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The Possibilities of Public Education: Critical Perspectives on Practice-Based Teacher Education for Language-Minoritized Youth

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Sheraton New York Times Square, Floor: Second Floor, Empire Ballroom West

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Though practice-based teacher education (PBTE) has come to the forefront of conversations regarding teacher preparation, considerations about PBTE for the teaching of linguistically and culturally diverse learners remains an underdeveloped area. Furthermore, recent scholarship has begun to assert that while approaches to PBTE provide a potentially useful framework for transforming teacher education, issues of voice, power, context, and subjectivity—considerations that are particularly salient to the teaching of minoritized youth—have yet to be adequately addressed. This session challenges current discussions of PBTE, extending them to issues that are particular to teacher preparation for language minoritized youth, and suggesting directions for expanding PBTE in ways that open up more equitable possibilities within public education for linguistically and culturally diverse learners.

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