{"title":"Teacher discourse and agentic generative writing in first grade","authors":"Kara DeCoursey, Kathleen AJ Mohr","doi":"10.1177/14687984261451101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Teachers play a central role in shaping their classroom learning environments and students’ access to literacy practices. The purpose of this study was to examine one first-grade teacher’s discourse during writing to understand how a teacher implements generative writing instruction and opens us space for student agency. Using sociocultural discourse analysis, data were collected via interviews with the teacher and audio recordings of her discourse during 10 writing sessions. Analyses revealed certain types of discourse and teacher beliefs and characteristics conducive to generative writing opportunities. The study adds to our understanding of the teacher’s role in a classroom writing community, how transcription and composition instruction can coexist, and discursive methods to incorporate generative writing opportunities into early-grade classrooms. This research challenges teachers to reconsider how their discourse may influence students’ writing and agentic opportunities at a time when children are just beginning to develop their writer identities.","PeriodicalId":47033,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Childhood Literacy","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Early Childhood Literacy","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14687984261451101","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Teachers play a central role in shaping their classroom learning environments and students’ access to literacy practices. The purpose of this study was to examine one first-grade teacher’s discourse during writing to understand how a teacher implements generative writing instruction and opens us space for student agency. Using sociocultural discourse analysis, data were collected via interviews with the teacher and audio recordings of her discourse during 10 writing sessions. Analyses revealed certain types of discourse and teacher beliefs and characteristics conducive to generative writing opportunities. The study adds to our understanding of the teacher’s role in a classroom writing community, how transcription and composition instruction can coexist, and discursive methods to incorporate generative writing opportunities into early-grade classrooms. This research challenges teachers to reconsider how their discourse may influence students’ writing and agentic opportunities at a time when children are just beginning to develop their writer identities.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The main emphasis in the journal is on papers researching issues related to the nature, function and use of literacy in early childhood. This includes the history, development, use, learning and teaching of literacy, as well as policy and strategy. Research papers may address theoretical, methodological, strategic or applied aspects of early childhood literacy and could be reviews of research issues. JECL is both a forum for debate about the topic of early childhood literacy and a resource for those working in the field. Literacy is broadly defined; JECL focuses on the 0-8 age range. Our prime interest in empirical work is those studies that are situated in authentic or naturalistic settings; this differentiates the journal from others in the area. JECL, therefore, tends to favour qualitative work but is also open to research employing quantitative methods. The journal is multi-disciplinary. We welcome submissions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including: education, cultural psychology, literacy studies, sociology, anthropology, historical and cultural studies, applied linguistics and semiotics.