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Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

Alpana Bhattacharya
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781799819622|ISBN10: 1799819620|EISBN13: 9781799819646
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1962-2.ch004
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Bhattacharya, Alpana. "Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners." Beyond Language Learning Instruction: Transformative Supports for Emergent Bilinguals and Educators, edited by Alina Slapac and Sarah A. Coppersmith, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 76-103. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1962-2.ch004

APA

Bhattacharya, A. (2020). Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners. In A. Slapac & S. Coppersmith (Eds.), Beyond Language Learning Instruction: Transformative Supports for Emergent Bilinguals and Educators (pp. 76-103). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1962-2.ch004

Chicago

Bhattacharya, Alpana. "Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners." In Beyond Language Learning Instruction: Transformative Supports for Emergent Bilinguals and Educators, edited by Alina Slapac and Sarah A. Coppersmith, 76-103. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1962-2.ch004

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Abstract

Over the past 30 years, the ethnic and racial representation of students in P-12 grades across the United States has shifted, with increasing number of students coming from households where a language other than English is used. Despite increase in the number of English language learners in recent years, many education stakeholders are of the position that the academic learning of culturally and linguistically diverse students has not been addressed effectively. Teacher preparation programs therefore are compelled to reimagine their curriculum for preparing teachers to educate diverse learners.This chapter describes a teacher preparation course focused on preparing preservice teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students in secondary school grades. Culturally and linguistically relevant practices drawn from course assignments and clinical experience are described as approaches for preparing teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, specifically the English language learners.

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