ERIC Number: EJ1461403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941
EISSN: EISSN-1949-3533
Available Date: 2024-12-09
Transforming Secondary Teacher Preparation for Multilingual Learners through Translanguaging: Toward an Integrated Biliteracy and Disciplinary Learning Framework
TESOL Journal, v16 n1 e903 2025
Students designated as English learners and the broader group of multilingual learners continue to face restrictive learning environments in secondary classrooms despite existing research that demonstrates how integrating literacy development with authentic and relevant disciplinary learning benefits multilingual learners and all students. To address this issue, an interdisciplinary team of biliteracy and secondary content method scholars and teacher educators used funding through the U.S. Department of Education's National Professional Development Program to (1) articulate a cohesive framework that integrates "biliteracy" with disciplinary learning through research-based instructional practices and (2) explore how English, math, and science secondary content method instructors "apply" this framework when working with preservice teachers. The researchers connected translanguaging pedagogy, content and language/literacy integrated approaches, and a practice-based teacher education model to develop the Biliteracy and Content Area Integrated Preparation (BCAIP) Framework. They found that participating content area secondary method instructors made progress toward applying the BCAIP framework by building upon what they already do in support of diverse learners (i.e., foundational pedagogies) as they shifted toward biliteracy-oriented pedagogy. The authors argue that situating translanguaging in a disciplinary learning context better positions secondary teacher educators to transform how they prepare preservice teachers to serve multilingual learners.
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English Learners, Literacy Education, Preservice Teachers, English Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Educators, Intellectual Disciplines, Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Sonoma State University; 2California State University, East Bay; 3San Diego State University