Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners
A Practical Guide for Teacher Educators
Edited by Joyce W. Nutta, Kouider Mokhtari, and Carine Strebel
cloth, 320 Pages
Pub. Date: March 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-61250-128-4
Price: $54.95
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paper, 320 Pages
Pub. Date: March 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-61250-127-7
Price: $32.00
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2013 Outstanding Book Award, AACTE
Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners presents a practical, flexible model for infusing English learner (EL) instruction into teacher education courses.
The editors outline the key steps involved in this approach—winning faculty support, assessing needs, and developing capacity—and share strategies for avoiding pitfalls. The central chapters feature sample courses illustrating how EL content can be incorporated into standard courses (human development, learning disabilities, and social foundations) and across subject areas and topics (math, science, social science, physical education, and classroom management).
Most preservice teacher candidates report that they feel unprepared to work with English learners. This practical, flexible model for infusing EL content into teacher education will provide an invaluable resource in shaping the next generation of teachers.
Praise
A must-read for everyone involved in teacher preparation. This book challenges us to weave the reality of today’s classrooms and the needs of English learners into the preparation of all of our prospective teachers. It shows us how to truly ‘infuse’ EL strategies across the curriculum and provides creative tools to do so. Insightful, practical, grounded, yet innovative!
— Carine M. Feyten, dean, School of Education, Health and Society, and professor, Foreign Language Education, Miami University
This is a cohesive guide that shows educator preparation programs and district trainers how to successfully meet the language and cultural needs of English learners in the K–12 classroom. The One Plus model solidifies EL infusion through a collaborative, flexible, and interdisciplinary plan. It is a professional development manual for educators across disciplines and at all levels.
— Jane Govoni, associate professor, Saint Leo University, and ESOL consultant, Florida Department of Education
Joyce Nutta, Kouider Mokhtari, and Carine Strebel have produced a thoughtful and exhaustive practical guide for teacher educators and administrators who wish to change their programs to better address the needs of English learners (ELLs). The book offers a significant contribution to program models for EL infusion, and to the larger body of work on how to best serve English learners (ELs) in monolingual school settings.
— Jessica Zacher Pandya, Teachers College Record
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About the Editors
Joyce W. Nutta is an associate professor and the ESOL/Foreign Language Education and TESOL PhD Track Coordinator at the University of Central Florida College of Education.
Kouider Mokhtari is the Anderson-Vukelja-Wright Endowed Professor of Education at the School of Education at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Carine Strebel is an accreditation and program approval specialist at the University of Central Florida College of Education.