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Soto-Peña, Michelle – Issues in Teacher Education, 2020
Education is an act of love. One may argue however, that because it is such a personal act, it is difficult and nearly impossible to achieve it in an authentic manner beyond the face-to-face interaction of teacher and student. Yet, we now live in a time in which education has been transmitted to a virtual platform. This paper highlights how I…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Electronic Learning
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Hernández, Ana M. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
Culture, class, and language are significant social markers that impact classrooms today with challenges in educating teachers to become culturally responsive and competent. This article presents a theoretical approach on the preparation of bilingual teacher candidates and how the literature can inform teacher education programs on developing…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingual Students, Culturally Relevant Education
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del Rosario Zavala, Maria – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
Effectively engaging students in mathematics discourse is challenging, especially in a language other than the one in which you learned mathematics. Teachers must manage the academic as well as social function of language. In Spanish-English bilingual classrooms in the U.S., changing the language of instruction to Spanish may not be enough to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Language Attitudes, Language Role
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Alfaro, Cristina; Bartolomé, Lilia – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
Mexicanos/Chicanos in the United States have historically suffered derision and mistreatment by the mainstream culture because of their use of nonstandard Spanish and English, as well as codeswitching (alternating between two or more languages or language varieties). In the field of education, codeswitching and the use of nonstandard English and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Language Usage, Nonstandard Dialects, Working Class
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Nieto, Sonia – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
In this article, the author focuses specifically on how what she calls non-specialist teachers (i.e., those who are neither bilingual nor ESL teachers) can benefit from the practices of bilingual and ESL teachers, and how teacher educators can incorporate this knowledge in their curriculum and pedagogy. To do so, she uses examples from research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Bilingual Teachers, Bilingual Students, Language Teachers
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Ada, Alma Flor; Campoy, F. Isabel – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
The purpose of a "Critical and Creative" approach to literacy is not to place the burden of our responsibility on students, but rather to liberate them from the feeling of being trapped by unmalleable, self-defeating circumstances. Through actual demonstration and experience, teachers need to give students the confidence that they are…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Creative Thinking, Creative Development, Critical Reading