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50 Years of ERIC
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Identifying Relevant Competencies for Secondary Teachers of English Learners
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Faltis, Christian; Arias, M. Beatriz; Ramirez-Marin, Frank – Bilingual Research Journal, 2010
This study examined the English Learner (EL) teacher knowledge base from three perspectives: (a) competencies the current literature recommends that "all teachers" need know and use for teaching English learners in their content classes, (b) competencies the current literature recommends "secondary teachers" of English learners need to know and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Second Language Learning, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Limited English Speaking
A Good Start: A Progressive, Transactional Approach to Diversity in Pre-service Teacher Education.
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Arias, M. Beatriz; Poynor, Leslie – Bilingual Research Journal, 2001
A study examined what three English-as-second-language preservice teachers learned in a progressive, transactional methods course about teaching culturally and linguistically diverse children. Although the course did not instill the deep cross-cultural understanding necessary for bicultural competence, it did cultivate the student teachers' desire…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)