Civic Literacies: Focusing on What You Can Control: A First-Year Teacher’s Approach to Becoming the Educator She Set Out to Be | ncte.org

2018

Volume 103, Issue 4

ISSN: 0360-9170
E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Civic Literacies: Focusing on What You Can Control: A First-Year Teacher’s Approach to Becoming the Educator She Set Out to Be
Author(s): Chris Hass and Rafa Navarro
Source: Language Arts, Volume 103, Issue 4, Mar 2026, p. 261 - 265
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/la20261034261
- Published online: 01 Mar 2026

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Featuring the experiences of first-year teachers as they try to navigate the tension between the beliefs and practices they developed in college and the mandates that awaited them as they entered the classroom.

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Civic Literacies: Focusing on What You Can Control: A First-Year Teacher’s Approach to Becoming the Educator She Set Out to Be

Language Arts 103, 261 (2026); https://doi.org/10.58680/la20261034261

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