Children in the Eye of the Storm: Educational Stakeholders' Ideologies Mis(Shape) a School Language Program

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: Second Language Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Qualitative research case study of educational stakeholders’ contested language ideologies affecting the administration (design, organization, and implementation) of a language program for English Learners in an elementary public school in the U.S. Midwest. This case study is a situated representation of a larger phenomenon of ideological influences in programmatic decisions and how these, even coming from well-meaning and unaware individuals, perpetuate the marginalization of English Learners in schools. Implications for teacher education, professional development, and future research are discussed.

Author

• Mariana A. Ricklefs, Northern Illinois University