Critical Teacher Education

Abstract

This chapter addresses critical teacher education and examines the problems impacting education, students, and schools. It argues that critical education is much needed in teacher education because it examines social, linguistic, cultural, and academic factors that influence the trajectories of Latino/a student. The court case clearly has argued that bilingual/English Language Learners youth should receive appropriate educational services that advance their language skills and language development. Emergent bilinguals (EBs) are considered students that possess two languages and are developing bilingual competencies in both languages. Further, EBs are students that have rich linguistic skills and a language repertoire. The relationship between Latino/an EBs' academic achievement and teacher education, through programs charged with preparing pre-service teachers for working in Latino/English Learners contexts, has largely been ignored in the research literature to date. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.

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