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Kessler, Illinois State University  \nAbstract  \nThis article presents the findings from a yearlong narrative inquiry of teacher enactment of state mandated curricular reform in middle level social studies. Four brief narrativesand cross-narrative themes are presented to provide examples of the complexities of teacher decision making and positionality when implementing new reforms. Analysis found teachers engaged in dynamic processes of interpreting, negotiating, and responding when enacting the SS reforms. Further, this enactment manifested in three themes. These found teachers engaging in ethical determinations, grappling with competing expectations, and feeling fatigued resistance. This article provides a nuanced, narrative perspective on teacher enactment of SS curricular reforms, finding teacher perceptions an important, but not all-encompassing element of teacher decision making.  \nKeywords: teacher’s lives; social studies education; curriculum reform; state policy  \nIt is well known that many policy initiatives can be a burden for teachers; teachers’ voices and perspectives are often marginalized, and initiatives can be overly technocratic or reductive. Yet, as some educational reforms have moved to broaden representation and justice in the social studies, there may also be elements of reform that teachers find appealing. This article shares the results of a narrative inquiry of the enactment (Ball, et al., 2012) of state-mandated social studies curricular reform (SSSR) by four social studies teachers. Using a narrative inquiry approach, four teachers’reform stories (Craig, 2007; 2020) are shared, illuminating unique enactments of policy. To broaden the lessons provided by these teachers, I provide the results of a cross-narrative thematic analysis to provide new insights about teacher practice and reform and the multidimensional nature of teachers’work and experiences while enacting reform.  \nLiterature Review and Interpretive Frame  \nThis review has been kept brief to provide more space to the teachers’ reform stories. However, two specific practices were named in the state mandates associated with this study: controversial issues-based instruction and informed action. As the teachers in this study were asked to discuss their pedagogical choices associated with these two concepts, I provide a brief review of this literature alongside a review of literature on teacher enactment of reform.  \nTeacher Enactment of Reform  \nSteven Ball and colleagues’(2012) theory of enactment illuminates the agentic, nonlinear nature of teachers’ enactment of school reforms/policies. From this conceptual frame, enactment of reforms is constituted by “jumbled, messy, contested, creative, and [even] mundane interactions” that link policy to practice”(Ball, et al., 2012, p. 2). Educators will inevitably have political and emotional responses to reform and policy, which inform their selection, uptake, rejection, and even subversion. When teachers interpret, translate, and enact policies or reforms, they often do so reflective of their institutional context and schools’ relationships with local communities (Sannino, 2010b) .  \nEducators engage with both centralized and decentralized systems of change in their profession. However, when it comes to making choices about reform, teachers make specific choices based on what they know to be effective within their teaching strengths, student needs, and institutional settings. This may often follow an “adoption-adaptation-evolution” trajectory, depending on how reforms are initially introduced to teachers and within school structures (Hung, et al., 2016, p. 150) . It is crucial that researchers, school leaders, and policy makers acknowledge that teacher agency is a critical component of education reform. Relatedly, teacher identity should be considered the “centerpiece” when understanding uptake and implemen","cbCaio7OtBd361gC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio7OtBd361gC","pdf",254665,"English","# Abstract\n# Literature Review and Interpretive Frame\n# Teacher Enactment of Reform","[{\"question\":\"What research method does the article use to study curricular reform enactment?\",\"answer\":\"It uses a yearlong narrative inquiry to examine how teachers enacted state-mandated curricular reform and analyzes both individual narratives and cross-narrative themes.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the analysis find about teachers’ enactment processes?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers engage in dynamic processes of interpreting, negotiating, and responding, shaping enactment through how policy is translated into classroom practice.\"},{\"question\":\"What three themes characterize teachers’ enactment experiences?\",\"answer\":\"The study identifies teachers’ ethical determinations, grappling with competing expectations, and experiencing fatigued resistance during implementation.\"}]","Middle School Teacher Enactment of State Curricular Mandates | PDF",1792090490,48]