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Publication Date: 2021
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Toward Transformative Teaching for English Language Learners: Critical Texts in Sheltered English Immersion Courses
Hafner, Andrew Habana; Ortiz, Floris Wilma
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, v23 n1-2 p145-160 2021
This article reports on the findings from Years 1-3 of a practitioner research study on infusing critical pedagogy in mandated Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) courses for preservice teachers (PSTs) in a public, predominantly white institution (PWI). Our analysis problematizes discourses of transformation and reproduction of in/equity in preservice students' interpretation of critical sociocultural frameworks in SEI. Findings from the pre-/postwriting show competing discourses of recognizing problems of inequitable schooling for ELLs while rearticulating ELL-as-problem.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Equal Education, Teaching Methods, Critical Theory, Preservice Teacher Education, Whites, Institutional Characteristics, Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Education Programs, Immersion Programs, State Universities
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