Language, culture, and community in teacher education / edited by María Estela Brisk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brisk, María Estela, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States.

Linguistic minorities.

Linguistic minorities--Education.

United States.

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of.

Language and education--United States.

Language and education.

Language and culture--United States.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2008]

Summary:

"The particular and much-needed focus of this volume is language diversity....It takes on this previously un-emphasized and un-studied problem in teacher education, raising thoughtful questions and offering trenchant analyses....Now more than ever, those who are committed to teacher education practice, research, and policy that includes language diversity need to understand and be strategic about the complex circumstances that threaten these agendas. This volume is a big step in the right direction."

This volume addresses the pressing reality in teacher education that all teachers need to be prepared to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse student populations. Every classroom in the country is already, or will soon be, deeply affected by the changing demographics of America's students. Marilyn Cochran-Smith's Foreword and Donaldo Macedo's Introductory Essay set the context with respect to teacher education and student demographics, followed by a series of chapters presented in three sections: knowledge, practice, and policy.

The literature on language education has typically been discussed in relation to preparing ESL or bilingual teachers. Typically, needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students, including immigrants, refugees, language minority populations, African Americans, and deaf students, have been addressed separately. Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education emphasizes that these children have both common educational needs and needs that are culturally and linguistically specific. It is directed to the preparation of All teachers who work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. It not only focuses on how teachers need to change but how faculty and curriculum need to be transformed, and how to better train teacher education candidates to understand and work efficaciously with the communities in which culturally and linguistically diverse students tend to be predominant.

Contents:

AACTE Statement vii

1 Poisoning Racial and Cultural Identities: An Educational Challenge / Donaldo Macedo 1

Part I Knowledge

2 Language, Culture, and Identity / Courtney Clayton, Ray Barnhardt, Maria Estela Brisk 21

3 Teaching Students Who Speak African American Language: Expanding Educators' and Students' Linguistic Repertoires / Gloria Swindler Boutte 47

4 Language and the Deaf World: Difference not Disability / Robert J. Hoffmeister 71

5 Rethinking the Case for Culture-Based Curriculum: Conditions that Support Improved Mathematics Performance in Diverse Classrooms / Sharon Nelson-Barber, Jerry Lipka 99

Part II Practice

6 ESL Is Good Teaching "Plus": Preparing Standard Curriculum Teachers for All Learners / Ester J. de Jong, Candace A. Harper 127

7 Classic: Transforming Hearts and Minds / Socorro C. Herrera, Kevin G. Murry, Della R. Perez 149

8 Highly Qualified Teachers for Our Schools: Developing Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions to Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students / Jorgelina Abbate-Vaughn 175

9 Teacher Education to Serve a Native Hawaiian Community: Lessons Learned / Kathryn H. Au, Yvonne Kaulukane Lefcourt, Alice J. Kawakami 203

10 "Does She Speak English?": Hmong Educators in Western Wisconsin / Ronald S. Rochon, Clifton S. Tanabe, Tamara H. Horstman-Riphahn 227

11 Program and Faculty Transformation: Enhancing Teacher Preparation / Maria Estela Brisk 249

12 Faculty Perspectives on Integrating Linguistic Diversity Issues into an Urban Teacher Education Program / Aida A. Nevarez-La Torre, Jayminn S. Sanford-DeShields, Catherine Soundy, Jaqueline Leonard, Christine Woyshner 267

Part III Policy

13 Educational Policy and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical Analysis of Teacher Certification Requirements / Lisa Patel Stevens 315

14 Language, Culture, Policy, and Standards in Teacher Preparation: Lessons from Research and Model Practices Addressing the Needs of CLD Children and Their Teachers / Alicia Ardila-Rey 331

Appendix Proceedings and Recommendations from the Wingspread Conference 357.

Notes:

"Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor & Francis Group for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780805856989

0805856986

OCLC:

123967908