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Preparing quality educators for English language learners : research, policies and practices / edited by Kip Téllez, Hersh C. Waxman.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English teachers--Training of--United States.
- English teachers.
- English teachers--Training of.
- United States.
- English language--Study and teaching--United States.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching.
- Teacher effectiveness--United States.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 209 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
- Summary:
- This book brings together a broad range of academics, school-based educators, and policymakers to address issues related to improving the education of English language learners in US schools today. It serves as an important resource to help teachers and
- Contents:
- Preparing quality teachers for English language learners: an overview of the critical issues / Kip Téllez and Hersh C. Waxman
- Training teachers through their students' first language / Liliana Minaya-Rowe
- Proposition 227 in California: issues for the preparation of quality teachers for linguistically and culturally diverse students / Eugene E. Garcia and Tom Stritikus
- Lessons learned from a research synthesis on the effects of teachers' professional development on culturally-diverse students / Stephanie L. Knight and Donna L. Wiseman
- Critical issues in developing the teacher corps for English learners / Patricia Gándara and Julie Maxwell-Jolly
- Quality instruction in reading for English language learners / Margarita Calderón
- Reculturing principals as leaders for cultural and linguistic diversity / Augustina Reyes
- Successful school leadership for English language learners / Elsy Fierro Suttmiller and Maria Luisa González
- Future directions for improving teacher quality for English language learners / Hersh C. Waxman, Kip Téllez and Herbert J. Walberg.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805854371
- 080585438X
- OCLC:
- 59879475
- Online:
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