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Kayumova, Shakhnoza; Buxton, Cory – Professional Development in Education, 2021
The case of two middle school science teachers engaged in a long-term professional learning project is used to complicate the story of teacher change and agency and the presumed relationships between teacher knowledge and practice. Becky and Kelly were highly participatory in all aspects of a multi-year professional learning project, yet, when…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Hispanic American Students
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Estrada, Peggy – Research in the Teaching of English, 2005
A successful collaboration resulted in a researcher and a teacher linking professional development with change in small-group reading instruction and student achievement. The context was a two-way Spanish-English bilingual immersion first-grade classroom with many English language learners (ELLs), located in a low-performing, high-poverty school.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development, Reading Achievement
Southwest Council of Foreign Language Teachers. – 1965
A SERIES OF REPORTS SUBMITTED FOR THE 1965 CONFERENCE DEFINE THE VARIOUS SOCIOCULTURAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, LINGUISTIC, AND PEDAGOGICAL BARRIERS TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN IN THE SOUTHWEST AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO BREAK DOWN THESE BARRIERS. INDIVIDUAL REPORTS DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF PRESERVING ETHNIC IDENTITY,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Ballesteros, Octavio A. – 1979
Issues related to bilingual bicultural education of Mexican American students are discussed in this collection of 26 articles contributed by 12 authors. The anthology focuses on the Mexican American in the Southwest and is intended primarily, though not exclusively, for the reader who is unfamiliar with the Spanish language and culture. Selections…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers