Chapter 1 Being the "Only One": The Importance of Teacher Diversity for Literacy and English Education

• Hovedforfatter: Haddix, Marcelle M. (auth)
• Format: Electronisk Book Chapter
• Sprog: engelsk
• Udgivet: Taylor & Francis 2015
• Fag: bic Book Industry Communication; English education; Marcelle Haddix; diversity; identity; linguistic; linguistic diversity; literacy; racial diversity; teacher education
• Online adgang: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

Cultivating Racial and Linguistic Diversity in Literacy Teacher Education examines how English and literacy teacher education-a space dominated by White, English-monolingual, middle class perspectives-shapes the experiences of preservice teachers of color and their construction of a teacher identity. Significant and timely, this book focuses attention on the unique needs and perspectives of racially and linguistically diverse preservice teachers in the field of literacy and English education and offers ways to improve teacher training to better meet the needs of preservice teachers from all racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. These changes have the potential to diversify the teacher force and cultivate teachers who bring rich racial, cultural, and linguistic histories to the field of teaching.

ISBN

9781315850665
9780415729956

Adgang

Open Access