Deborah K. Palmer

Teacher Leadership for Social Change in Bilingual and Bicultural Education

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Leadership takes on a tone of urgency when we are struggling for justice. At the same time, the right to lead - the agency to embrace a leadership identity - can also feel more distant when we are marginalized by the dominant society. For bilingual education teachers working with immigrant communities, the development of critical consciousness, pride in the cultural and linguistic resources of the bilingual community, the vocabulary to name and face marginalization, and a strong professional network are fundamental to their development of professional identities as leaders and advocates. Based on the experiences of 53 Spanish-English bilingua… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78892-145-9
EAN: 9781788921459
Produktnummer: 28260240
Verlag: Channel View Publications
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'708 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Deborah K. Palmer is Professor of Equity, Bilingualism and Biliteracy in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. A former two-way dual language bilingual teacher, she conducts qualitative research using ethnography and discourse analysis in culturally/linguistically diverse settings. Her interests include bilingual education policy and politics; critical additive dual language bilingual education; teacher preparation for linguistically/culturally diverse teaching contexts; teacher advocacy and activism; and issues of language, power and identity in schools. She recently co-authored a book, published by Multilingual Matters: Dual Language Bilingual Education: Teacher Cases and Perspectives on Large Scale Implementation.