ERIC Number: EJ1093610
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
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Field Practice in La Mixteca: Transnational Teacher Education in the Service of Mexican Indigenous Students in U.S. Schools
Ruiz, Nadeen Teresa; Baird, Peter J.; Torres Hernández, Pedro
Journal of Latinos and Education, v15 n2 p97-112 2016
Initial research has documented the ill treatment suffered by Mexican indigenous students in U.S. schools. Using a framework of transnational teacher education, we examined the impact of field practice in an indigenous area of Mexico on teacher candidates. Candidates showed growth in new understandings, such as their role as bilingual teachers in terms of validating students' cultures and their sense of global interconnectedness with transnational students and communities. Applied classroom projects several months after field practice showed a similar impact, beginning to make the case that transnational field practice can also positively influence the academic performance of the candidates' future students.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Field Experience Programs, Sensitivity Training, Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, Qualitative Research, Questionnaires, Global Education, International Educational Exchange, Cultural Literacy, Multicultural Education, Hispanic American Culture, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico; United States
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