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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ855798
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1099-839X
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Dialogues across Disciplines: Preparing English-as-a-Second-Language Teachers for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
DelliCarpini, Margo
Current Issues in Education, v11 n2 May 2009
This study examines interdisciplinary collaboration between mainstream-English and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) in-service and pre-service teachers enrolled in graduate methods courses in their respective fields. During the semester, TESOL and secondary English Education teacher candidates collaborated to develop young adult literature based thematic units that supported the curricular needs of the secondary English education curriculum in the ESL classroom and the provided for the linguistic, second-language-literacy, and cultural needs of English language learners (ELLs) in the mainstream English classroom through interdisciplinary teacher collaboration. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Secondary School Teachers, Adolescent Literature, Second Language Instruction, English Instruction, Units of Study, Thematic Approach, Methods Courses, Interviews, Reflection, Focus Groups
Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Deans Office, P.O. Box 870211 Payne 108, Tempe, AZ 85287. Tel: 480-965-3306; Fax: 480-965-6231; e-mail: cie@asu.edu; Web site: http://cie.asu.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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