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Promoting Bilingualism in the Era of Unz: Making Sense of the Gap between Research, Policy, and Practice in Teacher Education.
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Katz, Susan Roberta – Multicultural Education, 2000
Examined efforts to promote bilingualism in a course for prospective teachers, Education of Bilingual Children: Theory and Practice, focusing on how student teachers grappled with the complex relationship between research, policy, and practice within bilingual education. Analysis of five types of literacy events indicated that students experienced…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diversity (Student), Educational Policy
Developing Diverse Faculty in Culturally Proficient Education Programs.
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Quezada, Reyes; Louque, Angela – Multicultural Education, 2002
Teachers must be prepared to work in diverse schools. Preservice education programs and teacher educators must be culturally proficient to train them. Notes strategies for recruiting diverse faculty into education departments, discussing faculty mentoring and support, evaluation of faculty of color, teacher certification mandates versus…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
The (Mis)Preparation of Teachers in the Proposition 227 Era: Humanizing Teacher Roles and Their Practice.
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Balderrama, Maria V. – Urban Review, 2001
Describes the teacher's role as basic to the struggle for educational equity and achievement, noting the importance of preservice preparation. Examines how anti-immigrant legislation affects teacher preparation by forcing teachers to passively emphasize standardized approaches to addressing English learners' complex needs. Shares attempts to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Equal Education
Staying the Course in Times of Change: Preparing Teachers for Language Minority Education.
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Mora, Jill Kerper – Journal of Teacher Education, 2000
Describes how passage of Proposition 227, California's initiative restricting bilingual education, has influenced teacher preparation to authorize specialized instruction for limited English proficient students. The response to Proposition 227 by San Diego State University's College of Education is explored to illustrate the reaffirmation of a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diversity (Student), Educational Legislation
Preparing Quality Educators for English Language Learners: Research, Policy, and Practice
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Tellez, Kip, Ed.; Waxman, Hersh C., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This volume brings together a broad range of academics, school-based educators, and policymakers to address research, policy, and practice issues related to improving the education of English language learners in U.S. schools today. It emphasizes throughout that instructional improvements cannot be achieved via curriculum alone--teachers are key…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Educators, Teacher Effectiveness
The LSS Review. Volume 3, Number 1
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Hoag, Lydia, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2004
A growing number of American students are nonnative English speakers. These students are vulnerable to early school exit and schools are facing more and more such students each year. Presently, about 56% of all public school teachers in the United States have at least one English language learner (ELL) student in their class, but less than 20% of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Second Language Learning, Politics of Education, Instructional Leadership