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- Title
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER REPRESENTATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS: A NULL CURRICULUM?
- Authors
Watson, Sandy; Miller, Ted L.; Driver, Jennifer; Rutledge, Valerie; McAllister, Deborah
- Abstract
The current paper examined the content of twenty-five popular pre-service teacher-training texts for evidence of information in instructing English Language Learners. Five raters used a systematic review process with criteria deemed essential to effectively serve this population. The results indicated little information was presented that could be implemented by teachers. This was true across texts termed to be "foundational" (introductory) and in four fundamental content areas (English, science, mathematics and social studies). In most cases content was less than one percent of the text and in many case the topic of ELL was not identified at all. No text offered material in sufficient depth to provide the beginning teacher with meaningful guidelines. The authors concluded that current teacher preparation programs must rely upon additional training resources if new teachers are to effectively instruct the burgeoning ELL population.
- Publication
Education, 2005, Vol 126, Issue 1, p148
- ISSN
0013-1172
- Publication type
Academic Journal