TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS NEGOTIATING AUTHORITARIAN POLICIES by Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, Katharine Davies Samway ( 9789400739451 )

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Title:

TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS NEGOTIATING AUTHORITARIAN POLICIES

By:

Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, Katharine Davies Samway

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

9400739451

ISBN 13:

9789400739451

Publisher:

SPRINGER

Pub. date:

9 February, 2012

Edition:

2012 ed.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Education

Pages:

Synopsis:

In an effort to reverse the purported crisis in U.S. public schools, the federal government, states, districts have mandated policies that favor standardized approaches to teaching and assessment. As a consequence, teachers have been relying on teacher-centered instructional approaches that do not take into consideration the needs, experiences, and interests of their students; this is particularly pronounced with English learners (ELs). The widespread implementation of these policies is particularly striking in California, where more than 25% of all public school students are ELs. This volume reports on three studies that explore how teachers of ELs in three school districts negotiated these policies. Drawing on sociocultural and poststructural perspectives on agency and power, the authors examine how contexts in which teachers of ELs lived and worked influenced the messages they constructed about these policies and mediated their decisions about policy implementation. The volume provides important insights into processes affecting the learning and teaching of ELs.

Illustrations:

3 Tables, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 71 p. 3

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Springer

Returns:

Returnable

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