourse and Labeling in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms |
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