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The Art and Science of Educational Inquiry: Analysis of Performance-Based Focus Groups with Novice Bilingual Teachers
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Cahnmann-Taylor, Melisa; Wooten, Jennifer; Souto-Manning, Mariana; Dice, Jaime L. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: For over two decades, the boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities have become blurred, and numerous articles and books have been written about the infusion of the arts in qualitative research as a means to collect and analyze data and to represent findings. Yet these arts-based research processes, although…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Participant Observation, Research Methodology, Focus Groups
The Continua of Biliteracy and the Bilingual Educator: Educational Linguistics in Practice
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Homberger, Nancy H – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2004
The continual model of biliteracy offers a framework in which to situate research, teaching, and language planning in linguistically diverse settings; bilingual teacher education represents a conjunction of all three of these and hence, a good candidate for applying the continual model. This paper uses selected experiences in language teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Form Classes (Languages), Linguistics, Language Teachers
Learning to Use a New Language: Language Functions and Use By First Grade Chinese-Americans. Final Report.
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Guthrie, Larry F. – 1983
The language use and interactions of limited English proficient Chinese American first graders and their two teachers were analyzed. One teacher was bilingual; the other was not. The study consisted of three phases: identification of speech events, recording and analysis of speech acts during teacher-directed lessons, and followup of target…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Chinese Americans, Classroom Communication, Grade 1
A Quantitative Study on the Training Needs in Pre- and In-Service Bilingual Education.
Johnson, William L.; And Others – 1984
This report describes a diagnostic instrument designed for school districts to use in assessing the training needs of bilingual staff. The construction and trial administration of the instrument involved several stages. Among these were the development of a pool of subscaled questions, questionnaire forms, and a pool of instrument questions. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment
The Research on Bilingual Education.
Rossell, Christine H. – Equity and Choice, 1990
Reviews research literature on the effectiveness of bilingual education programs. Argues that scientifically valid evaluation studies offer no consistent support for transitional bilingual education as a superior practice for improving the English-language achievement of limited English proficient (LEP) children and, in fact, suggest evidence of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Educational Research, English (Second Language)
Bilingual Teachers' Voices.
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Lemberger, Nancy – 1992
In a study of bilingual education teachers' experiences and perceptions of bilingual education, four female trained, experienced, Spanish-English bilingual primary school teachers were interviewed in depth and observed in class. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews focused on the following: teacher background and experience; experiences with…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, Curriculum Design