ERIC Number: EJ1371991
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Repositioning White Monolingual English-Speaking Teachers' Conceptions of Language: Counterstories and Embodied Learning
Pennington, Julie L.; Brock, Cynthia H.; Salas, Rachel G.; Gavelek, James R.
Urban Education, v58 n5 p838-866 Jun 2023
Countries are seeing a rise in the number of families and schoolchildren who do not speak English as a first language. This study focuses on how two White monolingual English-speaking elementary teachers positioned language as it related to their Spanish-speaking students within a graduate teacher education program in the United States. Our work builds on previous cultural immersion studies by using embodied cognition and Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) as analytical tools. Findings indicate that embodied experiences can increase teachers' awareness of how speakers of English and Spanish are positioned by the dominant culture while LatCrit theory can illuminate future steps.
Descriptors: Monolingualism, White Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Language Usage, Spanish Speaking, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Cultural Awareness, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education, English Language Learners, Immersion Programs, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Chile
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
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