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"I Did Not Realize That My Teacher Had Taken Away Part of My Identity": Bilingual Preservice Teachers' Virtual Libraries Project
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Espinoza, Katherine; Kohler, Karen – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how participating in a multicultural education course impacted bilingual preservice teachers' (BPSTs) conceptions of identity and how they were able to use their experiential knowledge to create a virtual library based on a variety of topics related to multicultural education.…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Bilingual Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Electronic Libraries
Borders and Intersections of Possibility: Multilingual Repertoires of Refugee Families in the Southwest U.S.
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Roy, Laura A. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2015
This study examines the linguistic and cultural intersections of recently arrived Somali Bantu refugee students in South Texas through the lens of border theory. The use of Spanish in the homes of refugee families is explored in addition to ways in which an educator used testimonios to honor students' migration experiences. Findings show how…
Descriptors: Refugees, Multilingualism, Phenomenology, Immigration
The Educational Trajectories of English Language Learners in Texas
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Flores, Stella M.; Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2012
About 5.3 million English Language Learners (ELLs)--students whose primary language is not English and whose English language skills are not sufficient to keep up with classes conducted only in English--are enrolled in PK-12 public schools across the United States. The number of these students increased dramatically in ten years, from 3.5 million…
Descriptors: State Standards, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Tests